Selling horseboxes, advice needed please

[dwi]

People that come to view our box all comment on how lovely it is and in what good condition compared to others that they've been to see.

But, no-one's bought it yet as they don't think its got enough headroom for a 15.2hh. I wish I still had Daisy so that I could put her in it and show that she was very happy to travel in it. They keep commenting that their horse would have to bend its head down but D never did so unless their horses are part giraffe they'd be fine.

Any tips? I'm wondering about putting it on the pony club website to go for a more specific market but wasn't sure if people looked for vans on there?

 

[iconique]

Have you included the horse area measurements in your advert? Also check out the headroom in something else like and ivor williams trailer and compare it to that perhaps?
In addition is your box light or dark in the back, if the roof is dark then it may give an illusion of being lower than it actually is?

 

[dwi]

It has 6ft 4 headroom so it is low compared to an ifor but I'm being completely honest about that and have said in the advert that it is only suitable for horses up to 15.2hh. Its actually very light inside, it has three windows and some light comes through the roof so its very airy. It's an ideal, and cheap, first box for someone who has an averaged sized horse. I would have thought it would have been snapped up as there are loads of people out there who don't have big, leggy eventers.

Yes, in an ideal world it would have 8ft headroom but a 15.2 doesn't actually need that much, if they did you'd never take a 17.2hh anywhere.