I don’t know but after reading on Rate my pro about the retired eventer shipped by hitchin a ride, that died as a result of flipping in the trailer and not helped till it was too late. I dare say I would be scared to trust anyone.
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Funny, because earlier you said it was the Utah horse that was left on:
And it JUST SO HAPPENS that you’ve had two trips with unhappy customers where you pick up a horse, haul it 100 miles to the south and stop for the night? Sure seems odd.
Not even to mention that you’ve admitted to TYING a weanling that’s not even halter broke in the trailer. Are you crazy?? You’re just lucky he didn’t break his neck, because that’s a damned fine way to kill a foal.
Wellington, this thread is now the #1 hit on a google search for your company. Your posts here are NOT helping your public image. In fact, I’d say that anyone smart enough to google you will not book with you. Probably time to stop digging that hole.[/QUOTE]
In case its gotten lost in the long thread, I did call the drivers and the office and I was told by Dawn to “Never call again” and “you are going to hear from the owner and its not going to be pleasant”. Of course I waited a day for that threat to materialize and I did not hear from him. I emailed Dawn to remind her I was still waiting for a call. I did offer Wellington a compromise deal to partially rectify the wrongs to my clients and they refused. The vet bill on the colt to repair his injury will probably be more than the entire haul fee. They refused so this thread is the result. I am a business person who has had many things go less than perfect in my many deals. I have made many adjustments and given to make things right. I have rarely if ever encountered anyone as low in service, and equipment quality added to total unwillingness to make things even partially right not to mention so many excuses.
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This thread has taken on a life of its own! Hurrah! The more the subject talks, the deeper the hole gets.
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:lol: I suppose that is a good point, although I imagine the damage has already been done.
I figure these guys will abandon the name and come out with something new. Just in case that happens, here’s the DOT number and insurance number for Wellington Equine Express/Ken Koch:
What is a CDL? Not surprised on the defective or no brakes…geeeeezzzz!
DOT # 2526833 / MC # 878033
I assume that can all be reused for their new company name?
Oh, wow, this is awesome, too:
https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Carrier/2526833/CompleteProfile.aspx
Operating without a CDL
No or defective trailer brakes
FABULOUS. Just what I want to see with someone hauling my horses!!
ETA: more info from the DOT site. Plate number on the Ford truck is 470QEH (Colorado plate)
Plate number on the trailer is 045FYP (Kansas plate)
Violation was in Washington in Sept of this year.[/QUOTE]
What is a CDL, I get the no brakes thing…geeeezzzzz!
Commercial Driving License - you know, what professionals have.
[QUOTE=Wellington Equine Express;7869194]
We will no longer be commenting on this blog to be continually attacked for telling our true side of the story. We do not have to defend ourselves to you bloggers that have nothing better to do but bash legitimate companies. Maybe you should look into all the horse transporters and see how many of them are actually running legal. A DOT number does not authorize a horse transporter to transport over state lines, it gives them authority to transport within 100 miles of their home base. They must have an active MC number to transport more then 100 miles from their base location or over state lines. Maybe you can take some of your energy and focus it on the transporters that are running illegal.
As far as the colt is concerned, it was a 15H colt and the Owner who purchased the colt instructed us to tie it. Had we not tied him, he could have done more harm to himself. Had the colt been properly prepared for this transport by Gayle, who started this blog in the first place, as she had a month and half to work with this colt, the situation could most likely have been avoided. But as you are all experts in transport, you should know, that horses are very unpredictable and we have no way of knowing how they will react on a transport.
And Simkie, learn how to read, it was a battery in a breakaway box that went bad, not the brakes.[/QUOTE]
So, what that he was close to 15hh high. What does that have to do with anything unless you bring a low ceilinged cattle trailer. The colt was halter broke and we tied him every day for weeks before this transport. But, I was CLEAR to instruct Wellington/Dawn that he was not to be transported alone, ever as well as not tied in box which is exactly what they did apparently. The real problem was they offload his friend and hauled him essentially alone. The 1,200 mile trip took 5 days. He knocked himself out cold at one point, they did not tell me how that happened, but they did say they feared he was dead…the solution from their boss KJ was to get in the truck and go forward and back hard and ‘force’ him to get up from his knocked out cold on floor position. This story was told to me by the drivers and KJ. This is how they treated this colt and they blamed everything on him or me…nothing on themselves for sending an old steel cattle trailer, with low ceiling, open angle iron showing, no bedding and a web of strings and cords as a ‘stall divider’. The drivers were not educated and one got out of the truck in high healed plastic flip flops and informed me she does not touch horses…so what is she doing there? This is not all of the story which you can read in the beginning. These are just a few more gems.
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Commercial Driving License - you know, what professionals have.[/QUOTE]
I have a feeling this was the same rig that came to my place and it was September. The ‘driver’ said they started in Colorado where they picked up the ‘trailer’ (like out of a junk yard…??? perhaps)…arghhh!
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Thanks to COTH’ers, this terrible practice by super low quality haulers is ‘outed’. By the way, since that day I have had several horses and ponies hauled and 100% satisfaction. All by experienced people who love their own horses and have good equipment and knowledge.
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I would think you could file a complaint with the state where the company is based. Someone at the state AG’s office should be able to give you direction.[/QUOTE] and the better business bureau and rip off report
[QUOTE=China Doll;7927748]
and the better business bureau and rip off report[/QUOTE]
Yes, if I had been the consumer who was paying, but I was not. I was the breeder and the consumer was another person. I had no ‘standing’. So, I went to COTH instead.
