Tubs62
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After countless years my lovely hubby has finally said I can have a horsebox 
Then I started to research, my original intention being to have a 3.5 tonne one, handy and economical. Then I read about payloads and horses going over the breast bar. Some of the 3.5 boxes look good - eg. Regent, Marlborough Hunter, Chaigley. My budget is £15 to 20k. But I have two horses, a substantial 15.2 sec D, around 620 and a TB, around 550. Over the payload BUT, here's the first dilemma: the TB is 27 and retired so he would rarely travel apart from an occasional outing to the Ayres to be led next to my mare which he loves, and occasional transporting the 4 miles from my rented grazing to stables and paddock at home. And being realistic, at some point ( which I dread as I've had him for over 18 years) I will have only one horse to transport anywhere.
Second dilemma is there's a lovely Kevin Parker box available locally. 8 ft x 20 ft, 5 tonne or so unladen and will be fully serviced, plated and taxed before I buy it. Downside is fuel consumption, annual plating and extra space required especially negotiating my bendy drive - I've already had the front gutters off with the Ifor Williams!
Thoughts, recommendations, advice would be much appreciated. Oh, and I'm on the Isle of Man where 3.5 tonners are like hen's teeth so would need to source one in the UK.
Then I started to research, my original intention being to have a 3.5 tonne one, handy and economical. Then I read about payloads and horses going over the breast bar. Some of the 3.5 boxes look good - eg. Regent, Marlborough Hunter, Chaigley. My budget is £15 to 20k. But I have two horses, a substantial 15.2 sec D, around 620 and a TB, around 550. Over the payload BUT, here's the first dilemma: the TB is 27 and retired so he would rarely travel apart from an occasional outing to the Ayres to be led next to my mare which he loves, and occasional transporting the 4 miles from my rented grazing to stables and paddock at home. And being realistic, at some point ( which I dread as I've had him for over 18 years) I will have only one horse to transport anywhere.
Second dilemma is there's a lovely Kevin Parker box available locally. 8 ft x 20 ft, 5 tonne or so unladen and will be fully serviced, plated and taxed before I buy it. Downside is fuel consumption, annual plating and extra space required especially negotiating my bendy drive - I've already had the front gutters off with the Ifor Williams!
Thoughts, recommendations, advice would be much appreciated. Oh, and I'm on the Isle of Man where 3.5 tonners are like hen's teeth so would need to source one in the UK.
