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Holme Equestrian Services specializes in door to door
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This means no waiting for horses
being picked up on route and strange horse sharing with yours so less risk of
infection. I work closely with clients and Vets to
ensure paperwork for import and export is correct.
Horses can be stabled with me whilst awaiting export and arrange health checks
prior to traveling.
Clients are kept informed of progress on the journey and how the horses are
traveling and expected time of arrival . I
have over 40 years experience in handling , looking after and transporting
horses of all types having had my own competition horses brood
mares foals and youngsters.
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The Vehicle |
| Current box is a purpose built two horse van that has been
designed with commercial transport in mind.
It accommodates two large horses in stalls. With out a
partition it
is suitable for mares and foals it
Special features include: Short loading ramp on the
drivers side , this is so that when horses are being loaded they are led
from the left as normal this makes it far easier to load youngsters and
tricky loaders that are familiar with turning round the handler rather than
pushed away it also ensures that the handler is not trapped against the van
wall on the wrong side of the horse. It has no breast
bar this enables horses to travel with maximum comfort being able to travel
with their heads down if they want . It is also much safer for
horses that may try to get over a breast bar.
The front area has crew cab which is separate from the horse area although there
is a small window through to the horses . Loads of storage in the Luton and
under back seats allows all human equipment to kept separate from the
horses.
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I have
over 40 years of experience in
transporting horses.
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All horses are transported
by my self Mike Gee B.H.S.I
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I hold the BHEST Level 3 Advanced
certificate in Equine transport for transporting horses over long distances.
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In order to transport
horses legally for hire and reward we have the following:
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Operators Licence
number. OB1038176 (This means that the vehicles over 3.5 tonnes are
inspected on a regular basis by qualified mechanic and the premises
are registered and inspected and that all drivers have to comply with drivers hours using tachograph and various
other legalisation. )
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As most
horses are covered for travelling we do not provide horses in transit insurance
but can recommend insurers if required.
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In addition we DEFRA
approved UK/LINCO/T2/00002241 this means that both my self and Adele meet the
requirements laid down by the government for the care of horses in transit .
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Competitive prices
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Friendly experienced service.
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CCTV
the horses are monitored in transit.
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Temperature monitored in
transit.
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Traveling equipment
: we can provide
equipment if required (do ask
when booking )
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I can arrange to take your horse to Veterinary appointments Sales
or competitions.
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You
are welcome to travel with us or we are quite happy to take horses ourselves
we can provide additional grooms if required.
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I do not do
shared transport but will look for return loads to ease the costs if given enough time. (If you are
wanting cheap transport there are plenty of operators transporting multiple
loads of up to 16 or more on a truck that will be able to transport your horse
on specific days at a price I will not try to match)
I will be only to happy to
discuss pricing please get in touch. If you are getting quotes from others do check that
they have operators licence and are insured remember if it is too cheap to be
true it is!! see text below form.
Any contract cancelled within
24 hours of departure will pay 50% of estimated costs. Any contract
cancelled within 12 hours of departure time may be charged full amount of
estimated costs.
Any vehicle over 3.5
tons gross plated weight used to transport horses for payment must have
operators
license.
Those offering horse
transport without an operators license are doing so illegally and risk the
confiscation of their lorry.
Next to the
tax disc on the windscreen there should be either be blue ( standard national
license) or green ( standard international license). This should have the
registration number of the vehicle, the operators name, the operators license
number, the disc expiry date and the type of license.
"Some time ago before starting the horse
transport business I was unaware of the hire and reward laws and was stopped on
the A64 York bypass. I was prosecuted and fined for travelling a horse for hire
and reward.
The horse was a livery that I was
returning to his owner and It was agreed I was making no charge for the
transport of the horse. However the view taken was that it was a perk that the
livery owner was getting from me and therefore part of my business deal with him . So in effect was
for reward!"
This raises quite a few problems for livery
owners and riders transporting horses that are not there own.
extract from Department of
transport
Goods Vehicle Operator Licensing
The Transport Act 2000 allows DTLR to give the Vehicle Inspectorate (VI)
powers to impound the vehicles of illegal operators (those who should have an
operators licence but do not). An impounding scheme has been devised in
consultation with the Road Haulage Association, Freight Transport Association
and others and we expect VI to start impounding vehicles later this year.
Impounding should provide a strong deterrent and the first truly effective
sanction against illegal operation.
Some useful links.
The UK's Leading Horsebox &
Horse Trailer Breakdown and Recovery Service
http://www.equestriansupport.co.uk/
Gateway to equine issues in Government
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http://www.defra.gov.uk/
The British
Horse Society (BHS) is the UK’s largest and most influential equestrian charity.
The
BHS campaigns tirelessly in the areas of equine welfare, horse and rider safety,
access & off-road riding, training & education, and
riding school and livery yard approval.
http://www.bhs.org.uk/
- Telephone
- 01430 860346
- FAX
- 01430 861932
- Postal address
- The Croft. 44 Back Lane. Holme-on-Spalding Moor. York. YO43 4AU
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
mike@holmeequestriansevices
Sales:
Customer Support:
Webmaster:
mike@holmeequestriansevices
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