Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

Some areas have conservation projects that will lend you a horse box or trailer for free, if it's only occasional use. We used to use that; nowadays we just pay a relatively small amount for a local lad to do it for us.

(the advantage is that if you are paying someone they come and do it at the time you want)

ATM we have the numbers of lorry people for emergencies. (Veterinary). That's the main risk, of we need to get an animal to the vet school really, it makes me edgey not to have transport of our own, because in emergencies time counts, already a couple of hours to the vet school or hospital we'd use, then say at the quickest an hour for someone to stop what they are doing get to their lorry and get to us......

Its all extra risk, isn't it......:(.


Bearing in mind its Not my ponies any more, and clients should be sorting themselves out :A. I still don't like it.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

I'd also quite like a motorbike, I mentioned this to simply said 'no'. I suppose it would be really cruddy for my hair its true.

There is a sort of compromise - a trike. Some quite modern/sexy ones exist. If I can move close enough to "things" I'd be prepared to give up my car for a 3-wheeled moped or similar....just for that stability and not having to put my feet down. When I had mopeds before I couldn't reach the ground, I had to always stop alongside a kerb Same with my bicycle.

tomterm8

I didn't know you were doing it commercially now.

For our own private flock it's different; worst comes to the worst we'll just get a house call. But there are half a dozen horsey people in the area and you can generally get an emergency favour if you are willing to pay for it.

Edit: I think a powerful motorbike is safer than a trike. Really, the most dangerous thing with both a trike and motorbike is other road users... and a motorbike can get out of their way much better than a trike.

Sensible riding, you're not going to have stability issues.

neverdespairgirl

Thanks PN - I suppose that's why I can drive most things, whereas younger sisters had to get a test, I got my licence in December 1995, and the other two after the 1997 date.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

There are 2-3 cut off points now; the law changed again in 2013. Again, from the parkers link:




So the three bands appear at first to be:
• Pre 1997
• 1997-2013
• Since 2013

The 97-13 doesn't seem to allow a trailer more than 750Kg.

It's all complex ... and you need to know precisely: your vehicle towing weight, weight of the towing gear, weight of the trailer, weight of what you're towing. Weight of the people and luggage. Then jiggle it all about to see what's right.

And very often its wrong. Horse people get anxious as the pass weigh bridges. My first lorry had to go as it really was overweight. It was a beautiful, beautiful vehicle and the nicest lorry i have ever driven, old or new, But who the hell thought a solid mahogany fitted living was a sensible thing in ANY mobile vehicle of any weight class. :rotfl:? It had the old type wood body too.

I was you g and naive when I bought it and accepted the dealers word on weights and luckily was never weighed, but it was foolish beyond words.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

.... veggie .... Nuts and eggs are important, ....

Returning to this bit. There are some things I try to avoid buying, because they are high calorie..... monkey nuts, especially roasted monkey nuts.

neverdespairgirl

If you were living my veggie sister's life, you'd want to scoff lots of calories, though. She is a horse chiropracter, as well as doing riding competitively, and looking after all her own nags. She needs energy!

tomterm8

Today I bought a pair of smartish shoes that cost the better part of two weeks Guatemalan average wage. Generali would be proud of me.

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

I didn't know you were doing it commercially now.
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Barely. (And among other bits and bobs) .

I moved a couple of clients on last year, (i don't tolerate any monkey business of any nature) and then a difficult one (very very sweet woman but exhausting and took up a lot of my time on saturdays which they are told on arrival is not an available time, weekends...any way....ended up she was 'needing me' for at least an hour right in the middle of most saturdays, and i offered her eight to nine am as a compromise but it was too early for her, so she was on ' warning' and she was guided to leave just before Christmas. (I helped her find a much better place for Her where there are more people). One of my first clients is going any day now (moved areas) and so I'll only have three horses. . The client I started with, who I used to be a client of!


My accountant keeps trying to get me to make a loss and I just cannot, Maybe this will be the year :rotfl:

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Thanks PN - I suppose that's why I can drive most things, whereas younger sisters had to get a test, I got my licence in December 1995, and the other two after the 1997 date.

Mine was 1980. Other things that changed since I passed:
• I could ride up to a 250cc motorbike, so long as I didn't take a passenger
• With a car pass, I can ride a moped forever without an L plate.

But the whole law was changed on the 250cc limit, so I can't do that. However, I can ride a moped forever, without plates and without taking any tests.

Having said that, these laws change quietly behind our backs ... and you can never really know if a law's been changed unless you go specifically looking for it.