The George Mullins fleet of seven trucks is comprised of Volvo, MAN and Renault, with the emphasis heavily on the Scandinavian marque. We recently bought a small MAN truck, because trainers are more inclined to hire a small truck for their own needs, but the rest of the fleet are Volvo. We have had Volvo FHs since 1996.

The European runs require two drivers, that is one of the reasons we opt for Volvo. They have a very spacious cab and our main dealer, McCarthy's in Kilkenny offer a very good back up service. George is acutely aware where his strengths lie in horse transportation. In that vein he is happy to sub-contract truck maintenance to the main dealers.

We don't expect our customers to accept break downs as we are operating in a very time sensitive business. The welfare of the horse comes first at all times. Therefore, we leave maintenance and repairs to the experts and each truck is regularly serviced.

Equine transport is a million miles away from any other sector of the haulage industry, therefore when selecting our crew of drivers first and foremost we look for horse-lovers, who happen to be experienced truck drivers.

Another unique feature of our boxes is the pull-out side ramp which slides out from underneath. In traditional boxes the side ramp takes up an additional 6/8" narrowing the horse stalls in this area, causing horses stalled behind the ramp to sweat more during travel. With our specially designed ramps this isn't a problem and the horses enjoy the full width of the horsebox for a more comfortable journey!