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Our vet's practice is saying that they are inundated with colic cases at the moment. Any ideas why?

We had one of these and only swapped it as we needed a bigger trailer. They are solid, rattle free, and travel well. The floor may only be composite but we had no problems with it in 15 years of ownership. The key thing with the floor is that the rubber matting is sealed in place along the...

There is a company in Derby, SGS, who can supply almost any type of gas struts. I’ve used them several times for my cars.

Get a long wooden pole, slightly longer than you need. Drill a hole in each end for the pulley hooks. Thread it through the plastic tube, hook the ends up and away you go.

Yes. You could try something like this...

Counter sunk Allen key heads. Take one out and go to Screwfix, or search on eBay. When you replace them use some loctite thread lock glue...

Can you post a picture of the other stirrup so I can see what the original fixings were. It might just be a case of taking it to a good hardware shop (they do exist) and seeing what will fit.

These are essentially the Lemieux ones without their branding on and less than half price.

Lisa Brook?

Before you go the steroid or surgery route ask your consultant about Crespine Gel. It is injected into the joint and fills the crevices caused by the arthritis. It’s not available on the NHS as it isn’t ’cost effective’. Ie. Steroids are cheaper, but it is far more effective at giving pain relief.

Send them to yourself using WhatsApp. It automatically shrinks the file size.

When considering a lorry purchase you need to divide your very close inspection into three parts. 1. As stated above, what is the payload. 3.5 tonne boxes have quite a limited payload. If they are strong and well built they have a lower payload. fine if you are only carrying one horse. 2.The...

Have a search on the LeMieux web site, perhaps using the code rather than the name, and soo if it matches. Or send a photo to customer services and ask them?

My solution from an earlier post. Not acoustic ears though. https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/bridle-falling-off.818152/post-14916039

I wouldn’t want to be towing 2200 kg with a Tiguan. Tail wagging the dog!