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Cattle transporting can cost you somewhere around $6,000 and $9,500 a year. This will depend on several factors, some of these are really the same as getting any auto insurance, including:
- Your overall driving time and experience
- Your driving history for the past several years
- Your location where you’ll be operating in
- Your total deductibles that you choose
- Your own liability limits that you’ll select
- Your various coverage’s that you’ll need to pick
- Your form of payment (monthly, quarterly, yearly installments).
As you can see this is just one of many areas that can really add up. Don’t cut corners on the coverage to save cost. Hopefully you’ll never need it but if you do you’ll want the best coverage you can afford.
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Conclusion
Well there is a lot to consider with cattle transportation. We only touched on a few basic here and there. But you must remember the liability is high in regards to the proper transportation of an animal. It doesn’t matter is it is highly valued prized stud bull or dried up dairy cow in the way to slaughter, if must be treated humanely during transit.
Your company will be held accountable for the loss of any cattle regardless how many head are lost. It can be one cow or the entire herd, you will be responsible. Sure your insurance will mostly cover any financial losses and that might even be all that much. But your company’s reputation will be tarnished if it goes public that your company supports animal cruelty.
It doesn’t matter if your driver simply didn’t know any better or he/she was a sadistic person. If you get a bad reputation regarding the treatment of animals, it can ruin your business. . And just like any other incident this will have a negative effect on your safety rating. The safety rating can actually make or break a company in most markets.
So you must be careful with the treatment and handling of your freight. I know it is important to handle your cargo properly. But remember, this is so much truer with livestock than any other freight. Broken lights bulbs won’t generate an emotional response from pro-animal groups but cruelty to animals’ sure will!
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) won’t come protesting your business if you damage a truck loaded with toy teddy bears. But harm one cow during your cattle transportation and you’ll have the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) knocking on your door.
So as I have said before in previous articles, know what you’re getting into. Conduct research, not just federal regulations but your state and the regulations of other states you plan to conduct business in. Make sure you are well aware of all the legal, social, and ethical requirements before you load your first cow.
Are you a company who specializes in cattle transportation? Are you’re a driver who does? What tips and suggestions would you offer? Do you have any funny or interesting stories related to cattle transportation? Please share these, and you other thoughts, with us.
