Bugger bugger bugger

[derek kelly]

travelling back from Masham in the box with two pregnant mares, just south of Wetherby a landrover in the middle lane ran over a long metal bar throwing it right in my path, massive hole in sump & oil pipe cut in two, highway patrol were brilliant as were equine recovery & vehicle recovery, just hope insurance cover repairs

 

[andyBeaker]

travelling back from Masham in the box with two pregnant mares, just south of Wetherby a landrover in the middle lane ran over a long metal bar throwing it right in my path, massive hole in sump & oil pipe cut in two, highway patrol were brilliant as were equine recovery & vehicle recovery, just hope insurance cover repairs

Unlucky.

Sounds like it could have been a lot worse - wouldn't fancy that coming through the windscreen.

 

[Minkey]

Vehicle can be fixed people can't could have been worse as AB said

 

[Pow-Lo]

Glad to hear you walked away from it, Dezza. As long as you're not insured with those twats Eshite, sorry, Esure, you should be ok.

 

[derek kelly]

Bev phoned insurance, looks like we're covered.

 

[derek kelly]

Not looking good, they can't guarantee that the engine will be ok once the sump & relevant parts are replaced so looking like a write off which means we won't get what it's worth, better go salvage some bits.

 

[Minkey]

That is not good hope it can be sorted

 

[andyBeaker]

Not looking good, they can't guarantee that the engine will be ok once the sump & relevant parts are replaced so looking like a write off which means we won't get what it's worth, better go salvage some bits.

Can't the engine be swapped?

 

[derek kelly]

Can't the engine be swapped?

That was my thought but apparently recon engines are not guaranteed according to insurance companies.

 

[andyBeaker]

That was my thought but apparently recon engines are not guaranteed according to insurance companies.

Might still be a good option if you can get the vehicle back from the msurancencompany for a decent price?

 

[derek kelly]

Good news, insurance have given the go ahead to the garage to repair the box.

 

[ianrobbo1]

Bloody hell Derek, if you didn't have bad luck you wouldn't have any!!!

 

[derek kelly]

Bloody hell Derek, if you didn't have bad luck you wouldn't have any!!!

Looks like turning out ok though, as Andy said earlier it would have been a different story had it gone through the window or burst a tyre.
We escaped unscathed & horses are fine, that's a good result in my book.

 

[andyBeaker]

Looks like turning out ok though, as Andy said earlier it would have been a different story had it gone through the window or burst a tyre.
We escaped unscathed & horses are fine, that's a good result in my book.

There is a sort of pleasing irony - a horseless carriage carrying horses breaks down, another horseless carriage turns up to rescue the horses.

Can't help thinking if the internal combustion engine had never been invented the horses would have been pulling the horse box in the first place. Except as the horses wouldn't have needed to be carted there would have not been a horse box.

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