Horsebox Partitions

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I was looking at adding a 'headpeice' and rubber skirt to my partiiton, but not sure how much it will cost and whereabouts to buy the stuff from. I believe the skirt can be pot riveted on and is quite straightforward.

I currently have the partition in the first piccie in - but do own the one in the second piccie too. I don't like solid full length partitions as feel it can restrict the horse when balancing - and Rubes had been absolutely fine with the first one in,

I am only looking at doing this as no one from my current yard will travel their horse in my box with Ruby without the additions! Its only really for trips to Somerford and the like that cost a fortune in diesel.

Ruby does pull lots of nasty faces, squeak and kick the back of the horse box if she does'nt approve of who she is travelling with! and Woe bedtide them if they try and nick her net! I have travelled several other different horses with her and not had any real issues, just strops from my madam!

So, need to purchase a rubber skirt and was thinking of chopping the 'head' peice off the full length partition and welding it to the other one, although it is rather big!

So any cheap cheerful suggestions welcome.



 
We have jusy had new partitions fitted in our wagon, and they are excellent, not sure how much they were (ie don't have a breakdown of the costs on me) but it cost £1400 for the following:

2 partitions with rubber skirts, padding. 5ft high along the back, with high head bits so they cannot get their head over
2 new 5ft back doors
2 new windows cut out and windows put in
small tack locker fiited under living bit

I would think you could make something cheaper, but for the price of those (nice solid, comfy partitions) I don't think you;d get cheaper.

This was a horsebox guy in Ilkely, n Yorks
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I got my OH to cut down partitions like those in your second pic to turn them into ones like those in the first pic - really easy and just requires time and skill with an angle-grinder/welder. He did 3 partitions in an afternoon.

You could then use the off-cuts from the bottom to make wedge-shaped head guards I guess.

I don't have rubber on the bottom of mine, and have never had any issues traveling 2 horses in there due to that.

Why don't you use the spare partition between the two horses and then leave the other one as is? You could give Ruby more space to help her balance?

I don't think you'll travel 3 within weight in a 7.5 tonne anyway, so that should work without costing you money?
 
Hi L154xxx,

Sorry - I have absolutely nothing of value to add in relation to your question - but just wanted to say I think that the little dog on the ramp in the 2nd pic is adorable!

Gem
 
Tilly, can I borrow your OH for an afternoon then??? lol

My box only travels two anyway, so only ever have one partition in, but could easily make the Wedge shape head bits from the cut off - then at least it would match the partition!

As Ruby does have tirretts (sp?) with her back legs, people think she could kick under the partition. Although she has got better the longer I've had her and is now a star in busy collecting rings!
 
Cheapest & most straight forward way to do this is to chop down the second partition, weld on a new bottom bar & then either rivet on or bolt on with large washers the rubber. I'd probably use some of the thinner pony stable matting that's around 10mm thick. I can't see that it would cost much to do really, the price of the matting (easy to cut with a Stanley knife), & a few quid to the guy to weld the new bottom bar.
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If you were closer I'd send him over! He re-riveted part of the side of the lorry back together the other day, he is great!

You can buy a rivet gun and rivets for about £20 from toolstation, so then all you need to do is drill holes in the bottom of the partition which is already cut down and rivet the matting on. You can buy skirt matting online really easily, I looked into it.

For the headpiece someone should be able to weld you a frame and bolt on some ply (use marine ply then it won't matter if it gets wet) for not a lot at all - they'd probably fit the skirts too TBH.

Personally if I did not have such a useful OH, I would find an agricultural fabricator near you, take it in and explain what you want, and I would have thought that if you provide the rubber they should be able to do what you want very cheaply. Don't go to a specialist horsebox place for something like this, you don't need to. Ask your YO or a friendly local farmer which agri fabricator in the area they use. You could also try a blacksmith - anyone like that really should have the skills and tools to do this.
 
If only you were down the road..... have to clear out our 'cupboard' at work - cutting the space we rent - and in there is a bit of rubber floor matting - the anti slip with bobbles on, which we have down the isles between the shelves, it was surplus as we've less floor here than our last premises. It's quite heavy, and I would think is the same sort of thickness as normal partition rubber, and would probably attach on easily with rivitting as T_Z says. We got it from a local rubber company, but I'd imagine it's available in a lot of places. A whole roll was about £400, but I'd imagine an offcut like that would be quite cheap...?
 
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If you were closer I'd send him over! He re-riveted part of the side of the lorry back together the other day, he is great!

You can buy a rivet gun and rivets for about £20 from toolstation, so then all you need to do is drill holes in the bottom of the partition which is already cut down and rivet the matting on. You can buy skirt matting online really easily, I looked into it.

For the headpiece someone should be able to weld you a frame and bolt on some ply (use marine ply then it won't matter if it gets wet) for not a lot at all - they'd probably fit the skirts too TBH.

Personally if I did not have such a useful OH, I would find an agricultural fabricator near you, take it in and explain what you want, and I would have thought that if you provide the rubber they should be able to do what you want very cheaply. Don't go to a specialist horsebox place for something like this, you don't need to. Ask your YO or a friendly local farmer which agri fabricator in the area they use. You could also try a blacksmith - anyone like that really should have the skills and tools to do this.

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Got the pot rivet bit sorted, my friend from the yard showed me a couple of weeks ago and we put some in the skirts of my lorry (where I'd scraped over a boulder!)

That side should be easy enough, then I also have a 'friend' who works on a farm who has access to all the other stuff I need who would probably do it for me! He owes me a favour or two now! Hmm will have to be nice to him!
 
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If only you were down the road..... have to clear out our 'cupboard' at work - cutting the space we rent - and in there is a bit of rubber floor matting - the anti slip with bobbles on, which we have down the isles between the shelves, it was surplus as we've less floor here than our last premises. It's quite heavy, and I would think is the same sort of thickness as normal partition rubber, and would probably attach on easily with rivitting as T_Z says. We got it from a local rubber company, but I'd imagine it's available in a lot of places. A whole roll was about £400, but I'd imagine an offcut like that would be quite cheap...?

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What a shame I'm so far away! it would probably cost as much to post as it would me buy some!
 
Be so careful if you have something put up between the horses heads that there isn't a gap between it and the side of the waggon because we were travelling to a comp afew months ago and my friends horse must have been trying to steal my lads haylage and managed to force his face through a gap that just was not big enough and managed to get stuck . Heard a load of banging to pulled up but he was stuck so had to unload mine on the side of the M6 and go up the banking. (Not a nice experience but he was very good. ) I have never seen a horse look like he had gone blue but he had! Partition wouldn't open cos he was leaning on it so had three of us pushing him back . Finally opened it, he seemed ok lukily we weren't far from home so went back and called vet on the way. He had a big swollen head for a few weeks but seems oknow. Anyhow very scary experience and probably like 1 in a million chance of it happening to anyone again! but just a warning to be aware.
 
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