Will be shipping out the “Mrs”,no.On a serious note,what are the new hours for European livestock movements,and what certificates does a driver need to transport livestock to Europe.Will she/he need to take a training course in that subject.?Can a driver exceed the driving hours,in the interest of animal health to reach a suitable destination,for watering/feeding/replenishing of straw or hay etc?
Try these for links.
roadtransport.com/Articles/2 … ation.html
defra.gov.uk/animalh/welfare … nsport.htm
or do it the easy way and stick em in a fridge 
peter mill:
Will be shipping out the “Mrs”,no.On a serious note,what are the new hours for European livestock movements,and what certificates does a driver need to transport livestock to Europe.Will she/he need to take a training course in that subject.?Can a driver exceed the driving hours,in the interest of animal health to reach a suitable destination,for watering/feeding/replenishing of straw or hay etc?
Cattle and sheep: 14 hours transport, 1 hour rest - feed and water, 14 hours transport. (young animals can only be transported for 9 hours before a rest)
Pigs - up to 24 hours but must have regular access to water
The driver will need a Certificate of Competence for the long distance transport of animals (for each species transported) . this will need to have been issued since the rules changed in Jan 2007 (all previous certificates are not valid under EU Reg 1/2005 !! )
exceeding the hours is dodgy !! for long distance you need a route plan and scheduled stops! You won’t be able to plan a route that would break the rules, but you will probably get away with it if you are unexpectedly held up.
Dennis. How does the 14-1-14 work? When does the driver go to bed? 
Wheel Nut:
Dennis. How does the 14-1-14 work? When does the driver go to bed?
the people who drew up the transport regs haven’t read the drivers hours rules 
the clock starts ticking when the first animal is loaded so its possible for one driver to load up and take the truck to meet a couple of other drivers who could double man it to the destination,
The rules were drawn up to make life so difficult for the long distance transporters that the journey wouldn’t happen! in particular the Eastern European trucks who were running horses to abattoirs in Italy ( pressure from the animal rights lobby!!)
In practice very little really long distance stuff happens (particularly in this country) I think the question Peter asked was connected to a job he mentioned in another post about an Irish Job doing international livestock, this would probably be running Cattle from Ireland to abattoirs here, which would come nowhere near the limits !!
Was it a myth,that some young heifers,that had grazed recently on fresh pastures,let loose with propelled diarrohea in to the leather seats of an very expensive convertible car and lady driver sued for damages and clean up,as she passed a wagon with heifers on board.This was in the 90`s.Good info on livestock.There was job in Ireland,on jobcentreplus website.