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Trish,
It sounds like a "standard shoeing" even differs from area to area. I can speak to SE Virginia (where I lived until 2 years ago) and Northern West Virginia.
A standard job in Virginia was a trim and 4 new keg shoes - may or not be hot worked). The price was around $60 for the best farrier we could find. His prices were relativel average. A trim ran $15.
West Virginia is a "depressed" state - incomes are quite low. Farriers who charged $100 per set would probably have <very> little work! We have an <excellent> farrier (who I wouldn't lose for the world!). He does not hot shoe unless there is a specialty shoe that needs to be made. For a trim and 4 new St. Croix Eventers with clips, it runs $40. Just a trim is $10. He also charges mileage one way since he covers a wide area. He travels about 38 miles to see us... About an extra $12. (An example of the cost of Donald's specialty work - trim, 4 new shoes with hand-pulled clips, partial toe resection with a hoof polyfill $65)
There are a number of folks in my area that pick up an Amish farrier & drive him from farm to farm for shoeing. Handmade hot shoeing for 4 feet with a trim runs $25-35. He's a better than average farrier, but not as good as Donald who we use.
Linda Flemmer
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From: Trish Grant [mailto:grantt@unbc.ca]
My curious mind wants to know what kind of prices everyone in different
parts of the world is paying for their standard shoeing.
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