Horsebox horse area temp gage?

ElleSkywalker

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Afternoon,

As it seems we now live in a tropical climate ( :D ) I am concerned about cooking my ponies in horsebox. I've found a temp gage with separate monitor that's used for babies etc so imagine it would work through horsebox walls but am wondering the following.....

Has anyone else done similar, does it work? What make etc did you get?


What actual temp is ok for horses?!


Where do I stick the gage thingy? In Luton? On wall high up out of horse teeth reach? Or I have a solid perspex panel above jump shelf that horses can't reach would this be good as would be between horses or would fact it between horses and living give an inaccurate temp measurement?!


Is this a really bad idea that will just give me more to fret about like my lovely camera has :D

Ice cream for all

Xx
 
ElleSkywalker said:
Afternoon,

As it seems we now live in a tropical climate ( :D ) I am concerned about cooking my ponies in horsebox. I've found a temp gage with separate monitor that's used for babies etc so imagine it would work through horsebox walls but am wondering the following.....

Has anyone else done similar, does it work? What make etc did you get?


What actual temp is ok for horses?!


Where do I stick the gage thingy? In Luton? On wall high up out of horse teeth reach? Or I have a solid perspex panel above jump shelf that horses can't reach would this be good as would be between horses or would fact it between horses and living give an inaccurate temp measurement?!


Is this a really bad idea that will just give me more to fret about like my lovely camera has :D

Ice cream for all

Xx
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Does the back of your lorry heat up in the horse area? Mine doesn’t. Nothing like the tempatures the cab does. I
Think having no direct large glass windows and lots of vents and not being near the engine. I’ve nearly had heatstroke in lorry (no true air conditioning and fan is poor) twice when stationary in mid day on motorway in traffic for hours. Horses stayed cool and fine. And shaded.
 
I don't know if it heats up hence the questions :D it's all nicely insulated etc and have three small windows in horse area and a fan and three large windows in living but there is an aluminium grid between horses and living with perspex over it so only minimal air gets through the gaps in the opening little doors so those windows don't really do much. All windows are tinted so guess that would help too.

When I popped into the living earlier it seemed pretty cool but guess adding a nice sweaty horse would make it toastie.

Thanks for comments makes me feel a bit better :)
 
I traveled my horses half an hours back from the beach today they where not sweating when we got back to the lorry but it was very very hot .
We had all windows in the back open and the roof vent over and the cooling fan running .
When we got home it was very very hot in the horse area .
We hosed the horses down until cool they did not look distressed but where keen to get out of the truck. I was so glad the horses had not got a six hour trip back after a BE .
However it was a slow journey on little roads on bigger faster roads they cool better in a truck
I should have taken their temperature it would have been interesting to see .
It was 28 degrees on our yard today ,seriously hot ,these temperatures are potentially dangerous for horses .
We are giving all the horses electrolytes daily and some black salt they have Himalayan rock salts in the field and they where going out at seven thirty but until it cools they will staying in until dust .
I have never experianced horse flys as bad as they are this year.
I can’t wait for the weather to break .

Fatty has non Sweating syndrome he can’t cool himself I am really worried about him we keep hi. the dark and as still as we can all day and hose him regularly which he loves .
 
Took mine out today and we got stuck on the m25 for a bit and I was worried about the heat. Cab area was warm even with the fan on. Got F off and he was cool, no sweat and the back area was noticeably cooler than the cab. Was v relieved.
 
For a rough idea on room temperatures, 18-22 is a nice room temperature. 26+ is too warm to be comfortable. That’s for people not moving around though. I’d imagine a bit less for horses who are using energy to remain balanced.

I monitor baby room temperatures and air con temp in the working environment, that’s the guide we go with.
 
Bernster said:
Took mine out today and we got stuck on the m25 for a bit and I was worried about the heat. Cab area was warm even with the fan on. Got F off and he was cool, no sweat and the back area was noticeably cooler than the cab. Was v relieved.
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This has been my experience, being stuck in mid day heat, with horses on motorway. I baked, horse was fine, not even sweating. I have been lucky I think with my last too lorries. Horse area doesn't seem to heat up at events either. Lorry living and cab bakes!!
 
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