Alabama’s biggest chicken litter hauler relies on Trinity trailers to get the job done. CASE STUD Y CASE STUDY DEWAYNE OAKS POULTRY WASTE MANAGEMENT “Some people do what I do, but not on the same scale, ” Oaks says. “If you’ve got a big job, I’m the man for managing chicken litter in Alabama. ” Oaks’ business is almost unrecognizable compared to when he opened up shop 30 years ago. It was a simple operation then, but in 2001 the chicken litter game changed. The Environmental Protection Agency began observing high phosphate counts in the water and demanded the state find ways to fix the problem. Chicken farms, which had grown bigger and bigger due to consolidation, were identified as a contribu- tor because chicken litter leached phosphates into the water. That left a single s

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