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Subject: Re: X-country transportation Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 13:27:16 GMT >I know I'll have to have Coggins tests done and my >horses will need Flu/Rhino/Strangles and Potomac Fever >shots. Anything else I need to vaccinate for? (They're >up to date on their 4-ways.) ... >Anne Marchant Anne, For most parts of the East Coast, you'll also want a rabies vaccine. Although horses aren't usually in line for transmission of rabies (they don't usually get bitten by raccoons, etc.), the current epidemic is so extreme that vets are advising horse owners to vaccinate. (The epidemic just hit southern New Hamshire. Over half the raccoons found dead on the road in my town autopsied positive for rabies. The cute little orphan raccoon baby we fed at the barn last year would have been considered a threat to the horses this year....) Kathy Wilber att!mvp03!Kw From: ESRLCAC@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Colleen Carlton) Subject: Re: X-country transportation Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1993 07:44 Organization: UCLA Microcomputer Support Office I have used First Class Equine to transport a horse from Northern Calif. to Southern California, and was very pleased with their service. $1000 per horse to move cross country sounds kind of high, but it's been some time since I've priced any long-distance hauls. Another company I've used was Hubbard Horse Transport ... I think they do lots of moves for horse racing folks. I no longer have their number, but maybe some- one else does. If no other company can beat the quote from First Class Equine, your horses will at least be well cared for (from my experience). Good Luck! Colleen Carlton (an Arabian Enthusiast) From: sknopp@vax (KNOPP, SHERRON) Subject: Re: X-country transportation Date: 3 Aug 1993 13:59 EDT Organization: Williams College Center for Computing I shipped a horse from Vermont to Southern California and then back again in 1979 and 1980, and used Hubbard. It cost me just under $1000 each way, and that was 13 years ago, so I don't think $1000 is high. Care was excellent. Blue Chip is even better (imo). Sherron Knopp Williamstown, MA sknopp@williams.bitnet From: hannah@pomponio.ai.sri.com (Marsha Jo Hannah) Subject: Re: X-country transportation Date: 3 Aug 93 13:30:05 Sounds like a good idea! In 1990, I used Bill Egbert Horse Transportation Inc. P.O. Box 458; Enumclaw, WA 98022 (206) 825-4568; outside WA (800) 426-0862 to move a newly-purchased horse from Sheridan WY to San Francisco CA. I was reasonably happy with the service they gave---it took 3 weeks to arrange pickup, but then the horse was in transit a mere 3 days, one of which was layover in Seattle. Egbert's driver was nice, knowledgeable, and communicative; they are ICC licensed, and use big, air-ride semis, which give the horse a good ride. The only flaw I saw was that they had kept a haynet full of choice alfalfa in front of my Fjord, which he had pigged out on---he was a smidge "loose" when he arrived (and a slight ring showed up in his hooves later) from overeating. However, he arrived basically healthy and happy; I wouldn't hesitate to use Egbert again. However, I understand that Lexington KY is as far east as they go. In researching various companies, I found that most of them use a "hub and spokes" style of scheduling, and the location of the "hub", as well as which "spokes" the pickup and delivery points are on, can make major differences in scheduling, transit time, and cost. For instance, one of the Colorado Springs companies has all their trucks fan out to the west, delivering horses, then funnel back into CS, picking up horses. When all the trucks get in, they shuffle loads, and fan out to the east, delivering, etc. My horse would have laid over there 3 weeks, because his pickup point was on an east-bound spoke into CS. He would have had to wait there while they did all of the east coast trips, before being put on a west-bound truck on the next "cycle". By contrast, with Egbert's Seattle hub, my horse was picked up on a west-bound spoke and delivered to me on a south-bound spoke, with only a day of layover between them. However, the Colorado Springs companies should work better for a straight east-west trip, with only a minor layover, waiting for all the other truck-loads to gather. I get the impression that the CS folks have several small trucks, while Egbert has fewer but bigger trucks. It takes Egbert longer to dequeue a given pickup, but makes for less layover, waiting for trucks to come in. A friend had good results shipping a horse from San Francisco to Massachusetts via Blue Chip horse transportation. I'm not sure where they're located, but they shipped her horse straight through in 3.5 days, and had very competitive prices, with a healthy discount for paying in advance. Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- La Honda, CA anything that can go wrong, will! Subject: Re: Companies That Haul Horses?? From: poppe@sees.bangor.ac.uk (Miss D C Poppe) Date: 17 Jun 1994 17:57:49 GMT I have used two different companies to ship out of Northern Vermont. I do not recall the prices, but in the hundreds. (1) Shipping North-South on the East coast. I used Blue Chip, out of Massachusetts. It was in the winter, and although I never got my bell boots back, my New Zeland rug arrived, and in the same condition! This I consider good performance. The rig arrived on time both pick-up and drop off. The horse travelled to Boston, then overnighted there, and travelled to N. Carolina with other horses the next day. (2) Shipping East-West. Nationwide. Again excellent, prompt service. Even got the bell boots. As was arranged beforehand, the horse travelled Vt to Colorado, then stayed there a couple days waiting for other horses, then travelled on to L.A. Hope this information is useful, Both companies have had ads in the Chronicle, or in Practical Horseman before. Both horses were good shippers, arrived apparently content and continued to be good to ship. Subject: Re: ADVICE NEEDED: Commercial Haulers From: mkaufman@mtholyoke.edu (Melinda Kaufman) Date: 12 Oct 1994 01:04:45 GMT Well, I've shipped horse multiple times from California to Massachusetts with a company out of Colorado called All-State. They stop for several days in Colorado to regroup and let the horses rest. When they are on the road, the stop about every 4 hours to feed and water the horses and let them stand for a while. It generally took about 10-12 days to get the horses across the country, but when they got there they were in generally good. condition. (The only one that wasn't, was a very nervous, highstrung TB who had never travelled anywhere near that for before...and he was just a little skinny.) The guys who drive the trailers (6 horse slant loads) are all old cowboys. I've never seen any of them beat on a horse, and some of mine arrived loading better than when they left! Anyway, their number is 1-800-451-7696 |
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