Decisions! Would you drive one of these?

The only observations i would make about them are :-

1) It only has 1350kgs available payload. Now a decent sized (16.2hh) horse with a bit of bone is going to weigh around 650kgs (or more). Two of them and you are left with about 50kgs to carry you and you groom (probably around 80kgs each !), your tack (another 30kgs !?), some diesel (1kgs per litre !), and some water (another 1kgs per litre). You might want to take a dog and a small child (or two)......And you're well overweight already
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2) For the £7k they are advertising them for, you could buy a reasonable 7.5t 3 stall with about 2000kgs of payload
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The bigger lorry would almost certainly give a better ride, and you've got somewhere to sit when it's wet
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I *think* you're probably of an age where you don't need to worry about taking your HGV too
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Thanks Rambo, didnt think to add up the kgs - see told you I am clueless!

Nope I would have to do my HGV I think - what year was the cut off? (Not because I am young LMAO, because I retook my licence when I came over here!)
 
1997 is the cut off! Those little boxes are great for 1horse, but as previously mentioned, not any good if you legally want to travel two..... unless you have a car with equipment accompanying you everywhere!
 
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Thanks Rambo, didnt think to add up the kgs - see told you I am clueless!

Nope I would have to do my HGV I think - what year was the cut off? (Not because I am young LMAO, because I retook my licence when I came over here!)

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I *think* the cutoff date for licenses was 1997....but if you had an EU license from Spain, then isn't it all transferable to here anyway !?
 
I met a lady at a show this year who very kindly showed me round her box (I asked because I'd not seen one before that I liked the look of so much). She bought a van and had an Ifor Williams box fixed on to the back of it. I haven't described it very well but really, it was a beautiful box. It looked sturdy and spacious, no living though. She had a biggish horse in it too, who she said was quite happy to travel in it. Sorry, I can't remember how much she paid to have it put together but it wasn't a shocking amount. I have wanted one ever since!

She too said it worked out cheaper for her to have a little runaround car and this van thing, than a towing car & a trailer.
 
Wierdly it brought my insurance down LOADS hence why I did it - I do have B&C on it tho so can legally pull a trailer without a test - what letter do I need for HGV, may well have it!
 
We had the Ifor container on a transit base back in the 80's ! They're a nice build, but they do tend to have a higher floor pan so will be less stable than a lower bodied van. The Ifor site now only states them as being fit to carry 2x15.2hh too....although we used to travel a 16.1hh and 16.3hh in it back then
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Wierdly it brought my insurance down LOADS hence why I did it - I do have B&C on it tho so can legally pull a trailer without a test - what letter do I need for HGV, may well have it!

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I think C allows you to drive upto 7.5t doesn't it
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ETS:
Large Vehicles
Description Category Minimum Age See Note
Vehicles over 3500kg with a trailer up to 750kg. C 21 4
Large Vehicles with trailers
Vehicles over 3500kg with a trailer over 750kg. C+E 21 4


Notes
Note 1
Age 21 or 2 years from the date of standard A test pass.

Note 2
Age 16 if you are currently getting Disability Living Allowance at the higher rate (mobility component).

Note 3
Age 18 if combination weight is under 7500kg.

Note 4
Age 17 if member of armed forces.
Age 18 if member of the Young Drivers Scheme.

Note 5
Age 17 if member of armed forces.
Age 18(i) while learning to drive or taking passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) test; or (ii) after passing a PC V test when:
driving on a regular service where the route does not exceed 50km, or
driving a PCV constructed to carry no more than 16 passengers, and
the vehicle is operated under a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operator's licence or permit.
(iii) not engaged in the carriage of passengers

Note 6
Age 16 for tractors less than 2.45m wide. It must only pull trailers less than 2.45m wide with two wheels, or four close coupled.

Note 7
Age 17 for small road rollers with metal or hard rollers. They must not be steam powered, weigh more than 11.69 tonnes or be made for carrying loads.
 
Is it just me reading it, or is the horse area length quoted as 78 inches on all of them - therefore they are quoting the boxes can take 2 x 17.2 but only if they'll fit in 6'6" length.

My 15hh is in 6'3 to 6'6 rugs so she'd be snug lengthways, wouldn't a bigger horse struggle?
 
I have one:

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and my horse fits into it NO problem:

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He's a LW cob and travels alone as he's had travel problems in a trailer - no partition.
Weight wise we have NO problems with one horse and have travelled up to 130 miles at a time, and my box is easy, stable and so comfortable (for horse and me).
I would go for the Renault Master, Vauxhall Movano or Nissan vans, these have the lower floor pan and the horse sits between the sets of wheels, therefore making the box much more stable with no swaying.
If you go for the Ford Transit, Sprinter type the floor is ABOVE the axles and makes it sway, plus less headroom.

My box is the non coachbuilt and has more headroom than the Ifor Williams 505 (7ft 3" ish) and the length is approx 8ft as I insisted on the breast bar being as far back as possible to give horse as much room as possible.
Hope this helps
 
Yes I've got one, look on their gallery page mine's the bright purple one
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. Not too keen on the raised roof one but I easily fit a 16.2hh in mine as it is. They are fab to drive, you hardly notice you have horses on board and the horses love it too. My boy loads himself
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