Robster
Lil-Rokslider
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2016
- Location
- NW Montana
I'm moving from upstate NY to Kalispell MT.
Initial thought was to rent a small moving van. I would drive that and my son would drive the truck and trailer with the horse. Two problems
1. It's actually cheaper to have the horse shipped than run two vehicles. Fuel and rental of U-Haul
2. Son is a senior at University of Wyoming and only has four days to fly in, help with the drive, and fly back down to school and traveling with the horse will slow down the 35 hour drive.
Second thought is to use the Horse trailer as a moving van and just drive the distance in three days with my son. It'll get him back to school in time. Which is what we are doing.
I thought I would have the horse shipped , let the professional transporters take care of the welfare of the horse going cross country. Cost is $1.20/loaded mile so $3000
Now I'm thinking of saving the shipping money and selling the horse locally. Combine the two and buy something new in MT.
Reason is, she's 18 years old. Extremely sound, awesome safe trail horse. But she is 18. I've had her for 15 years. In a couple years I may be paying to maintain a pasture ornament and buying a younger horse anyway. I also think I will be using her a lot more in MT than in NY, and I believe the elevation gain and loss in MT will be greater than what we do here. Sell her to someone local that is just looking for a safe trail horse and start new in MT.
So I started looking around on the internet for 5-7 year old horses in NW MT. I can't seem to find anything.
I checked Craigslist, FB Marketplace(I don't have FB so not sure if I am doing it right, and a couple of horse for sale websites.
So here, after the long background is my question.
Where can I find horses for sale in MT? Am I not looking in the right places or is there a shortage of 4-8 year old trail candidates. Not looking for a cow horse, reiner, show horse. Just a grade horse that will fit my needs.
OR, should I just have her shipped out as COVID has made the availability of horses for sale just like the housing market and there really isn't anything out there?
Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.
Initial thought was to rent a small moving van. I would drive that and my son would drive the truck and trailer with the horse. Two problems
1. It's actually cheaper to have the horse shipped than run two vehicles. Fuel and rental of U-Haul
2. Son is a senior at University of Wyoming and only has four days to fly in, help with the drive, and fly back down to school and traveling with the horse will slow down the 35 hour drive.
Second thought is to use the Horse trailer as a moving van and just drive the distance in three days with my son. It'll get him back to school in time. Which is what we are doing.
I thought I would have the horse shipped , let the professional transporters take care of the welfare of the horse going cross country. Cost is $1.20/loaded mile so $3000
Now I'm thinking of saving the shipping money and selling the horse locally. Combine the two and buy something new in MT.
Reason is, she's 18 years old. Extremely sound, awesome safe trail horse. But she is 18. I've had her for 15 years. In a couple years I may be paying to maintain a pasture ornament and buying a younger horse anyway. I also think I will be using her a lot more in MT than in NY, and I believe the elevation gain and loss in MT will be greater than what we do here. Sell her to someone local that is just looking for a safe trail horse and start new in MT.
So I started looking around on the internet for 5-7 year old horses in NW MT. I can't seem to find anything.
I checked Craigslist, FB Marketplace(I don't have FB so not sure if I am doing it right, and a couple of horse for sale websites.
So here, after the long background is my question.
Where can I find horses for sale in MT? Am I not looking in the right places or is there a shortage of 4-8 year old trail candidates. Not looking for a cow horse, reiner, show horse. Just a grade horse that will fit my needs.
OR, should I just have her shipped out as COVID has made the availability of horses for sale just like the housing market and there really isn't anything out there?
Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.