Horseboxes with internal lockers

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How easy is it to remove the underhead lockers? Have seen a horsebox that I rather like, but it has underhead lockers which I have never liked
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. Read a post on here a couple of days ago about a horse getting both front feet on them and another horse actually putting its feet through them and having to have the fire brigade out to free him. Anyone know if they can be taken out easily or are we best to steer clear and keep looking for one without?
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Horses will always have accidents in horseboxes. We travel 40 different horses in our wagon which has internal lockers and the same in the one without lockers. We have had one problem (touchwood), when a horse travelled by itself and got cross and tried to rear. He was able to get his legs on the locker, but came down again. He would have reared up whatever had been there - I suppose in theory could have got his legs caught in the window if the locker had not been there.

It is one of those things where you can make it as safe as possible, but if a horse is going to injure itself, then it will be the one thing you haven't changed that will cause the problem.

If a lorry is built properly, then they should not be able to get their legs through the locker. It should be as sturdy as the rest of the internal part of the horsebox.

If you did a survey on horsebox accidents on here, I wonder what the main cause would be.

The main accident we had (in a trailer) was when the horse slipped under a partition that was solid apart from the bottom 4 inches, and got his legs trapped under it. The breast bar burst open, the jockey door burst open and he was travelling for a few seconds with his nose resting on the floor. We now always have half way partitions with rubber flaps to the floor.
 
my husband has steadfastly refused to allow us to install the lockers, his only concession being that if we insist they have to be under the now sink area in the living...
They should be sturdily enough made to withstand a horse jumping on them in my opinion, and I do know of someone who has two sets of tie rings, one set very low down to tie anything doubtful to, this prevents them leaping around.
Our box at 7' 9" wouldn't allow a big 16.2.hh to travel herringbone with them so that's another reason we can't use them.
removing them shouldn't be a problem at all the sides should be reinforced anyway.
 
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