Life and horse trailers.....kicking around options

I have never heard of the phrase useless as a marzipan dildo...but now I have. And it made my shitty afternoon so much better.

I would do towbar and a trailer. You can pick up an older ifor 505 for not much money.
 
I would get a tow bar on the yeti and buy a suitable second hand trailer .
You can part with trailer in the future without much loss.
I think the freedom it will give you to enjoy Hermosa will make all the hassle of sorting it out worth while .
My Mum spent the war at Aberfoyle and used to take us there when we where children.
Just go for it hacking there will be glorious.
 
I borrowed it from 'The Thick of It.'

A 505 is 907kg and a 511 is 1000kg. Horse is 450. Both those put you at or near the kerbweight of the car, but under the recommended tow weight. We wouldn't be travelling with tons of other supplies for some time. But this is where I am getting hung up.

Not wild about the 401/403 because I think the horse would prefer a bigger, inviting space to walk into. I'd replace the divider with a full length breast bar, as someone suggested earlier in the thread.
 
Have you seen a 401/403? A livery at my yard has a single Ifor trailer (sorry, not sure which model) and it has a surprisingly roomy space inside - probably larger than half of the 505. It's possible that this looks more inviting from a horse perspective than the normal half trailer width that they have to go into.
 
Abacus said:
Have you seen a 401/403? A livery at my yard has a single Ifor trailer (sorry, not sure which model) and it has a surprisingly roomy space inside - probably larger than half of the 505.
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They're hugely wider than half a double - and because they're not on an angle if you keep the front ramp down when loading (breast bar up obviously) then the horse can see all the way through as they set off up the rear ramp. I like that. Because they've got that extra width my horse likes to travel wedged diagonally across the trailer with his bum in one back corner and his front legs in the opposite front corner, he seems very comfortable that way.

Obviously nothing works for all horses but it is definitely worth having a good look at one before writing off the idea.
 
Dave has never been great to load, but the 401 is very wide & inviting.
This is the first day he saw it. I expected him to have a sniff & we'd leave it at that. I walked on to grab my tub of treats & he followed me straight on. Had to get it on video as proof.

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Caol Ila said:
I borrowed it from 'The Thick of It.'

A 505 is 907kg and a 511 is 1000kg. Horse is 450. Both those put you at or near the kerbweight of the car, but under the recommended tow weight. We wouldn't be travelling with tons of other supplies for some time. But this is where I am getting hung up.

Not wild about the 401/403 because I think the horse would prefer a bigger, inviting space to walk into. I'd replace the divider with a full length breast bar, as someone suggested earlier in the thread.
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I say again, much too close for comfort with yeti. The 511 really is a bigger beast altogether - think more wind resistance, momentum, heavier and impossible to move by hand if you need to wiggle it. I would only hitch it with a bigger LWB 4x4.
You might be ok with the Yeti, it can certainly pull it, I've done it but I didn't enjoy it at all.
Dont dismiss the single trailer they really are great and more spacious, all horses have travelled better in mine than any other trailer. It would give you 300kg less than the kerbweight when fully loaded.
 
Fautras: 680kg plus Horse: 450kg
Total: 1130kg

Rice continental (rare but old so can be very inexpensive): 750kg + Horse 450kg = 1200kg

I have had both. The Rice towed ok but it’s a grand just in wood when it eventually needs a new floor! Did the job.

The Fautras has a fibreglass floor, no ramps to rot. Different braking system (not so great to reverse uphill but otherwise ok) and felt much more stable on motorways.

Or get an inexpensive 3.5T?
 
There is a 511 at my yard. And not a lot of trailers for sale locally. And I can't face driving hundreds of miles to look at a trailer.

My first priority will be getting horse on the trailer. Then getting horse to be happy being on the trailer. Then driving the damned thing 1k into Mugdock Park. Then we might go to some trails 10-20 miles away. I would not be towing on the motorway for some time, and by then, we will have a truck, since that is in the cards, just not right now.

An inexpensive 3.5t will definitely be manual. No. chance.

The downside of the single horse trailer is that I will have to go through the faff of selling it and buying a two horse one eventually. And there aren't many 401s/403s for sale. I have looked.

Wish Fautras were more plentiful here. The only ones I can find for sale are the same weight as the 511, if not more.
 
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