[QUOTE=Gayle in Oregon;7790542]
Creeping up on 9,000 Views. Nice going COTHers!!! When I google ‘Wellington Equine Express’ our forum comes up 3rd and before them at 4th or lower. Tee Heee.[/QUOTE]
I just googled them and this thread comes up as #1.
This thread is why I occasionally LOVE this forum. Kudos to Gayle for starting it and for keeping it in front of all of us. This is what a community is all about. Many thanks.
I, too, love this thread. Thank you for starting it.
[QUOTE=Gayle in Oregon;7795701]
I am not endorsing this but it looks interesting and a way to find a hauler. The administrator says she/he screened all haulers.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/700804619938705/[/QUOTE]
There are a couple of FB horse transport groups that have commercial haulers I have used. The administrator of this group contacted me when I posted about a haul I needed last summer, and I didn’t use her company because even though the rig looks great, they have one driver for long hauls. I don’t think that is very safe.
I’m going to cross post on wellington-wef.com and flahorse.com… hell hath no fury as a woman scorned…or her horse put in danger!
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My name is Angela Wigley, my husband and I are over the road truck drivers who recently got hooked up with Wellington Equine Express out of Florida and quickly found out that they are liars and crooks, they still owe us money and really don’t care about the horses they haul. My husband and I are have gotten our DOT number and trying to finish up with getting compliant so we can keep our dream alive and haul horses in a safe and timely manner. You can check out our page on facebook, A & J Equine Transport, you can see what we drive and what trailer we use, both 2014 models, trailer with living quarters to sleep right with horses, we won’t run non stop we do shut down at night to give the horses a break and we don’t charge extra for how many miles off the Interstate you are. Hopefully maybe one day we can haul your horse and show you what a honest husband and wife team can do for you! we might charge a few cents more but it is our truck and rig and might go slower but we put the horse first, Always…
we tried working for them and less then 1 week found them to be liars and crooks and don’t care for the horses, they still owe us money. they are a bad company and we turned them in BBB and files a complaint…
This is a formal state as to the false posting that Gayle Atkins has posted again my company. Gayle Atkins has lied and continues to lie about my company and this transport. We were contracted for this transport and we had a colicky filly (from Virginia) on board that needed to be delivered to it’s owner. The decision was made to deliver the filly and we would have to cancel the transport of the Colt to Montana for it’s owner to pickup from Canada or send another trailer. The Owner of the colt agreed to the 20’ enclosed stock hauler (please feel free to see pictures on our website) and we closed the gate to give the colt a 7’ box stall. Gayle was the breeder of this horse and did not properly prepare the colt for this transport, he was not halter broke, nor was he ever loaded in a trailer, therefore it caused the Colt to have anxiety during the transport and he was rearing up in the trailer and broke a halter as well. Gayle insisted that the Colt be untied and we eventually had to tied the colt to keep him from rearing up in the trailer. The injury he received was not life threatening and did not require stitching, as we had an emergency vet look at the Colt while in transit. The colt was taken off the trailer EVERY night as we told the Owner we would do, as he had a time frame to meet us and he needed us to keep the colt the extra days until he could meet us on the US side of the border. We NEVER said it was a 7 horse slant trailer, as the trailer that was initially in transit was a 6 horse slant. Gayle was insisting that we but the colt and another filly in one slant as she stated “we do it all the time”, we informed her that our company would not do this. When the driver arrived and was ready to load the colt and the filly that Gayle added to the trip, he had to stop Gayle from using a whip to try to load the horses as she was scaring the colt and the filly, again , she did not like this. The colt reared up on the driver as well when being reloaded after being in a mare motel for the night, and broke the driver’s finger, requiring us to route the driver back to Colorado for medical treatment, once the horse was delivered to his owner. We have been in touch with the Owner of the Colt on several occasions, as recently as two days ago, the colt is doing fine and has adjusted well. And again Gayle has lied, the Owner indicated that NO conversation about surgery has been discussed with Gayle, nor is surgery need for the cut the Colt received from rearing up. I would hope that in the future, people would reach out to a company and find out the truth before blogging negatively.
As for the post of the lady with the transport from UT to CA, that said we showed up two days late for a transport, we NEVER book an exact date for a pickup unless we are paid accordingly for it. This customer changed her pickup date several times and as result of the above injury to the driver we had to re-route a different driver to pickup her horse. She insisted that we pick the horse up, even though it was 8:30 at night and we were only going 100 miles south and would be laying the horses on board over for the night. The driver then took two hours the following morning to have a weanling loaded and had to deliver the weaning before the other horses on board. The customer insisted that our driver, now at 11:30 at night, deliver her horse. So it was at the fault of the customer that that horse was delivered at 11:30, who no regards for our driver or the other equine on board. Our normal delivery hours are 7 am. to 7 pm. This is the other side to the story.
Break out the popcorn!!
It always amazes me when companies provide private details about customer transactions on a public forum. Doesn’t that break privacy regulations!? Maybe not, but it still feels wrong.
If you are going to blog against someone, you need to tell the truth, we NEVER book an exact date for a pickup and you changed your pickup date several times. This customer never asked for a picture of the trailer transporting the horse, although it was a custom made 6 horse slant with extra wide slants and 8’ tall. After informing this customer that we had to re-route a trailer because of the injury to the driver had sustained while on he route. This customer insisted that we pick the horse up, even though it was 8:30 at night with no regards for the other equine on board or the drivers, even though we were only going 100 miles south and would be laying the horses over for the night. The driver then took two hours the following morning to have a weanling loaded and had to deliver the weaning before the other horses on board. The customer insisted that our driver continue to driver and deliver the horse at 11:30 at night, again with no regards for the drivers or the equine on board. So it was at the fault of the customer that that horse was delivered at 11:30, who no regards for our driver or the other equine on board. Our normal delivery hours are 7 am. to 7 pm. This is the other side to the story.
This is correct, I was transporting under Deer Horn Valley Horse Transport until I was pulled over in Illinois and found that their DOT number is NOT AUTHORIZED and the MC number is revoked. I was shut down for 24 hours by DOT and escorted to a motel where I had to off load the four horses on board. This is when I went out and obtained my own DOT & MC numbers and insurance. I am fully licensed and insured!!!
Here we go!!!:lol::eek:
I have to say . . . and this is both a specific and a general comment . . . I find posters much more credible when they write using proper punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphs, and even the right choice of words!
I don’t understand your post. Are you saying it’s okay for a person to post lies about a company and the company should not respond with the truth?
Angela, you should tell the truth if you are going to post about my company. You contracted with my company to transport on a route 3 weeks a month, you were into day 8 of the route, were given the total number of miles for the route and the payout. Your husband was belligerent with myself and my partner on 5 different occasions, which is grounds for termination in itself. You delivered horses in Texas and left the rest of the horses already under contract and went home. We had to dispatch two different drivers (over 1800 miles) to pickup two different sections of your route. If you leave the route and other drivers have to be dispatched, they are paid for the rest of the route.
Wellington - if you do not pick up or drop off horses at these late hours. Then WHY did you go ahead and pick up a horse knowing that the horse would be spending 12 hours on a trailer for what should have been a 4 hour trip?
Perhaps you should respond to the BBB which currently gives your company an F rating.
If you read our response you would know that we picked the horse up and went 100 miles south to a mare motel and took the horse off the trailer for the night. We gave her the option of cancelling the transport when the driver was insured and needed to be re-routed home for medical care. She insisted that we still needed to pickup the horse. This was not a 4 hour trip, it was a 600+ mile transport.
meant to say injured
Any organization that touts itself as professional does not appear on anonymous BB’s and get into a pissing match with former clients. That, in and of itself, would stop me from ever hiring that company, regardless of any accusations others may have posted.
April, you too should tell the truth. You were informed that I left Wellington FL at 11 am heading to Ocala FL to deliver a horse and then I would be en route to Deland to pickup your horse.
When I arrived, I had to walk 1/2 mile up a drive to pickup your horse that was supposed to be walked out to me. Additionally, you were to have two bins at the end of the drive for me to load, not 5+ bins that I had to walk a half mile back up the drive to load, we are not a moving company, we are a horse transport company. When all was said and done it was 8:30 pm. At this time you spoke with me and I informed that I would not be driving all the way back to Davie, FL and that I would be delivering your horse in the morning between 6-7 am, of which you agreed to. You were also given the option of me unloading the horse and picking it up at a later date or cancelling the transport all together. Your horse was delivered at 7:30 am when all was said and done. And very well taken care of.
You cannot expect myself or any other transporter who is driving under DOT regulations to drive more than the allotted 11 yrs. In addition, you are putting your equine as well as the driver in danger because you want them to drive when they are completely worn out. You started calling my home office a 5 am in the , as is was 5 am in the morning, it is a home office and other people in the household were sleeping. This is unacceptable behavior and harassment.
Our first concern is the safety and well being of the equine in our care, not the fact that an owner is completely unreasonable and wants to put the horse and driver in danger by their selfishness.
So what your saying is lies and defamation should be ignored and people should think that the lies are true?
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