AJ Wiechmann

We're going down. We're going down. The old school compass isn't working. No, this is only for if all this shuts off on me randomly. Yep. That would be called what? Flying by instruments or what? Well, actually, if all that shut off, then you wouldn't have instruments. No, you're just flying by sight and sound, I guess.

What would happen if we did come up on a storm, like you tried to fly above or around it? Flying by the seat of your pants, isn't that what it's called? That'd be pretty close, yep. Flying by the seat of your pants. How it feels in your seat. Yep. What other terms have come from airplane pilots that we use? Oh, boy, I don't know. I'm not trying to think either. Wasn't that balls to the wall?

What would happen if we did come up on a storm, like you tried to fly above or around it? Flying by the seat of your pants, isn't that what it's called? That'd be pretty close, yep. Flying by the seat of your pants. How it feels in your seat. Yep. What other terms have come from airplane pilots that we use? Oh, boy, I don't know. I'm not trying to think either. Wasn't that balls to the wall?

What would happen if we did come up on a storm, like you tried to fly above or around it? Flying by the seat of your pants, isn't that what it's called? That'd be pretty close, yep. Flying by the seat of your pants. How it feels in your seat. Yep. What other terms have come from airplane pilots that we use? Oh, boy, I don't know. I'm not trying to think either. Wasn't that balls to the wall?

Wasn't that a pilot? Oh, yeah. Because it used to be a ball for your throttle or something. Oh, yeah. Some of the old planes have a round ball or knob on the throttle and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. So that makes sense. I've never heard that before. But yeah, that makes sense. Balls to the wall. Yep. Yep. Yep.

Wasn't that a pilot? Oh, yeah. Because it used to be a ball for your throttle or something. Oh, yeah. Some of the old planes have a round ball or knob on the throttle and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. So that makes sense. I've never heard that before. But yeah, that makes sense. Balls to the wall. Yep. Yep. Yep.

Wasn't that a pilot? Oh, yeah. Because it used to be a ball for your throttle or something. Oh, yeah. Some of the old planes have a round ball or knob on the throttle and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. So that makes sense. I've never heard that before. But yeah, that makes sense. Balls to the wall. Yep. Yep. Yep.

So back to the trucking side of things, you know, everything's continued to change and obviously everything's gotten more expensive. I remember one of the first pots that my in-laws bought compared to what a new pot costs right now. That's crazy. Have your fees for hire been able to follow that trend as well? Absolutely not.

So back to the trucking side of things, you know, everything's continued to change and obviously everything's gotten more expensive. I remember one of the first pots that my in-laws bought compared to what a new pot costs right now. That's crazy. Have your fees for hire been able to follow that trend as well? Absolutely not.

So back to the trucking side of things, you know, everything's continued to change and obviously everything's gotten more expensive. I remember one of the first pots that my in-laws bought compared to what a new pot costs right now. That's crazy. Have your fees for hire been able to follow that trend as well? Absolutely not.

It's been that way for since, I mean, you ask the guys like my dad, he's been trucking for 45 years now. So it was a family business that you kind of got into. Yep. Okay. Yep. It was I mean, I learned it from him so He started farming and he kind of quit trucking. Well, there wasn't enough room for me on the farm So that's when I picked trucking up and I love it.

It's been that way for since, I mean, you ask the guys like my dad, he's been trucking for 45 years now. So it was a family business that you kind of got into. Yep. Okay. Yep. It was I mean, I learned it from him so He started farming and he kind of quit trucking. Well, there wasn't enough room for me on the farm So that's when I picked trucking up and I love it.

It's been that way for since, I mean, you ask the guys like my dad, he's been trucking for 45 years now. So it was a family business that you kind of got into. Yep. Okay. Yep. It was I mean, I learned it from him so He started farming and he kind of quit trucking. Well, there wasn't enough room for me on the farm So that's when I picked trucking up and I love it.

I still do love it Obviously there's days that aren't great, but there's that way in anything, right? But no the equipment cost is definitely it's it's it's ridiculous or you know, we're all for the same rates we were on for and you know, back before the, before COVID, you know, and equipment is almost doubled in cost and parts and tires. I mean, everything is almost doubled. Yep.

I still do love it Obviously there's days that aren't great, but there's that way in anything, right? But no the equipment cost is definitely it's it's it's ridiculous or you know, we're all for the same rates we were on for and you know, back before the, before COVID, you know, and equipment is almost doubled in cost and parts and tires. I mean, everything is almost doubled. Yep.

I still do love it Obviously there's days that aren't great, but there's that way in anything, right? But no the equipment cost is definitely it's it's it's ridiculous or you know, we're all for the same rates we were on for and you know, back before the, before COVID, you know, and equipment is almost doubled in cost and parts and tires. I mean, everything is almost doubled. Yep.

You know, my first brand new livestock trailer I bought was in 2012 and I paid $81,000 for that trailer. I picked up a very similar specced trailer Sunday morning and it was $168,000. Holy crap. It was double the cost. So, it's kind of the same in growing the pigs. We've been paid the same rate since 2013. We've never had an increase. But yet, the barn costs.

You know, my first brand new livestock trailer I bought was in 2012 and I paid $81,000 for that trailer. I picked up a very similar specced trailer Sunday morning and it was $168,000. Holy crap. It was double the cost. So, it's kind of the same in growing the pigs. We've been paid the same rate since 2013. We've never had an increase. But yet, the barn costs.

You know, my first brand new livestock trailer I bought was in 2012 and I paid $81,000 for that trailer. I picked up a very similar specced trailer Sunday morning and it was $168,000. Holy crap. It was double the cost. So, it's kind of the same in growing the pigs. We've been paid the same rate since 2013. We've never had an increase. But yet, the barn costs.

Yeah, look at what it costs to redo your barn. Right? I mean, yeah. It probably costs about, just to remodel your barn, probably costs what it did to build them. So we're putting in gates and doing some solid sides and stuff right now. Yep. Probably should be looking at slots and that kind of stuff, even though they're not bad, but like, you know, you're doing all that stuff.