Soap, I agree with your feeding cake in a circle technique vs straight line feeding. Cows from the beginning of the cake line run over too much of the cake and tromp it into the ground trying to catch up to the pickup and get the "fresh stuff".
That said, I've never been able to train my pickup to go in circles without heading off into some draw or snowbank where it shouldn't boldly go!

In this part of the country I can usually tie the steering wheel with a couple tarp straps before I bail out and the pickup keeps heading uphill.
Yes, it would probably be better to get a wife, or one of those cake feeders so I could stay in the cab! :shock:

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