Can you help me decide please.........

[TicTac]

Right. I own 2 horses and when my daughter was younger and in the pony club we had a lovely new Bateson trailer which we used on a regular basis. She then lost her pony to colic but he was replaced with another. 2nd pony was not brilliant to load in the trailer but always went in after a short spell of arguing and alwayas behaved and travelled well in trailer. My 17.2 warmblood also travelled in the trailer well.

I have a very good friend who over the last few years has let me use his 3 horse Lorry which I have done on a regular basis. I found it easier and more convenient as 2nd horse
( still owned) loads into lorry no probs This rendered my trailer redundant so and I sold it about 2 1/2 years ago. ( Big regret really)

My friend has since sold his Lorry but replaced it with a newer, but as he put it, slightly more troublesome vehicle. He has said I can use it but has also said that it's not as straight forward as the old one. Also he is going through a marriage break up at the moment and I don't want to pester him about using his lorry but I have a few things I would like to do in the next few weeks.

So.........my question is, should I take the plunge and get myself another trailer ( I want a Bateson again) of which I will need to take out finance for but will have at the drop of a hat.

Try and find reasonably priced self drive horse box to hire each time I want to go somewhere. Cost factor and lack of convenience is the drawback.

or keep asking my friend for the use of his lorry.

Any ideas? Thanks

 

[joeanne]

If you can run to it, and you are going to use it regularly, get the trailer.
They seem to hold their value well if looked after, so you can always sell if things change.