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overnight in the dealership
parking lot.
The dealership made
every attempt to get the
repair completed quickly,
which is the reason I was
able to resume my trip. The
next afternoon, less than 24
hours after being delivered
by the tow truck, Lady and
I were back on the road to
southern Kentucky.
tire trouble
About three weeks later, we were
ready for our return trip home. A friend
from Sonoita, Arizona, who had come
to share the return trip, helped me
load two mares and a filly onboard
the trailer, and we headed west from
Kentucky.
The second day on the road, my
friend was driving and just happened to
notice bits of tire flying from the trailer.
Just my luck — we were in Oklahoma
again!
My friend pulled over at the first
safe, suitable place. Sure enough, the
left front trailer tire was shredded. The
other tire was rapidly losing air, too!
Being self-sufficient women, our
first inclination was to change the tire
ourselves, but I quickly regained my
sanity and pulled out the cell phone to
call USRider.
Based on the great service I had experienced
just a few weeks earlier, I felt
confident that this incident would be no
different. In a matter of a few minutes,
Tosh Service Center in Sayre, Oklahoma,
was pulling up to change the tire.
Harold, the technician, could immediately
see that we would need more than
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the good spare to fix the problem and
guided us to the dealership in Sayre.
Taking no chances on more trouble
from the remaining original tires, I told
the technicians to hang new tires all
around.
Not only was Harold a very professional
service man and great diagnostician,
he turned out to be humorous, as
well. He hung around at the tire dealership
where the technicians were replacing
the tires and kept us entertained
with his jokes.
We were able to get back on the road
in time to make a second overnight stay
in Portales, New Mexico. From there, we
trailer tip
Protecting your horse’s legs during trailering or shipping is cheap
insurance. As a horse rides in a trailer, there are constant challenges to
his balance. On occasion, he may lose his footing and step on himself or
get stepped on by another horse. To protect your horse’s legs, you can use
quilts and polo wraps or protective shipping boots made specifically for
this purpose. Whichever kind of protection you use, make sure there is
padding, so as not to restrict the horse’s leg circulation, and that the wraps
come down low, covering the coronary band. This delicate area at the top
of the hoof is easily damaged when the horse trips or steps on himself; by
covering it with the wrap or boot, it protects this sensitive area from damage.
[Editor’s note: Learn how to apply wraps on the next page.]
—Top trainer/clinician Julie Goodnight
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Linda’s dog, Lady, is
her constant travel
companion.
finished the trip home the
next day and had plenty of
time to get the mares and
filly situated in their new
home.
That round trip was
pretty costly after repairing
the truck and getting new
trailer tires, but there’s no
way I would have managed
getting the necessary
services had it not been for
my USRider membership.
Thank you for being my lucky charm,
not once, but twice.
— Linda Ford
Sonoita, Arizona
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