if you had 10 grand.....(horseboxes)

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what mode of transport would you buy?
car and trailer
or box?
and what type/types?
answers on a post card please.....
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Horsebox... its so much easier and i can leave things in there overnight without having to worry about dad driving off with all my tack in the morning. i find the horses like it more too
 
id buy one of the two horse 3.5 ton horseboxes (and i do have 10 grand and i am looking for one of these). if you find me one, send me it on a postcard
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i was looking the other day imagining i had the money which i might have some day.....(soon i hope)
and i realised its really f*cking hard to make up my mind and all i keep looking at are ones that are 15-22 that i cant afford for eg the GORGEOUS EQUITRKKA PERGEOUT in red
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Well I'm looking for a 7.5 tonner, with room for two or at a pinch three horses, with reasonable living, but MUST have a fridge and a loo and I have to say that it is not proving easy in that budget. I suppose I'm fussy in that I won't touch a Renault and would rather not have a Ford and that I'd prefer full partitions but even so I thought in these times it would be easier than it is.
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haha i dont know if they do bofoff deals on lorries XD i would love one of those all-singing-all-dancing pop out compartment lorries, but i would be happy with a lil shuttle bus thing like the stanford horsebox in the H&H competition a while back.
 
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but i would be happy with a lil shuttle bus thing like the stanford horsebox in the H&H competition a while back.

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YOU'D NEED 3X AS MUCH MONEY!!! ID LOVE ONE OF THEM!!!
 
The mistake people make with buying cheaper 7.5 ton lorrys is they go for looks over utility... ie oh got to have a luton... why?? so they buy a knacked old coach built with a new paint job rather than a basic but newer box van conversion. there was someone selling newly converted 2001 box vans think ex TNT they were that orange , about £9 K on ebay just a ramp and horse area with simple living quarters looked a great buy for anyone on a budget..
 
I started off with a 10k budget and ended up spending double that.....I was lucky enough to get bit of help though and it was four years ago.....given the current ecconomic climate you could be in a stronger position to get a bargin......Good Luck xxxx
 
Jemima, I have JUST the thing for you! Unfortunately it is about 50' long and probably wouldn't fit around British corners very well.

Living, with slideout, all fittings, shower, loo, storage, three horse. Quite beautiful.

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Enfys that's not a horsebox, that's a people-box-and-oh-lets-stick-three-horses-on-the-end!!!
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If I had £10k I'd buy a nice big 4x4 and a nice big EquiTrek trailer
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ETS: second-hand, of course lol! Otherwise I'd need more like £50k!
 
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Enfys that's not a horsebox, that's a people-box-and-oh-lets-stick-three-horses-on-the-end!!!
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That is exactly what I said to the Dealer, he was most hurt and gave me the tour, actually the horse accomodation isn't half as bad as it looks.
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He said "Why do you bloody Limeys ALL say that?!"
 
Snap I did exactly the same, I didnt want to spend loads on something that wasnt going to be stood there doing nothing. Looked at a couple and was dissapointed so got a 2001 conversion, horse area is great and has a very basic living. I agree that lots look the part with great paint jobs but are really old boxes. I save £1.5k just by not having metallic paint. Ok it doesnt look as smart as some but the actual build is much better.
 
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The mistake people make with buying cheaper 7.5 ton lorrys is they go for looks over utility... ie oh got to have a luton... why?? so they buy a knacked old coach built with a new paint job rather than a basic but newer box van conversion. there was someone selling newly converted 2001 box vans think ex TNT they were that orange , about £9 K on ebay just a ramp and horse area with simple living quarters looked a great buy for anyone on a budget..

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Believe me I know - which is why 3.5 years ago I bought a fugly lorry. She's 30 years old, has been extremely reliable, has no luton, is ultra flexible in terms of space - I can have huge "living" space and carry two, reasonable living and carry three or cut the "living" down to storage only and carry five ponies and all legally because she's got so few frills and is mainly aluminium. She's got a cassette loo that came with her. She's even economical compared to modern lorries. I think we've definitely got the ultimate utility vehicle and the best bit is that I only paid a grand for her BUT I want something just a little easier to deal with. I've thought long and hard about it because my old girl has been so much more reliable than the newer lorries that most people I know have and do you know what? If I can't find something better than her I will just keep on with her.

However, given our advancing years and the amount of travelling we do and that at the moment I have the budget, if I can find the perfect lorry for me - and paintwork and looks are far down the list of requirements - I would be very keen to buy.

I saw the lorries you mentioned - I've not yet had a price for the additional work that would be needed to bring one up to what I want. As they stand I'd be no better off than I am at the moment, apart from presumed ease of getting parts, and I'd be worse off by the lack of flexibility, the quality of the partitions and the cost!
 
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Jemima, I have JUST the thing for you! Unfortunately it is about 50' long and probably wouldn't fit around British corners very well.

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It wouldn't fit down my drive and I'd be terrified of scratching the paint. Really I only want an upgrade on my old girl - and I feel terribly disloyal to her for saying it
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It was tongue in cheek, I can't imagine that thing being in the slightest bit practical in Britain, bigger isn't always better.
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I could get the thing down my road but would probably take out my mailbox, a couple of pines and two sodding great boulders trying to swing it into my driveway.
 
I guessed as much (tongue in cheek). But they are appearing in eventing over here now, I parked my elderly old lady close to one at a BE event. Talk about "from the sublime to the ridiculous".
 
http://www.fletchershorseworld.com/

I imagine at a British event currently they are rare enough to have people thinking they took a wrong turning into the lorry park! Probably cheaper (after buying the thing, $60,000 upwards) in upkeep than a lorry, no tax on trailers is there?
 
i love the way american horsboxes dont have ramps and the horses have to "pop" themselfs in
im sure mildred would do this
but 95% of the uk's horses would literally fall on the floor and have a heart attack ...owner falling at their sides pahahah
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The mistake people make with buying cheaper 7.5 ton lorrys is they go for looks over utility... ie oh got to have a luton... why?? so they buy a knacked old coach built with a new paint job rather than a basic but newer box van conversion. there was someone selling newly converted 2001 box vans think ex TNT they were that orange , about £9 K on ebay just a ramp and horse area with simple living quarters looked a great buy for anyone on a budget..

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No they are not such a good deal. the ex TNT lorries are renowned for having been run into the ground. Ive yet to find anyone who bought one who hasnt had a major problem with it.
Also some of us like having a luton. When you go away to shows for several days at a time sleeping 4 is much easier if you can pop 2 people up in the luton. and life is much easier if you have a hob so buying a better looking lorry over a van conversion is not always appropriate, depends on your circumstances.
My lorry is a 1990 ford cargo, 3 horse with living (yes legaly in weight with 3 on as well). it sleeps 3 has hob and lots of storage, has a loo, looks pretty and has a nice big cut through from cab to living so i can get to the horses easily whilst mum is still driving, no need to squeeze or twist through impossibly tiny, ill thought out cut throughs. My mechanic said its one of the best lorries of its age he has seen. Only once has it let us down and thats because i left it for a week without turning the isolator off. jump started it from the car and it was fine. It has flown through its test!
I paid 8k for this wonderful lorry.
 
Vindication for older fugly lorries! My 1978 Leyland started this morning, no problem, but the other two lorries which would have been coming to a training session we attended just wouldn't start. They are both far newer than her.

It really does make it so hard to replace her
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