Herringbone horsebox partitions - seen ones like this?

[milliepops]

We are mid way through a horsebox refurb, have an older but very tidy tristar body which OH has just finished moving onto a newer chassis. at the moment it has a gutted living which I'm daydreaming about but the horse bit is as per original spec including telescopic partitions with solid headboards.

I have always had horses that like trying to nut themselves looking underneath the headboards it is the stuff of (my) nightmares.
in previous lorry OH welded a bracket onto the back partition and we fixed a bit of ply into the gap to discourage that. which worked well, but if you did that to more partitions then you would not be able to get between them, so that's not a solution. i usually tack up in the lorry etc so like to be able to do that without opening the back gates.

Spotted these snazzy partitions on the tristar facebook page. they are pricey, atm budget wouldn't stretch to a set. but we could maybe doctor our existing ones. anyone seen them in use? or anything similar? did they work well?

we will be replacing the solid headboards with mesh or bars as none of my gang like the solid ones, but that's a separate thing, and unfortunately doesn't solve the head-nutting problem anyway as past experience shows

 

[Parrotperson]

Very nice. Might be very heavy though. You could prob get someone to weld you something similar?

 

[dorsetladette]

oh I like that idea. I currently can't get past mine as the tack locker is in the gap. That would solve the problem beautifully.

 

[littlemiss1]

We have something very similar in our lorry. We travel miniatures so we have a full length partition with little door to stop them from getting into the other sections. I will try and get a pic for you but they work really well.

 

[milliepops]

We have something very similar in our lorry. We travel miniatures so we have a full length partition with little door to stop them from getting into the other sections. I will try and get a pic for you but they work really well.

thanks, would appreciate that.

 

[milliepops]

Very nice. Might be very heavy though. You could prob get someone to weld you something similar?

yeah OH is very handy with a welder so he can do it. i think the tristar ones might be ali. which we could also do but probably wouldn't be a lot of cost difference to buying them off tristar. modifying the existing ones with some steel wouldn't be very costly.

need to put the lorry over a weighbridge again anyway now it's a new combo of truck and container but the living will be pretty minimalist and we intend to replace the wood floor with ali at some point so should be plenty of wriggle room.

 

[milliepops]

oh I like that idea. I currently can't get past mine as the tack locker is in the gap. That would solve the problem beautifully.

they look really neat don't they. i don't have a locker in the horse bit so there's just a big gap that some of the twerps find inviting!

 

[littlemiss1]

 

[littlemiss1]

the little white door is attached on hinges to the side of the lorry and has a slot in the partition it connects to to close it. Hope this helps.

 

[milliepops]

ah! hadn't thought of doing it that way. that's interesting. thank you - cute pony

 

[dorsetladette]

they look really neat don't they. i don't have a locker in the horse bit so there's just a big gap that some of the twerps find inviting!

I have the opposite problem. My little terrorist climbs on the tack locker. He has to have his travel safe on all the time or he is constantly looking out the window.

 

[littlemiss1]

ah! hadn't thought of doing it that way. that's interesting. thank you - cute pony

thank you he's the reason for the little door, he just loves to escape! its really handy because it locks into the back of the lorry when you don't need to use it. Good luck with yours.