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Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.There is a 511 at my yard. And not a lot of trailers for sale locally. And I can't face driving hundreds of miles to look at a trailer... -
Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.I borrowed it from 'The Thick of It.' A 505 is 907kg and a 511 is 1000kg. Horse is 450. Both those put you at or near the kerbweight of...
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Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.Yeah, super rare trailers aren't exactly in the cards. I do like those Fautras ones, though. Some are herring bone loading and step ups.
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Caol Ila reacted to m1stify's post in the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options with
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The OPS yeti is certified to tow 2.1T not 1550kg so you are not comparing like with like here. The irony is that if anyone saw the OP... -
Caol Ila reacted to Tiddlypom's post in the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options with Like.
If your Yeti is half as good at towing as the diesel 4x4 2015 Skoda Octavia Scout estate car that we have it’ll be rock solid at towing...
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Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.But is the vehicle underpowered if you’re under it’s stated tie limit? The topography around us isn’t that tricky unless you want it to...
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Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.I did think of that but I feel it’s a lot to ask of people, since they wouldn’t be able to drive their car for as long as you’re faffing...
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Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.Someone at my yard is selling a 511. Fairly big. 1000kg as per Ifor’s website. Horse is around 450. Would not haul two with that but...
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Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.I know the YO won’t let anyone move the box but her and certain staff members. My friend’s one is like 10 miles away. I’m not getting...
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Caol Ila reacted to m1stify's post in the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options with Like.
Your 4x4 yeti is absolutely perfect for towing one horse in say an ifor 505. You are overthinking it and I get it having come from the...
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Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.It does look like a tow bar on the Yeti is our best bet. I had towed a lot in the States, but with an F250 and a big steel bumper pull...
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Caol Ila reacted to Midlifecrisis's post in the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options with Like.
Why not see if Stirling Ifor trailers would hire you a trailer for a month to practise loading and you could test out towing with the yeti??
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Caol Ila reacted to shellonabeach's post in the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options with Like.
What about a compromise on the trailer size and look at a single cheval liberte? This would be well within the yetti towing capacity...
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Caol Ila reacted to Michen's post in the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options with Like.
If the Yeti is rated to tow at 2.1 then towing an ifor and horse would still keep you at 75% or less of that rating. I’d feel...
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Caol Ila replied to the thread Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options.A TARDIS would fix it. Hermosa's issue with the lorry today was that once she got in it, she decided it was smaller on the inside.