Calculating weight for horsebox - weight of 2 horses etc

[Annagain]

But in the odd case it can make sense - for us oldies, I wanted a smaller truck with a decent payload for my then smaller/lighter horse, so I could take 2 horses. And it's a v easy thing to get it uprated to 3.9t. For resale, it can be downgraded if someone wants it as a 3.5t. I realise that as I get older, and more and more people need to take a test, that it gets less useful. And I feel like an old lady :-(

If I do swap lorries I might go for a 4t+ which makes even less sense, to someone other than me

I understand this. If I were to have a lorry (I've looked into it, but don't really take the horses out enough to make it worth it) I'd have a 5T with a very basic day living and about a 2T payload. Many 5T actually have better payloads than 7.5T with full living. I rarely go away overnight, and try not to stay too long at shows etc as although my two are fine standing on the trailer, one won't eat and I don't like him standing getting an empty tummy. That means I don't need lots of facilities in the lorry and I would prefer to drive a smaller one.

 

[conniegirl]

6.5ton lorries can have enormous payloads.
A friend of mine has a 6.5ton with full living and stalled for 3 ponies or 2 horses and it has 2.5ton payload! oh and it seems to run on air as she very rarely has to put fuel in it.

 

[Dubsie]

I'd definitely get the horses weighed, I found I was very much over estimating my three compared with underestimating a couple we sometimes take to shows (so the average weight of mine + another was OK)