Clydesdale in 3.5t Lorry?

Around 750kg, I'd discounted it out as a no-no before but was looking at transporting 2 at the time, we're probably better looking at a 7.5t aren't we? (thankyou for helping :))
 
I hire a self drive 3.5t lorry for a 17h shire. She is fine in that but we are mindful of the payload which includes the weight of people, water, equipment, hay and tack which all adds up.
For example the lorry can take two horses but only has a maximum payload of 1100kg so we will have to hire a 7.5t if she gets much bigger or if we want to take her out with another horse. Hope that helps.
 
Are you sure she weights that much? My husband's hunter type weighs that, and my friend's Clydesdale looks a lot chunkier and has much more bone than him..

I would be wary personally.
 
My old boy weighed 770kg and he was only half clydesdale. Our big HW cob weighs about the same. I would think a mature clydesdale would be in excess of of 750kg
 
I knew 4/5/6 year old clydesdales who weighed in at around 700-800kg. By the time they fill out, at around 8-9 yo, they often weight 900kg-1 ton. However some are weedier than others.
 
My friends just-turned 4yr old shire who is still very weedy and immature is almost 900kg on a weighbridge already. However he has in the past travelled in a 3.5t equitrek (as the only horse obviously) and had no issues, he just had to have the partitions adjusted so he could stand diagonally if that makes sense
 
No I wouldn't.

I wouldn't trust the weight tape either - isn't there a thread on here which showed a huge difference between weight tape and actual weight after using a weigh bridge?
 
Theres a massive difference with my two from weight bridge to tape.

It really needs finding out for certain. It doesn't matter if the horse fits in or not, if you were involved in an accident and found to be overweight and travelling illegally the insurance would not be valid...
 
My 17.1 loves travelling in my mine and he is a middleweight verging on heavyweight hunter type build. Theres plenty headroom to spare and it is has a 1500kg payload (its actually 3.9 tonnes but the same build as an average coachbuilt 3.5 tonne). I made sure when I got it built that it had enough headroom but it was still a standard dimension for the coachbuilders.
 
It's not impossible. I travel my 17.2 IDx in a 3.5 tonne van and headroom is not the problem - we have 7'11 height, and this is fine for him; also the internal length and width are fine and actually give him more room than my old 7.5 tonne lorry. Obviously I can only carry one horse. I can't comment on the weight - you really need to get an accurate view of what the horse weighs and allow some margin for growth / putting on weight. Many of the 3.5 tonne boxes seem to offer around 1.1 tonnes so you might be ok if you are careful on tack, water and equipment.
 
Thanks for all the replies, it would just be for one horse and one shortish journey (to vet hosp and back) I think we will stick with the transporter ... I've asked the vet to include her weight from the weighbridge on the discharge sheet so will let you know the discrepancy!
 
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