"Stay back" signs on horse trailers...

[Matt Kirsch]

because people pay attention to signs, and/or aggressive drivers will suddenly stop driving aggressively if they know there's a horse in a trailer?

Heck most aggressive drivers, if they even noticed the sign, would view it as a challenge. "Oh you think your horse is so special, you entitled so-and-so? I'll show you!"

Do the horses have rearview mirrors in the trailer? When they see a car, they go "OH NO! A CAR!" and drop dead? I mean if horses are that fragile, why do you even transport them? Most of them would be DOA in the trailer. Maybe that's how they deal with the problem of old horses that nobody wants... just take them for a ride. They'll see a car and drop dead, problem solved.

So it's okay to hit a trailer loaded with cattle, pigs, goats, or chickens? 

It's not about the poo. They call them "horse balls" for a reason. Now a cow can let some interesting stuff fly, but you never see a sign on the back of a cattle trailer, or any other type of livestock trailer.

Random post that facebook put in my feed got me riffing on this subject again.

[New Englander]

It's like the "baby on board" signs in back windows. I'm going to respect you anyway and those who don't, won't. It's a meaningless sign unless you're bragging.

[Matt Kirsch]

6 minutes ago, New Englander said:

unless you're bragging

After all these years that I've been wondering, I think you've finally solved the riddle for me.

It's not about safety. It's about bragging.

[DR.EVIL]

About the same time as the " Baby on board" sign craze, every minivan had a sticker with a Dad, Mom, and each one of the SIX KIDS in relative decreasing sizes, plus a dog or two and a cat, that might be making the trip.

Thank goodness all those Chrysler minivans have been crushed and shredded by now.  Somehow I made it out of the 1980's without owning, or even riding in a van!

    Back then I was driving a semi, typical day was always 500 miles, per the DOT. And I pulled between 4 and 16 trailers most days.  Some trailers had really good brakes, some not so good, occasionally I'd get a load on one with almost NO brakes.

   I rode enough miles in livestock trucks to know you NEVER walk next to a trailer unless you know for Darned SURE it's empty.

[yellowrosefarm]

13 minutes ago, DR.EVIL said:

 

Thank goodness all those Chrysler minivans have been crushed and shredded by now.  Somehow I made it out of the 1980's without owning, or even riding in a van!

 

I think there is at least one left in Western PA, though the owner isn't here any more to brag on it.🤠

[Absent Minded Farmer]

1 hour ago, DR.EVIL said:

About the same time as the " Baby on board" sign craze, every minivan had a sticker with a Dad, Mom, and each one of the SIX KIDS in relative decreasing sizes, plus a dog or two and a cat, that might be making the trip.

Had to dig through my shirt drawer for this one. Enjoy!

Mike

[twostepn2001]

Saw this on the back of a crude oil trailer long time ago.....

[1256pickett]

39 minutes ago, twostepn2001 said:

Saw this on the back of a crude oil trailer long time ago.....

I can’t make it out. Are those Nebraska plates? @sandhiller

[twostepn2001]

6 minutes ago, 1256pickett said:

I can’t make it out. Are those Nebraska plates?

l don't know for sure where the pic was taken. l saw it in the break room at our shop one day so l scanned and copied it. First time ever noticed it, but the plate number is kind of odd.... T272727    Another thing l just now noticed is that the "This vehicle stops at all RR crossings" sign isn't visible.  hhmmm??

 

[New Englander]

36 minutes ago, Art From Coleman said:

Be better on the back of a truck that cleans out septic tanks.

Ha! Company that services our septic also delivers pool water and says so on their office sign, with the subtext (not same truck).

[yellowrosefarm]

The most unusual one I ever saw was on the back of a van. There was a ladder on the back with a stuffed alligator wedged under it, a sign that read "stay back, live alligators" and it had Florida plates. I did get a picture, but must have deleted it because it isn't on my phone anymore.

[iowaboy1965]

4 hours ago, Matt Kirsch said:

because people pay attention to signs, and/or aggressive drivers will suddenly stop driving aggressively if they know there's a horse in a trailer?

Heck most aggressive drivers, if they even noticed the sign, would view it as a challenge. "Oh you think your horse is so special, you entitled so-and-so? I'll show you!"

Do the horses have rearview mirrors in the trailer? When they see a car, they go "OH NO! A CAR!" and drop dead? I mean if horses are that fragile, why do you even transport them? Most of them would be DOA in the trailer. Maybe that's how they deal with the problem of old horses that nobody wants... just take them for a ride. They'll see a car and drop dead, problem solved.

So it's okay to hit a trailer loaded with cattle, pigs, goats, or chickens? 

It's not about the poo. They call them "horse balls" for a reason. Now a cow can let some interesting stuff fly, but you never see a sign on the back of a cattle trailer, or any other type of livestock trailer.

Random post that facebook put in my feed got me riffing on this subject again.

Don't worry about it, in a few more years your eyes will change and you won't be able to read them anymore any way and if you can your waaaaaay to close.

[vtfireman85]

7 hours ago, New Englander said:

It's like the "baby on board" signs in back windows. I'm going to respect you anyway and those who don't, won't. It's a meaningless sign unless you're bragging.

I vetoed that before the subject ever came up, probably wouldn’t have. She does have one of these 

[New Englander]

4 minutes ago, vtfireman85 said:

I vetoed that before the subject ever came up, probably wouldn’t have. She does have one of these 

She's a keeper!

[sandhiller]

4 hours ago, 1256pickett said:

I can’t make it out. Are those Nebraska plates? @sandhiller

Don't think Nebraska

Mebbe South Dakota???

I'm not very creative, here is the back of my fuel tanker

[mike newman]

4 minutes ago, sandhiller said:

Don't think Nebraska

Mebbe South Dakota???

I'm not very creative, here is the back of my fuel tanker

Interesting how you and Cobfly..both very rural...have such different tastes  as carnivores......

Mike

[iowaboy1965]

8 minutes ago, sandhiller said:

Don't think Nebraska

Mebbe South Dakota???

I'm not very creative, here is the back of my fuel tanker

Need another one for the other side that says just say no to ev's! 😃

[sandhiller]

6 minutes ago, mike newman said:

Interesting how you and Cobfly..both very rural...have such different tastes  as carnivores......

Mike

BEEF.........everything else is just garnishes........🤠

[sandhiller]

6 minutes ago, iowaboy1965 said:

Need another one for the other side that says just say no to ev's! 😃

Find me one and I will stick it on there!

[mike newman]

2 minutes ago, sandhiller said:

BEEF.........everything else is just garnishes........🤠

..I was, of course, referring to Cob's   flucking    about, gathering  'bird' protein ...of various  winged and non winged species..both to satisfy the inner man.....so to speak......

Mike

[jeeper61]

I think the sign is more for when the trailer is parked with horses in it 

I know from experience you don't want one flipping out in the trailer unless you got a tranquilizer gun  

[1256pickett]

2 hours ago, jeeper61 said:

I think the sign is more for when the trailer is parked with horses in it 

I know from experience you don't want one flipping out in the trailer unless you got a tranquilizer gun  

That is a good point. 

[Reichow7120]

12 hours ago, New Englander said:

It's like the "baby on board" signs in back windows. I'm going to respect you anyway and those who don't, won't. It's a meaningless sign unless you're bragging.

What ive been told on those signs is that they are more for Emergency personel when they come onto the scene and see the sign, they know to be on the lookout for a baby.

[New Englander]

1 hour ago, Reichow7120 said:

What ive been told on those signs is that they are more for Emergency personel when they come onto the scene and see the sign, they know to be on the lookout for a baby.

First time I've heard that. Perhaps.

[KWRB]

On 10/27/2022 at 8:10 AM, DR.EVIL said:

About the same time as the " Baby on board" sign craze, every minivan had a sticker with a Dad, Mom, and each one of the SIX KIDS in relative decreasing sizes, plus a dog or two and a cat, that might be making the trip.

Thank goodness all those Chrysler minivans have been crushed and shredded by now.  Somehow I made it out of the 1980's without owning, or even riding in a van!

    Back then I was driving a semi, typical day was always 500 miles, per the DOT. And I pulled between 4 and 16 trailers most days.  Some trailers had really good brakes, some not so good, occasionally I'd get a load on one with almost NO brakes.

   I rode enough miles in livestock trucks to know you NEVER walk next to a trailer unless you know for Darned SURE it's empty.

Oh this thread suck a nerve. You are NOT ALONE!

Those stupid "LOOKATMEEEE" stickers aggravate me to an extent I can't comprehend, let alone articulate.

Really, aren't most signs and stickers just self important bragging?

"Salt Life" is the one I love to most here. It's like hey Barbie, this is Fulton fking New York. The nearest ocean is like a squillion miles from here.

We get it, you have a hobby that costs more than mine.

We get it, you went on a vacation I couldn't afford

We get it, your kid's smarter than mine

We get it, you have a beautiful perfect family

We get it, you are a grown man who spends hours at a time rooting for other grown men to be better than yet other grown men at games.

We get it, you or your kid has a degree (and presumably a dump truck of debt to show for it)

Unless, and this is just occurring to me, the "Salt Life" sticker is referring to to the rock salt induced rot on that 2009 Kia with no rocker panels left on it.

You all haven't lived until you've driven in upstate NY with one of the cars where your shoes and feet get wet from the slush on the road coming through! Kinda makes it even sillier when you think about it, to spend money on a sticker for that crap box that represents millionaire brats that wouldn't piss on your jalopy to put out a fire.