Lorry peeps - herringbone travel question.. a weird one too!

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Can you load horse 1 first, followed by pony and at your destination ''somehow'' get horse unloaded out first past pony? Is this do-able?
(partitioned for 4, full partitions.)
The idea in all this is to give the pony a 'lead' in all directions!

OR

Load horse1, closely followed by pony, horse unloads, pony stays in, then horse re-loads ready to lead out at destination?

Think that sounds really complicated!! Sorry. Hopefully you get teh jist!
Thanks
 
Arguably you could with H style partitions and stall chains and a load of messing about moving the partitions but realistically no.
 
You could open all partitions load both into whole area,leave pony in,bring out horse,close pony in then reload horse.
If the horse is really sensible it should work.You would need at least 2 people.
 
I wouldn't risk it tbh, with mine you would need second person to hold onto second pony and keep out of the way, plus second pony would get squashed by the partition?. Just lead them both out and put the second one back in? Unless it won't load by itself, then you may have to put second one in, then first back in, then take first back out!!! :D:D
 
Thankyou.

I think I am panicing too much!! Young pony never been in a lorry before, and although she seems bold enough to be able to load with minor persuasion (sp?) it would be nice for her to have a lead. Then I am worrying in case she may think that she is a lot higher up and ramp steep to unload her dainty-ness without being shown how to do it first!
I can't believe I've been planning this for months now, and moving day is just around the corner... making me all nervous.
 
Personally I like to practice loading and unloading youngsters on their own first, taking lots of time on both the in and out, a few times a week until it becomes second nature. If you haven't got your own transport I appreciate this may not be an option.

Travelling with a companion the first few times can be a good idea but unloading down a steep ramp can seem daunting for a while regardless of whether the horse has company. I'm not sure I'd want the companion horse to go off first in any case as the baby could feel abandoned, making it more likely to rush out.

If it is possible to park the box so that the ramp is slightly uphill to lessen the steepness of the slope then that can really help. Not many people have the luxury of a loading ramp to use when acclimiatising youngsters to loading....

If she knows and trusts you she should follow you down the ramp after a bit of time to look. Use a 12ft line so you can keep out of her way and it doesn't feel like you are pulling her / she can't pull you off your feet if she leaps.
 
Sounds like a recipe for disaster if you ask me.

Have you the option of practicing loading and unloading before you move?

A well tested method of mine to get them walking down ramps sensibly is to stick a bucket of feed under their nose (or their nose LITERALLY in it) and walk down the ramp a step at a time so they don't lose balance and want to leap off. you probably want two sets of hands to help guide pony down the ramp sensibly.
 
She travells in an ifor 401 very well. I've borrowed my lovely boss and her lorry to help me move, as felt I couldn't take one, leave it and go back for the other. Disadvantage of a 401!
We have all of an afternoon, so no need to rush things. Where we are going is quite flat, so lorry ramp will appear much steeper (and bigger) than she is used to. When you want a bit of risen ground there is none sadly!
I think iam thinking of everything so mind going into mush!

Positive thinking, I am sure everything will be fine. Armed with a bucket of feed, a long line, hat and gloves and plenty of time!


oh - and I have lots of helpers so yayy to that!
 
We have loaded several not well handled youngsters by leading them up the ramp besides something else (baby needs to be on the right side of the pair to make it easier), got them standing quietly then pull the other one out quickly and shut partition on the young one. It is doable with two of you but preferably three; one to hold youngster, one the older horse and one to shut partition and you have to be quick, no faffing about, once loaded get moving so baby doesn't have time to start fretting.
 
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