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    What bedding do you use and how much is it per bale?

    megazorb for £5.10 a bag and bedmax for £6.30 from FCS in harlesden norfolk
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    RAV 4

    if you only do low mileage then it would make a great run around. Japanese reliabilty plus it'll be cheap compared to a normal mileage one.
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    Anyone else got no water at their yard!?

    Our YO filled a 2000 litre tank for us with the tap at the bottom that is lagged to stop it freezing. so far it has worked as the wtaer freezes at the top but the water comes out from the bottom.
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    Resident Livery Yard Weirdo's

    No weirdo's but we do have a compulsive liar but seen as she is the YO daughter you just put up with it
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    How ' Chatty ' is your horse?

    Our pair together arnt that chatty but when out at a show they talk to each other so much that during the last show one of them whinney'd back to the other in the traile and left the arena for a few steps as he wasnt concentrating.
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    What job do you have?

    Jobo- bugger was hoping you would say modern bikes as i have a fair few contacts in the amatuer bike racing scene and they could always use another contact. I work for London undergroud as a signal engineer.
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    Sorry, more towing questions

    Dont know anywhere near cambridge who does the training but can i just point out that most companies that offer B+E training tend to be HGV training companies and they are really expensive. your best bet is to ring round some of the local driving instructors and see if they do it or know of...
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    Which knickers??

    I personally think we need pictures of these backsides in jods with no vpls just to check for ourselves that they are as good as you say! I rekon T-bag will agree with me aswell!
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    So who knows about towing?!

    [ QUOTE ] Ah ok, then I stand corrected. But how many people are ever going to be able to meet those restrictions? My feeling is it is better to advise people to take the test. [/ QUOTE ] very few however it is doable hence the long winded explination. And yes it is far better to advise...
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    So who knows about towing?!

    [ QUOTE ] IF you passed your test AFTER jan 1994 you will have to take a separate towing test. [/ QUOTE ] 1997 [ QUOTE ] regarding vehicles, look at the vehicle's vin plate, it's under the bonnet. to give an example....i tow with a daihatsu fourtrack, it has an unladen kerbweight if 1750kgs...
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    So who knows about towing?!

    [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] God this question is asked too many times to count and everytime i see the answers i am amazed at just how wronong people can be!!! [/ QUOTE ] What was incorrect about my answer? Not being stroppy, just interested. As far as I can see, no trailer with a horse in it is...
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    So who knows about towing?!

    This is very helpful for the trailer test aswell
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    So who knows about towing?!

    No source but tbh you'd be lucky to find a copper who has any more of an idea than the dvla. Have you looked into the reversing part of the trailer test and how to set out the cones to practice it?
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    How can I deal with this? (Family/horse care related)

    Perhaps you need to be the one who rings the RSPCA? If his intnetions are honarable then i would very much doubt they would prosecute for neglect but they maywell remove them for there own wellbeing? If i'm honest it would be what i did.
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    So who knows about towing?!

    [ QUOTE ] I'm sorry. I'm still confused! It sounds to me like towing a horse is pretty much never legal? Am I getting this right? If I tow with my car, which doesn't weigh much, I can't do it because my trailer + beast is too heavy to legally be pulled by my car, if I change car and buy myself...
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