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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: goosepimple on March 06, 2012, 12:34:23 pm

Title: .courier recommendation for Macclesfield to Preston
Post by: goosepimple on March 06, 2012, 12:34:23 pm

Not sure about going on these courier sites where they have to contact you with a price and you don't know anything about them.  Anyone know a good contact that could pick up a couple of ewes from near Macclesfield and drop them about an hour away at Preston end of this month - where we can pick them up?  I know its only an extra hour but there are other factors which come in to the logistics which is why we would need the courier.  Many thanks.

Title: Re: .courier recommendation for Macclesfield to Preston
Post by: Fowgill Farm on March 07, 2012, 09:17:28 am

By couple of ewes i take it you mean 'live' sheep?!
No courier service as such will take livestock (big laughs at TNT hub!! ::)) you need to look up livestock hauliers in your local yellow pages or ask at your local mart, your best alternative is to find a friendly farmer going that way and offer diesel and lamb chops!
Gave me a good laugh can just see the Fed Ex man putting big sticky labels on two ewes and them ending up going via Frankfurt teehee ;D ;D Oh stop my ribs are aching...........
Mandy  :pig:

Title: Re: .courier recommendation for Macclesfield to Preston
Post by: robert waddell on March 07, 2012, 10:14:07 am

if they are live and have to maintain being live       log on the saddelback breeders site and get john suttclifs  contact details he is constantly up and down the m6 :farmer:

Title: Re: .courier recommendation for Macclesfield to Preston
Post by: goosepimple on March 07, 2012, 02:46:57 pm

Thanks will get on to it later today ;)