Re: [RC] truck stops vs rest stops - Mary Ann Spencer
Thanks for the warning. That is a warning
that should be labeled on all horses.
I don't turn them out at the rest stops. Leave
then in horse trailer with plenty of water and hay and a snack of grain.
Only park long enough to get a nap and continue on. Seems to be the same
liability as any time one is on any kind of road but your point is well
taken. Some of us have to do a lot of conditioning going down the country
roads.
I find those who drive horse trailers with horses
in them doing at 70mph or more a danger, especially to the horses.
Cars and trucks and motor cycles kill and
maim. Accidents can happen. Have to be on the watch. If there
are moving vehicles around, a horses should never be loose. I do find that
after a long raod trip, the horses are not so spooky around noisey trucks,
etc.
Years ago had a mare who even layed down in the
horse trailer when we stopped for a nap.
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 10:03
PM
Subject: Re: [RC] truck stops vs rest
stops
Not only could you lose your horse if it gets loose at a rest
stop and ends up on the road, but you could be held liable for any accidents
it causes. Could turn out to be a very ugly picture.
Truman
Mary Ann Spencer wrote:
Sorry but have to NOT agree that a truck stop
is safer. HOWEVER, one must realize that anyplace but home sweet home
is going to be more dangerous to a horse. I rarely stop at truck
stops as they are REALLY busy with traffic in and out and those TRUCKS are
HUGE. I am just a little ole pickup with a horse/stock
trailer. For the most part just did not need to unload but I can
sure see the value if one is heading for an important ride and the horse
loads easily. Most of mine have been reasonable loaders. All
have been good eaters and drinkers.
IMHO, Mary Ann
Also, only
one time in 6000 miles did we un-load at a rest area. It is DANGEROUS!
You are right on the side of an interstate and the only choice that horse
is going to have if he gets loose is to run out on the highway... Do
your un-loading at the same time you need fuel. Pick truck stops as they
have plenty of parking and usually a grassy perimeter in which you can
get away from the big rigs and let them graze. Use common sense.
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be noble, and yet take humility as a basis.
It is necessary to be
exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
