Horsebox Partitions...

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We are having a horsebox built, (very exciting!) My dad owns a metal fabrication firm so we are gooing to make the partitions ourselves. I am struggling to find pics on the internet of partitions so that we can find ones that suit us best.
I have seen ones with bars at the horses head (if that makes sense?) dont know whether things could get caught around then or horses might fight? Our old lorry had solid head pieces and they worked well.

So if anyone has any tips or pics of their partitions then that would be a great help.

Thanks.
 
when my horse smashed our partitions i did a lot of research on them make sure they are not solid all the way down and that they have rubber just under half way. the people who did mine also used very thick clear rubber and not black as they said that if you have a bad traveller it lets more light in.
 
I prefer partions all the way down. If a horse goes down with half partitions it can be badly injured by the next door horse or even bring that one down.
 
I would have blocked out partitions at head height by choice, but half rubber from part way for the rest.
It helps enormously if the horse can spread its feet and the rubber needs to be heavy duty stuff so they can't tread easily on their neighbours.
Do use the strongest material you can for the partitions, glasonite isn't actually that we discovered, some brown stuff is. The other thing is reinforce the partition wall between the horses and the living, several horses hitting the partitions at speed may end up in the cab otherwise with disastrous results.
After someone ran into our lorry we looked more carefully about it's strength in an accident. We now have a full length really strong partition as the first one nearest the living, and it's withstood a sharp breaking incident well.
As for ideas, just go to any BE even twhere there are Juniors rding and spy in their boxes, the parents' all vie with each other for poshest box!
 
Yes go to a show with a camera and snap away. Take a look at the more up-market bxes like Oakleys as they are built to a high standard.
 
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