Okay, I'm going to be really annoying... towing again.

[Christmas_Kate]

re my other post.

The maximum we want to tow is a 12.2hh pony. ATM it's a shetland, but will be upgrading ponies at some point.

His last owners towed him in a metal sheep trailer, which was okay, but then he decided he didnt like the rattling, and refused to load.
OH has hit upon this idea of getting a sheep trailer with decent head room, and doing it up to carry a pony. I'm aware you can get wooden trailers but that they're old.

Has anyone used an old wooden (re vamped lol) sheep trailer to tow a pony? and if we did this, on a 1998 trailer would we fit within the law? seeing as you cannot fit a 16.2hh in....

and what would we need to do to one to make it pony safe?

 

[ColleenIsh]

Why not just go for a small pony wooden pony box ?

Yo has a mare and foal type wooden box that needs tlc but she still uses it .

 

[ColleenIsh]

Why not just go for a small pony wooden box ?

Yo has a mare and foal type wooden box that needs tlc but she still uses it .

 

[ColleenIsh]

oops lol sorry for the stutter

 

[Christmas_Kate]

I can't seem to find a pony box for sale.

 

[Ashf]

I'd just get a 505 type trailer and be done with it. Cost won't be much different, and more practical if you want to bring a friends horse along.

 

[Christmas_Kate]

It's not the cost that's the problem, it's the fact we don't want or need a 4x4 (so want to tow with an estate), and OH passed his test after 1997. Just don't see the point in buying a 4x4, huge trailer AND taking the trailer test just to take a shetland to one or two shows a year.

 

[MagicMelon]

I thought you could only use trailers that were made specifically for horses nowadays? I didnt think you were meant to travel ponies in a sheep trailer etc. even if it had been modified with partitions etc.? Although I have seen a few....

 

[cp1980]

I'm sure it is possible to get a small pony trailer.

If you were to buy new, I know firms like Bockmann (german firm) and Bateson do lightweight single trailers.

Here is a small rear-unload trailer I saw on ebay after a one minute search:

 

[emma69]

Be very careful about the floor if you do get a sheep trailer - from what I understand they aren't designed to take the weight of a pony unless they have been modified. In all honesty, I'd see if you OH could just take teh trailer test - it isn't that difficult and at least he will then know how to safely manouvre any trailer you get