Fast forward to the beginning of this month when it was time to take the hogs to the meat processor, the same truck blew it's transmission. So we were scrambling to find a truck to haul them in. Good 'ole U-haul to the rescue!
Next, we had to find a larger trailer. Six hogs-worth of customers replied that they were ready for their orders, which is how many hogs we can haul in our trailer. The day before Dan was to leave, we had 3 more hogs-worth of customers say they were ready. Dan went to talk to our neighbor who raises cattle and he was gracious enough to let us borrow his larger stock trailer.
Our hogs pasture a little ways from the house, and it hadn't rained in a while, so Dan hooked the trailer to the U-haul and backed it down to the hogs. Of course, it was wet enough and got stuck. So in the pitch dark, Dan hooked our tractor up to the U-haul and got it unstuck and finished backing it up to the hog loading area. Unfortunately, right as he did this, it starting pouring rain, so loading of the hogs would have to wait for morning and we'd have to hope for the best to get the U-haul and trailer out of the soggy pasture.
Early the next morning, with it still raining, Dan went out to assess the damage. Sure enough we had a soggy, muddy pasture. Dan called our awesome neighbor, Sam, and asked if he could help us, since me being 9-months pregnant was of little help. Sam came to the rescue. With Dan pulling with the tractor and Sam driving the U-haul, they got out of the pasture with no issues. Here's what the caravan looked like:
Fortunately, the 2-hour drive to the meat processor was uneventful and he made it home without incident. With that said, we now need to replace our truck since we've decided we don't want to put $2500 into the truck to fix the transmission. So, if anyone out there is looking for a parts truck, let us know! :)
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