To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't post "share a ride" to just any random
person. I'd prefer personal contact. First choice, recruit someone who lives
very close. Get them into the sport and talk them in to going to a ride with
you. It's handy, and you already know what you're getting in to. Also, you have
an idea what their horse is like. I'm not too thrilled about putting my horse in
with someone else driving if I don' tknow them well...and I'm not thrilled about
putting a horse I know nothing about in my trailer with my horse. That said, I
have quite a few people I'd be willing to haul with if they can stand
to haul with me. :-)
My random thoughts on ridesharing aka horsepooling:
I would
totally be up for horsepooling with people but I don't think that there
are many people close to me. Then again, I really don't know. Can
we use the website that Mr. Teeter has posted before to locate
people that are close to us that don't mind sharing a ride? I only have
a two horse trailer but almost always go by myself so I have space for
one. Of course, that means tent camping and I don't know how many of
those folks used to luxurious accomidations would want to ride with me.
;-) I would also be willing to ride with someone else and if they
were close enough, I could trailer to their place and then they would not have
to come pick me up.
OK, time to stop thinking so
hard.
Mel
> To:
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:28:23 -0400 >
Subject: [RC] Saving money (was: entry fees) > From:
rides2far@xxxxxxxx > > I think the gist of this conversation is
that we need to figure out how > to still compete with current gas
prices. Though I still like a cheaper > entry fee and will skip a meal,
the best way to make a real impact on > your fuel cost is to pick up a
hauling partner. I can save $8 to $20 by > skipping a meal, up to about
$60 by choosing one ride over another, but I > could cut my fuel bill in
HALF by being willing to share a ride. Though > I still prefer to haul
my 2 horse trailer, I finally bought a 3 horse > goose neck and I can go
cheaper if I'll pull that and find someone to > fill that empty slot and
share gas. > > I used to have two hauling buddies. We lived
relatively close and were > willing to share space.One was a junior,
which was good because that > automatically puts them out of the
decision making process if there's a > battle of opinions. >g< I
think I have gotten used to bringing along > hubby for a driver (takes
up a paying slot) and just spreading out, but I > come from a big family
so I am pretty capable of cramming it all in > again. > >
There could be some upside to this. If we double up our campgrounds
can > hold more of these big rigs, we will socialize more, sometimes you
learn > you don't need to bring so much stuff, and what the heck, we'll
cut down > on our carbon footprint. >g< Maybe we'll even get busy
and recruit some > new locals to the sport. Can some of you guys
*imagine* picking up > another horse & rider on your way to the
ride? If you do, you're going to > have to start planning your packing
like you were loading up the back of > a 2 horse & a pickup
again...and so are they! :-) > > Angie > >
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