poor traveller ?

K

kimky

Well-Known Member
Joined
10 April 2007
Messages
629
Location
the moon
Visit site
Right long story short....
my mare use to travel really well in a trailer untill a accident of where she fell. I have tried her in trailers since, 'perfect' so to speak on straight lines but you hit a bend or corner and her legs leave from underneth her
frown.gif
would be great if all shows were on a straight road from my yard . PMSL! So for guinness's benifit we are getting a lorry. (which btw she does travel sideways fantastic) But one i can drive (only 18) I have seen some really nice backwards facing ones what do you think to traveling a poor traveler backwards ? Does it make a difference ?
 
We had a pony who could never travel in a trailer - did the same as yours. But he travelled fine in a forward facing pony box - guess it didn't swing as much as a trailer??

I would try her in a friends or hire a backwards facing one and see how it goes, ime I think most horses travel well in them.
smile.gif
 
guiness
I have a mare who won't travel in a trailer but is fine in a 3.5T but I agree with above, try a friends first.
 
theres a place local to me that sell and hire backwards facing lorrys 3.5T, there one i am looking at to buy from there so we are going to hire it next week. But just a bit worried about trying her in it, i dont want her getting hurt or spooked by it
laugh.gif
 
Our pony was very bad at corners when travelling in a trailer. It helps if we take the partition out then she can position herself at an angle which solved the problem. (Except she could only travel alone
frown.gif
!)
 
we tried the no partition thing. dint work out to well. haha 3/4 ton going side to side in a tin lol Was not a very good out come :S
 
If it is one of the new style 3.5T (which it probably will be if they hire them out) they are huge inside. When I first loaded mine, they took a few minutes to realise they went in and turned the wrong way (turning to the right instead of the left)but never had any problems since. The width in most trailers is less than 2ft 6 and the width in the new style 3.5T is over 3ft 3 so quite a bit of difference.
 
A lot of horses prefer to tavel in a trailer with the partition removed. They can spread their legs and balance better.
Research has been done which shows horses prefer to travel facing backwards. If left loose in a lorry, they will generally place themselves with their head to the rear.
 
My lad travels great in any lorry...trailer's i take out the partition as he panics he hasnt enough room for back legs and scrabbles like a mad man on the corners,has been soo infuriating as many a time i could have hitched a lift,sadly not to be as he would probably destroy the other neds legs scrabbling for space
frown.gif
,without the partition ya dont know he is in the back
crazy.gif

I thought i was one of very few people until i stuck a post on here couple yrs ago...since then seems to be a lot of horses with cornering issues in a trailer with the partition up!
 
Yes thats right,horses do prefer to travel backwards as they can sit on their bums when trailer is braking,much more natural to them
smile.gif

And i am amazed as i said above how many horses have to travel without a partition
 
Sorry to burst anyones bubble - My old horse did the exact same thing. we had a really nasty crash and he went down in the van. Then no matter what you travelled in and no matter how slowly you went, his legs would give way and he would fall around any kind of bend - We had a rear facing van and it didnt help. To be honest the only thing that worked was perserverance and very careful driving with lots of short journeys, gradually lengthening and driving at snails pace around bends. I also started feeding him in the lorry so that he would start associating it with something good. sorry probs not too much help. good luck! x
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top