One of the old straight cattle truck guys would run an ad in the county paper every year.
"Wanted: Riders to the Sydney, IA Rodeo Aug 11-12"
He would put a few lawn chairs and straw bales in the bed and haul people 70 miles to the rodeo. Kind of a primitive party bus?
"Rance" was the truckers name and as he became old he was famous for bashing into loading chutes and barn doors as he backed up to load.
It got so when he came in our driveway he would get out and my Dad would put the truck up to the barn.
30 years after he passed I was backing my cattle chute up to an alleyway to work some cattle. I bumped it pretty good and heard one of the guys holler, "Come on back Rance!"
