Horsebox Breakdown Cover: Questions

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Hi

Ive been doing a little searching on horsebox breakdown cover and are finding it a little confusing on the roadside recovery section. So i was hoping some of you guy's could help me out. (a little blond me thinks) :eek:

Im looking for piece of mind that if i breakdown at the side of the road and its something major they cannot repair there, they would send a horsebox to recover the horse and not just stick the lorry on top of a transporter with horse inside. (worst nightmare springs to mind) Or is this the norm, and is just what happens.

Can any one reccommend a good provider and explain why you thought they were good?, I was hoping to maybe team this up with an insurance company to, but im not bothered if i could'nt. The nitty gritty all seems a bit confusing, (or isit just me) :D

It would be for a 3.5t

If you've got this far thanks for reading.
 
Thanks for reply, has anyone experienced having there lorry placed on top of a loader, or is this generally trailers?

Thanks
 
My 3.5t broke down at an event due to a problem with the immobiliser. Luckily I had friends there who took my horse home for me and my box was winched onto a recovery truck. The breakdown guy did say that it was lucky my box wasn't any taller otherwise it wouldn't have been allowed to be loaded on to the truck. There was never any suggestion of putting the box on the truck with the horse still in it.
 
As i understand, folks like the AA will only sort the vehicle out but the horse is your problem (liability). Compnaies like NFU will sort the horse out too but there options like retrieve to nearest livery yard or return horses home. My friend has a7.5 tonne with rescue to home and its is over £800 a year (ive just asked her myself:D) you pay a lot for the horse rescue side of things. Another friend has a number to call whereby the recuse will take place but she has to pay as and when it happens - no idea how much.
 
I'm very experienced at breaking down in the lorry:rolleyes: (our old lorry broke down on the motorway a total of 6 times :eek:).

The lorry was insured with the NFU and we had breakdown and equine recovery on the policy. If they couldn't get the lorry going they used to lift the front up onto a recovery truck and tow it to the next junction. We'd then meet the replacement horsebox and move the horses over. The horses were never bothered by the experience. It was a 28ft long 7.5 ton so it wasn't tipped up too much and the replacement box always arrived with full nets of hay or haylage (we were asked to specify which :)).

Then the low emission zone came into force and we had to replace the lorry for a trailer. The first few times the car broke down we were recsued by friends with a replacement vehicle, although this did involve unhitching and re-hitching on the hard shoulder of the M3. After that we got cover with Equine Assistance who send either a lorry or a replacement car as the AA/RAC aren't interested in the trailer.

Something worth checking is whether the recovery people will take dogs. We had 4 dogs with us one time and the man said he wasn't allowed to take them. I managed to persuade him to let me take the oldest dog and the 10 week old puppy
 
Hi There

Please be wary of Anthony Evans if you are unfortunate to break down
they may try to persuade you to have your 3.5tonner winched up onto
a low loader with your horse still on board. If this happens flatly refuse,
they should not be continuing this practice.I know this because we run a horse transport business & were called out by Autohome only last week to
recover a racehorse,on the journey home the trainer told my partner they
were going to winch onto a flatbed but she refused.Please strongly consider
Horsebox&trailer Owners/PRP you will be in very safe hands with these.They work very closely with BHS & DEFRA & are very knowlegable in the right & wrongs of transporting horses safely.

Regards
Lakeview Horse Transport
 
For what its worth I am with Anthony Evans and have used them twice for breakdown, once for burst tyre on m'way with no horses up (don't ask) and once for brakes fault with horses up which they fixed on the spot, and they were brilliant both times, but I have no experience of needing to change horses to another lorry.
 
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