AJ Wiechmann
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So are your loads mostly for the same clients that you've had for a couple of years or how do you go about? It's not a hot shot for livestock. I assume it's clients you've worked with. Yep. Yep. So I have a couple of bigger integrators that I've been hauling for. And it's been since 2012, so what's that, 12 years now? Yeah.
So are your loads mostly for the same clients that you've had for a couple of years or how do you go about? It's not a hot shot for livestock. I assume it's clients you've worked with. Yep. Yep. So I have a couple of bigger integrators that I've been hauling for. And it's been since 2012, so what's that, 12 years now? Yeah.
So are your loads mostly for the same clients that you've had for a couple of years or how do you go about? It's not a hot shot for livestock. I assume it's clients you've worked with. Yep. Yep. So I have a couple of bigger integrators that I've been hauling for. And it's been since 2012, so what's that, 12 years now? Yeah.
So that's some of my bigger ones, and I've got some very small family-owned farms I've been hauling for 20 years. What's the value add in a trucking company versus you versus someone else? I wouldn't even know what to ask. I mean, what sets you apart? Cool Peter belts. Yeah, that's part of it. That's part of it. We do have nice equipment, a lot of reliable equipment.
So that's some of my bigger ones, and I've got some very small family-owned farms I've been hauling for 20 years. What's the value add in a trucking company versus you versus someone else? I wouldn't even know what to ask. I mean, what sets you apart? Cool Peter belts. Yeah, that's part of it. That's part of it. We do have nice equipment, a lot of reliable equipment.
So that's some of my bigger ones, and I've got some very small family-owned farms I've been hauling for 20 years. What's the value add in a trucking company versus you versus someone else? I wouldn't even know what to ask. I mean, what sets you apart? Cool Peter belts. Yeah, that's part of it. That's part of it. We do have nice equipment, a lot of reliable equipment.
My goal is to always be on time. Obviously, I can't control all that, but I pride myself and my guys, of course, to be on time more than not. We can't help, obviously, when a pack and plant gets us backed up in a day or something like that or a washout, you know.
My goal is to always be on time. Obviously, I can't control all that, but I pride myself and my guys, of course, to be on time more than not. We can't help, obviously, when a pack and plant gets us backed up in a day or something like that or a washout, you know.
My goal is to always be on time. Obviously, I can't control all that, but I pride myself and my guys, of course, to be on time more than not. We can't help, obviously, when a pack and plant gets us backed up in a day or something like that or a washout, you know.
There's some variables in there, but for the most part, I pride myself on being on time and just having a good service for my clients and my producers at Hall 4, like Corey. Yeah, I will say, you know, so A.J. Halls, Our pigs, I don't line anything up though for that. So I have no say in who hauls my pigs. It's the company that I grow for. I gotcha. But I don't know.
There's some variables in there, but for the most part, I pride myself on being on time and just having a good service for my clients and my producers at Hall 4, like Corey. Yeah, I will say, you know, so A.J. Halls, Our pigs, I don't line anything up though for that. So I have no say in who hauls my pigs. It's the company that I grow for. I gotcha. But I don't know.
There's some variables in there, but for the most part, I pride myself on being on time and just having a good service for my clients and my producers at Hall 4, like Corey. Yeah, I will say, you know, so A.J. Halls, Our pigs, I don't line anything up though for that. So I have no say in who hauls my pigs. It's the company that I grow for. I gotcha. But I don't know.
I've been farming hogs since 2013. AJ has had some trucks on our farm since then. Not consistently though until about 2020 was when we switched to our new pig supplier. I tell you what, the value that added is, yes, they are on time. I don't have to worry about it.
I've been farming hogs since 2013. AJ has had some trucks on our farm since then. Not consistently though until about 2020 was when we switched to our new pig supplier. I tell you what, the value that added is, yes, they are on time. I don't have to worry about it.
I've been farming hogs since 2013. AJ has had some trucks on our farm since then. Not consistently though until about 2020 was when we switched to our new pig supplier. I tell you what, the value that added is, yes, they are on time. I don't have to worry about it.
When it's just a revolving door, if you don't know what trucking company is coming to your site, who the driver is, all that kind of stuff, it's a little nerve-wracking when they're going to show up. Because if you've got three loads in a day, and you start loading the first load, the first load is maybe supposed to start at 7 o'clock at night, and then you start loading a half hour early or so,
When it's just a revolving door, if you don't know what trucking company is coming to your site, who the driver is, all that kind of stuff, it's a little nerve-wracking when they're going to show up. Because if you've got three loads in a day, and you start loading the first load, the first load is maybe supposed to start at 7 o'clock at night, and then you start loading a half hour early or so,
When it's just a revolving door, if you don't know what trucking company is coming to your site, who the driver is, all that kind of stuff, it's a little nerve-wracking when they're going to show up. Because if you've got three loads in a day, and you start loading the first load, the first load is maybe supposed to start at 7 o'clock at night, and then you start loading a half hour early or so,
It may show up at 6.30, but the next guy that comes is an hour late. All of a sudden, you got people there that you're paying, sitting around, you know, and it just ruins everyone's day. And everyone gets backed up. Yeah, all you guys got other things to do, too. And when you're waiting on trucks, I mean, that ain't no good. Because you're paying them guys to sit there.
It may show up at 6.30, but the next guy that comes is an hour late. All of a sudden, you got people there that you're paying, sitting around, you know, and it just ruins everyone's day. And everyone gets backed up. Yeah, all you guys got other things to do, too. And when you're waiting on trucks, I mean, that ain't no good. Because you're paying them guys to sit there.