Recent content by Craig Jones

My wife has now recovered to the point where she can now ride a horse again but obviously not in the manner that she used to. She has a large (approx. 100 x 60) titanium plate fixed to her skull to cover the bone removed to effect surgery. Her motor skills are much reduced, physically she is...

I can understand your confusion from previous posts! No offence but some people just haven't looked at the partition in detail. Pictures on a recent blog give a very good idea of the result of partition collapse.

In response - the rivets we are talking about are those holding the hinge strip to the partition and are nothing to do with the location of the breach bar. Secondly - my wife was NOT standing under the ramp but to the side. It would appear that with the ramp coming down suddenly she fell...

Have been offline for two weeks but I would like to contact you by e-mail as suggested to discuss the matter further but have no idea how to access your blog. Can you enlighten me please?

Can you please let me have any more detailed info re your engineers inspection of the failed partition as I am building a file of similar complaints in order to bring this matter to the attention of more owners. My original post appears to have been hijacked by people who do not understand the...

To answer some of the queries. The trailer was not brand new but one owner and very well maintained. The metal loop which stops the ramp from touching the ground was the object which caused the head injury. This is located on the edge of the door and one would only need to be marginally...

To answer your queries-: The horse was a 16 year old gelding which had been regularly travelled. My wife was originally standing to the side of the ramp. She was not wearing protective headgear at the time - I wonder how many people do when loading or unloading a horse? She has been...

The accident happened due to the front partition collapsing at the hinge point

In November 2010 my wife suffered a serious head injury whilst unloading her horse from a 510 model Ifor Williams trailer. Her 16hh horse had managed to tear the rivets from the front partition and climb over the breast bar before the side ramp door was opened and the force of the horse...