Lorry/trailer floor warning

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My friend nearly lost two of her horses recently, her lorry's wooden floor gave way, luckily while she was parked up not while she was on the motorway as she had been minutes before :-0 She had assumed it was OK as it was a newish lorry and it was plated every year, but obviously the floor should have been checked too. So don't assume- get your floor checked asap!
 
Every owner with a trailer or lorry should check the floor. My old box, the floor was double wooden boards. We checked it fairly often, my mare put her hoof through it, OH felt it as it felt like the brakes went on. She had put her foot on one of the tyres, then moved over to avoid the hole! I went nuts, as he checked the floor. I got her out the box and walked her the rest of the way, moving yards. It then had a new floor and we sold it a bit later. The one we have now has an Ali floor, with rubber on top, still check it.
The Plate will NOT check the floor.
 
Glad your mare was OK! Scary though. I am neurotic about floors, I recently had my trailer's wooden floor replaced with aluminium and always ask for it to be checked at every service.
 
I know someone who's mare put her foot through the floor of a lorry,the tarmac took the entire hoof off and, well you can imagine what was left, the poor old guy (70yo) was coming back from a hunt, and didn't realise untill he got back to the yard.

He still has the lorry, personally I would have burnt the thing!
 
SophieLouBee said:
I know someone who's mare put her foot through the floor of a lorry,the tarmac took the entire hoof off and, well you can imagine what was left, the poor old guy (70yo) was coming back from a hunt, and didn't realise untill he got back to the yard.

He still has the lorry, personally I would have burnt the thing!
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This happened to OH many years ago when he was on the showjumping circuit, fortunately he was going VERY slowly, up a very steep hill, and a passing motorist flagged him down, the consequences above really dont bear thinking about.
 
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