Horse Transportation

[KMichelle]

I am looking into transporting a single, or possible team of, Belgian drafts from eastern OR to northern VT/NY. I was hoping someone might have experience with a respectable and reliable horse hauler for that type of traveling. I have hauled horses long distance before, but my rig is already on the east coast. Thanks for any words of advice or cautionary tales.

[dominiquer60]

Here is a conversation on another forum, http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-281154.html, show type, but they ship a ton of horses and mention a few names that all seem to be recommended. Many of my past customers use these types of long distance shippers, another one that I know people use a lot is Brookledge http://www.brookledge.com/testimonials.asp. These are pricey but good shippers, all of the private truckers that I know of are either shady or even more expensive. Cross country is pricey no matter who you end up using.

Just an interesting fact: Brookledge trucks a famous 2 time Olympic Gold Medalist, one of this horse’s part owners is college buddies with a DAPNet Founder, degrees of separation I tell you 🙂

Safe travels for you and the horses,

Erika

[KMichelle]

Thanks Erika! I look forward to getting some quotes back and finalizing my plans. I plan on moving the horse in late fall/early winter. Additional networking and comments are always welcome!

 

[fogish]

I have used Dannie Gilder a few times. He has good rates and I have never had a problem with him. I also suggest you get your own insurance no matter who you ship with. Don’t assume they have all of the coverage you want, get it for yourself.

http://www.dustygilder.com/home.html

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