sideways / herrinbone travelling trailers

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Hi all,

just wanted to borrow the collectives' brain to ask if there are any trailers out there where the horses can travel herringbone or sideways on?

Cheers
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Ive looked into this too and theres
Cheval Liberte 4000 series
Fautras Oblic
Ifor Williams, cant remember the model number.
Problem is they all arent very wide so your horse is more diagonal.
 
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Hi all,

just wanted to borrow the collectives' brain to ask if there are any trailers out there where the horses can travel herringbone or sideways on?

Cheers
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[/ QUOTE ] The problem is width.. the max UK is 7ft6(2.3mtrs) overall for trailers.. there are a huge range of trailers in the USA and some european ones which look lovely too.. sadly most are 8ft +wide so not UK legal
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I didnt realise it was 7' 6, that wouldnt be too bad. The Multitreka is 7' which is a joke considering it looks like it can somehow fit 3 horses in it??? The IW I seen at a show was tiny width wise with ponies in it on the herringbone.
Mmmm dont set me off looking again
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I didnt realise it was 7' 6, that wouldnt be too bad. The Multitreka is 7' which is a joke considering it looks like it can somehow fit 3 horses in it??? The IW I seen at a show was tiny width wise with ponies in it on the herringbone.
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[/ QUOTE ] Dont forget thats overall so even if the wheels are under the trailer its only going to be about 7'3 internal at best so you would need to put bigger horses on a slant to fit them in..
 
Thanks for all the info...... actually very happy with my Bateson Ascot, but baby horse, having travelled well for 3 years, has now decided that right hand bends hold great terror for her and is now refusing to settle or stand up on commencing a bend.......my old mare did exactly the same after around 7 years of very careful trailer travelling and the only way she would travel was in a horsebox across the the movement - then she was fine.

We towed baby (Sky) around yesterday very slowly with me in the back to see what was happening and I was sooo disappointed when I saw her, because in my experience, once they loose their confidence in standing up in a trailer, they don't get it back. We took the partitions out, to let her stand as she wished and though she stood on the herringbone for the most part, she reverted to clinging to the outside wall, when going round to the right
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Hey ho. Dunno what to do really - the whole point in having the second horsy was for me and the OH to be able to head out in the trailer then into the hills for hacks etc and I would like to take both hosses to shows.
 
My horse is similar and its a nightmare having to pay for a wagon when I only warrant a trailer. I hope Sky comes right.
 
hmmm, have thought about backwards as I know studies say that is the statistcally preferred way for horses to stand.....

I don't know anyone with a rear facing trailer - we could perhaps try her in ours backwards just on a drive round the village to see how she looks and then move from there.

Louby - I don't understand why they won't keep their feet underneath them - it is such a strange thing! We used to have a wagon, but the trailer is so much more cost effective and also, we now can't afford to buy and run a wagon anymore.
 
Tell me about it, after a few journeys in a trailer my horse ended up getting himself in such a state, he would always load, (bless him) but then flew out before we could get the ramp up. I gave up in the end, hubby said he would end up killing me. Took a while then to get him ok in a wagon again.
Ive thought about Equitrek etc but Im scared I will get one and end up back to square one.
 
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meandmyself - just noticed your signature ........are you a Browncoat? (Firefly fan to everyone else!)

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Love Firefly!
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Really wish it had lasted longer.
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Just had another thought- how much space are you giving her? Could to move the partitions in a bit more to give her more support? She might need to brace herself more on that side, and if there's nothing there for her to lean on, it makes life awkward for her.
 
I think all of this started becasue she didn't have enough room (started travelling her when she was first weaned with no probs - she is now 16.2 and big and is almost as broad as the partition) and she was in the left hand side when you look into the trailer from the rear - Gully was in his normal right hand side. I think that on a right bend she lost her footing and only had the partition to lean on and nowhere for her feet to slip to to the left. We tried her in the rhs partition yesterday and as predicted, she leant against the wall with feet slipping out to the left. So she had room to put her feet where needed, but doesn't help the fact that I think at some point she might go down as she lets her feet completely out from under her....

We can't move the partition over to try her wedged her in, but in truth, she was better when we took it out all together and she could work out where she wanted to be (actually on the herringbone for the most part, as I said earlier). Obviously, no partion and loose horse is not very practical in the real, 'need to get both her and Gully to show' world!
 
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