Problems with breaching bars

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I have a 15.2hh horse and an Ifor Williams 505 trailer, which he loads and travels in with plenty of room.
The problem I have is that he is bruising his back end on the breach bar and rubbing his tail on the rubber matting. I have tried putting the bar in higher position and putting both bars up (which did help a bit). Has anyone else has a problem like this or is this horse special!
 
When I travel b I move the breech bar further forward to the front setting so that he can eat his hay and still reach the bar with his bum if he feels he needs to lean on it, this will also give you more spce between the bar and the ramp so he doesn't rub his tail.

Also, I'm not saying your driving is bad, but if b ever arrives a bit dishevalled (sp?) or anything has moved I question my driving - accellerating too sharply can throw them back a wee bit.
 
He shouldn't be brusing his bum on the breach bar, he must be throwing himself on it or maybe being thrown on to it by slightly careless driving?

If he is hurting himself get pipe insulation to wrap round the bar for some padding.

Re the tail rubbing, my boy was amazing at this, he looked like he had a bog brush for a tail by the time we arrived at a show! I had to use a tail bandage, then a de boiz then a tail guard attached to the rug. Even then if he was in the trailer for more than an hour he'd have shifted all three enough to get a little rubbing time in
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I had a mare who was an excellent traveller who use to park her bum on the breeching bar and could scuff up her tail, which concerned me as it's quite delicate! I padded the bar and also used to use a woof - type brushing boot over her tail bandage, which protected it really well.
 
My mare used do this and we hung an old numnah over the trailer door , worked really well.
She wasn't great at travelling in a trailer so used to brace herself at the back and stand with legs splayed out.
 
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Why not remove the breeching bars at the back? I don't use mine, as I don't use the middle partition either.

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Because it's not safe - although not as dangerous as travelling without the front bar which is a TOTAL no-no!

But think what would happen if your horse untied himself during travel. OK if you're unloading at the front, but if you can't, and have to get horse off back for any reason - you go to lower the ramp from behind (which you shouldn't do - you should stand to the side) and horse starts to run out. Ramp and horse come down upon you from a great height!! I do know of someone being killed this way.

And even if you have a front unload, in an emergency you may HAVE to unload from the rear!

Lack of a front bar is even worse, of course - and it's horrifying how many people do it! In an accident, a horse could be thrown forward and break through the front of the trailer and land on the towing vehicle!!! (It's happened!)

If you want to travel without a partition - to give a horse more room - or to accommodate a mare and foal - you need to buy a pair of full width bars (generally about £70 a pair - FAR cheaper than a new horse!)
 
He travels very quietly and does not move about much at all. In the twenty plus years I have been travelling horses I have never had a problem so I would not consider it something to do with the way I drive in fact I am probably too careful.
Thank you for the tip though.
 
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