GC Horseboxes

[TheCurlyPony]

Hi

Just wondered if anyone had experience with using these guy's. Good/bad comments, or pm me if you prefer.

http://www.gchorseboxes.co.uk/home

Thanks

 

[TheCurlyPony]

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[Tinsel Trouble]

just glancing at the website I am not impressed. There is no mention of the spec of build, payloads or testimonials. The boxes for sale don't even have basic mileage or internal dimensions.

Personally those boxes seem very dark to me. If I was a horse I would like alot of natural light!

 

[perfect11s]

just glancing at the website I am not impressed. There is no mention of the spec of build, payloads or testimonials. The boxes for sale don't even have basic mileage or internal dimensions.

Personally those boxes seem very dark to me. If I was a horse I would like alot of natural light!

Yes like a lot of sellers they have a web site but cant be bothered to spend 5 minuits adding important details like dimentions and weights same with Ebay listing got a 60k horsebox!! crappy grainy mobile phone pics and a vague discripions...cretins or is that unfair to cretins almost as off putting as POA which means pass over advert!!!

 

[perfect11s]

Hi

Just wondered if anyone had experience with using these guy's. Good/bad comments, or pm me if you prefer.

http://www.gchorseboxes.co.uk/home

Thanks

I dont know the firm but as with any horse/horsebox etc you just need to view and take whatever you want to buy as you find it as every lorry will be diferent in some way...

 

[lara b]

Just in case anyone else looks at this for info, I got my box built by GC horseboxes (coachbuilt) and am really happy with it. It has steel reinforcement (cab, floor and breast bar) and an emergency back exit, plus lots of nice storage bits (tack locker etc) and was very reasonably priced. His facebook page is much more up to date the his website so best to look there. The dimensions of the coachbuilt ones are huge (mine personally has 7'2 tail to breastbar, 7'9 ceiling height and 3'4 width per partition). I agree the website could do with more info but he was one of the few coachbuilders who let me see boxes in build and was happy to answer my (many!) questions, he also let me look for my own chassis so that I could get exactly what I wanted. Hope this helps someone as I found it so hard looking for a 3.5 and the more reviews people can find the better.

 

[*hic*]

Just in case anyone else looks at this for info, I got my box built by GC horseboxes (coachbuilt) and am really happy with it. It has steel reinforcement (cab, floor and breast bar) and an emergency back exit, plus lots of nice storage bits (tack locker etc) and was very reasonably priced. His facebook page is much more up to date the his website so best to look there. The dimensions of the coachbuilt ones are huge (mine personally has 7'2 tail to breastbar, 7'9 ceiling height and 3'4 width per partition). I agree the website could do with more info but he was one of the few coachbuilders who let me see boxes in build and was happy to answer my (many!) questions, he also let me look for my own chassis so that I could get exactly what I wanted. Hope this helps someone as I found it so hard looking for a 3.5 and the more reviews people can find the better.

And the most important bit: What's the payload and have you seen the box on the weighbridge with partitions, full tanks, rubber mats in etc.

 

[lara b]

And the most important bit: What's the payload and have you seen the box on the weighbridge with partitions, full tanks, rubber mats in etc.

Hi, sorry yes, I took it myself to the local one, I had the partition in, bedding down, few buckets in and well over half a tank of fuel (probably 2/3rds full). So my box (tack locker, wardrobe and and few other niceties) weighed exactly 2500kg (I know that's odd but I have the cert to prove it!) giving me 1ton payload for my boy and his tack etc.