Transporting Goats in Truck-Hot Weather

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I've never seen vents in a camper shell either, but it looks like it would be pretty trivial to install some.

Your husband may be right about the 4x4 van. That puppy would STINKl! I'm sure Charlie Horse could tell you all about it. He hauls his crew in a Suburban (or used to).

hehe... I did think of using our Burb too. But a cargo van wouldn't be too bad, I like goat smell!  Well, as long as you lined it with a tarp so the pee wouldn't get permanently deposited in uncleanable spots... I'll give you that!

I did find several ideas on vents for a camper shell, that idea looks very feasible as you said. They even have 12volt fan vents for RV's that some folks have used, go figure.

I have a Ram 1500 with a central window in the back of the cab. The central portion of it opens electrically. The topper I have has a central window in the front that aligns with the window opening in the back of the cab. I have a inflatable donut that seals the gap between the cab and topper that was made for that purpose and was sold to me by the company that put on the topper. It is a high-top topper. I place a fan between the cab and topper to blow air-conditioned air into the topper.  I originally put together the white truck and white topper to keep my field trial dogs comfortable during long trips to hot places like Texas and it has worked wonderfully for that purpose. It also worked well to bring three goats home from Dwite's a couple of weeks ago. The topper also has side opening windows, each of which has a screen covered slider in the middle that can be opened. I don't run on the highway with the slides open since it isn't necessary. The positive airflow from cab to topper keeps goat smell out of the cab and I place a remote reading thermometer in the topper with the readout in the cab. It was a $12 purchase at Menards and has worked perfectly for several years. My goats are young and I put them in the topper in a large fan supplied crate in back, but you could goat proof the whole topper as I've seen others do. I am going to get a trailer for mine eventually because I still use the topper setup I have would work great for goats without the dog and gun systems, both of which have sliding trays on top of them.