How much to charge to bury a horse?

[cowboydoc]

You have to have one heck of a hot fire and have it burning quite awhile to get a carcass to burn down to ashes.

 

[mountain_man]

Have a local friend who raises cattle with names like "Big Mac", "Whopper", and "Arby" so his kids don't think they're pets...

 

[Oregon_Rob]

Interesting and very relative topic. If you got livestock, at one time or another, you have to deal with it. We had our last animal go down Saturday night. Sunday I went down the road a mile or so to where I knew a contractor lived who had a hoe parked outside. I had the figure of $100 in my mind and when I asked how much he said $100. He came over an hour later, dug a hole about 8’ x 6’ x 8-9’ deep. I already had a chain around David, he lifted up and set him down and backfilled.

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Anyone ever consider cremating the animal say in a large burn pile? )</font>

I only had one horse die when I was a kid, but that's exactly what we did. At the time, Dad was working for an oil field company that gave him access (free) to large quantities of big black rubber cylinders; 8 to 12" diameter and 18 to 24" lengths with about a 2.5" hole through the middle. So we piled those all around the horse. The smoke was much like burning a large quantity of tires, so I assume you couldn't do that now-a-days, but 50 years ago, we didn't know the difference and no one objected.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

To weigh in on the conversation here.

One thing to remember. If you are called to bury an animal (assuming a huge animal because we are talking backhoe) just remember to verify if there are any utilities in the area.

About 15 years ago in your State of Tenn. there was a fellow who buried a Horse (or Cow) in the pasture where it died. It became an event at ATT becuase there was a "right of way accross that pasture" for a Trans-Continental Coax Cable.

Now there is fiber running everywhere. Be careful, it gets expensive.

Tom