hello to anyone considering participating in the trip!
I am leaving to go to Iowa tomorrow (Sunday) to pick up my new trailer -
I am going to be away from home about 10 days
I am targeting August 31st as the start date for the trip
that means I am going to have a VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE to get the trip
organized after I get home from Iowa - I will not be able to respond to
email when I am in Iowa - so I need your help!
if you send an inquiry to me while I am on the road please include as
much of the following info as possible in the FIRST email so we do not
have to go back and forth once I get back home
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The minimum information I need for DETAILED TRIP PLANNING is:
- pick up name, address, phones, email, and local directions
- drop off name, address, phones, email, and local directions
- animal species, age, size, number, temperament, special concerns
such as pregnancy, horn size, heavy coat, aggressive temperament,
need for separate pens, medications, allergies, etc.
- I have the right to refuse any animal based upon physical
appearance at pick up and prior positive lab test results
- by local directions I mean information I will need to travel
from a major highway to your ranch or farm
- include visual clues, street names, difficult/tricky turns,
steep climbs, mileage, etc.
- Remember that I may arrive at night so visual clues must fall
within headlight range. Colors are impossible to see at night.
- please have LARGE numbers on your mailbox or entrance gate
- typically I need directions for the last 10-20 miles
- I am 50 feet long so I need appropriate turnaround room. Please
warn me in advance if there may be a problem making a turnaround.
- I need a minimum of 11 feet of ground clearance - please check
your drives for low branches and low hanging wire lines
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even if your transport is tentative please send as much info in the
first message as possible
you can view my pricing plan by joining the Travel group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TravelWithRonK
and looking in the 'files' section
the route is basically as follows:
TX CA WA MI TX SC VA OK TX WY WA CA TX
there is still lots of room to expand on this route - this will of
course be the first trip for my new state of the art small animal
transport trailer - I think you will be impressed when you see it - your
animals/small groups will ride in separate pens from other
animals/groups - this will reduce stress and limit contact with other
animals
I will do a last email check before hitting the road late Sunday
afternoon
thanks
ron
TRAVEL MAPS at http://www.MapQuest.com
DISTANCE CALCULATIONS at http://www.indo.com/distance/
ANIMAL IMPORT info at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/sregs
TRAVEL WITH ME at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TravelWithRonK
NATIONAL GASOLINE AVERAGE PRICE INFO at
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_home_page.html
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