What's The Cow Bell For?
 

I've been seeing alot of trucks running round with a big chrome or black cow bell hangin off the rear bumper or ball hitch and was wondering if it was practical or had some deep significant meaning i was unable to comprehend? :humm:

its not a cow bell.... its a goat bell

http://www.bells-unbound.com/images/goat-bell.jpg


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I read that the great state of Florida was working on passing legislature to outlaw the bull balls, based on some kind of decency or indecency thing... so maybe it is more tasteful to some to have a cow bell???

Otherwise, maybe for the practical side if you loose your truck you can listen for the cow bell? :w2: (or Goat bell)

Couldn't a person mod bull balls to look like bells?

Not mine!

Now days the bells don't mean anything much. In the old days you put the bell on the lead cow in the heard so the rest would get used to followin him and then when you needed to herd them up you just rang the bell and they followed you. I used to hang one off my trailer cause some of the old guys I hauled for still used this method and when I would drive out to the catch pins the cattle would follow the bell right inside.

But in these modern times very few of them you see are there for anything but looks. Everybody wants to be Redneck and a Cowboy. I don't know when being called one of the two turned into a compliment but it wasn't to many years ago they were both used as insults. Those weren't good things to be known as.

Also forgot to mention that if you had a particularly nasty bull in the pasture you put one on him to. Just so you could hear him comin when he was sneakin up behind ya.

Maybe its a FAD like the truck balls were. :humm:

thats really interesting stuff..I appreciate all the input. :U:

i know bikers have them on their bikes to ward off evil road spirits..... maybe this is something similar?

If you look on the back of the Semi stock trailers you'll see alot of em on them for the same reason I listed. When your movin into the catch pens it puts the cattle at ease to hear the bell. This way they don't get all riled up when your workin your trailer around in there.