self closing rear trailer bars

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Just saw an ad for Fautras and saw they have self closing rear bars you can close from the front by pressing a button.

This must be so helpful when travelling alone!

Anyone know if you can get them put into other trailers?

I have an Ifor 511 which both me and my boy love but would be amazing to get one of these in if its not expensive
 
No idea on whether others make them, but we played with the demo box for ages at Badminton and they were brilliant. Such a good idea when you are travelling on your own.

ETA the herringbone trailers with the flip open windows were great too for a nosy horse parked at a show, have to say if I was in the market for a trailer they look very appealing!
 
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As the owner of a horse who can shoot off backwards when I leave his head to go round to the back and do the breeching bar up (sometimes he does, sometims he doesn't!) this is a great idea. There was a company who made something called a Tui bar a few years ago, it linked the front and back bars so you could do the back bar up from the front, but just as I was about to buy one they went out of business :( I've often thought this is an issue that needs sorting. My only worry would be that electrical stuff is just another thing to potentially go wrong!
 
Cheaper to teach your horse to go in there ahead of you. If they're already good loaders I reckon it would only take an hour of practice.
 
Mine is also a self loader. My partner leaves a manger hanging on the front bar on her side so my horse scoffs the treats. She's opportunistic.
 
Good idea but I don't like the way that they stick out when they are open. In the vid when the second horse unloads it looks like he knocks it with his shoulder.
 
9tails said:
Cheaper to teach your horse to go in there ahead of you. If they're already good loaders I reckon it would only take an hour of practice.
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Mine is a fantastic loader and self loads.....until he decides not to. When he decides not to he'll always go on when I lead him on - but then every so often he decides he's not staying on and the second I leave his head he shoots off backwards. He hadn't done it for 4 years and I thought it was a thing of the past until he randomly did it a couple of months ago. No repeat performance to date but I know it's always there in him so a system like this would be great for him.
 
Train your horse to self load and then you can stand at the back while they walk in. Much cheaper and rather satisfying - I usually have an audience when I load mine up.
 
annagain said:
Mine is a fantastic loader and self loads.....until he decides not to. When he decides not to he'll always go on when I lead him on - but then every so often he decides he's not staying on and the second I leave his head he shoots off backwards. He hadn't done it for 4 years and I thought it was a thing of the past until he randomly did it a couple of months ago. No repeat performance to date but I know it's always there in him so a system like this would be great for him.
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Your horse isn't a self-loader, he loads because you lead him on. My horse will go on and I'm still standing on the back ramp while she's all the way in, I am able to put the back bar up. That is a self loader.
 
FfionWinnie said:
Train your horse to self load and then you can stand at the back while they walk in. Much cheaper and rather satisfying - I usually have an audience when I load mine up.
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The only ones that get an audience are those that don't need one, the ones that won't load. Mine is on so swiftly that there wouldn't be time to congregate.
 
I have to load at the side of a super busy road, so can't have issues loading. i am always by myself and have a horse that used to barrel out backwards if the bar didn't go up IMMEDIATELY. Hopefully have it cured now, by hooking a bucket over the front bar with feed and carrots in it.. it just distracts him and gives me the extra seconds needed to get back and put the backbar in. Now i can just let go of the leadrope and stay at the back and he will stroll in to get the bucket.
 
Not sure if this is counted as advertising..... I make a loading harness that is designed for exactly this. You put it on, load the horse, clip the harness to the breast bar and then if the horse backs up it has pressure behind. You can then safely go around to the back and do up the breech bar. The harness can be removed or stay in place for travel.
 
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