Trailer Travelling with Wheelbarrow

[Alibear]

No, it's not the worlds worst travel guide.

For those who travel with 2 in a trailer, or 1 in but with a rubber partition which won't stop a wheelbarrow from potentially sliding around. I also sometimes travel 2, so I don't want to put securing clips onto the walls in the 2nd horse area.
If you're staying away, what do you do?
I've read that folding wheelbarrows are impossible to tip muck out of and have a tendency to either collapse or be a pain to push around once part full.
I've used a big tub trug in the past, but with wet loads, I then struggle to move it, and by day 2 of camp, I'm struggling to use it for more normal loads.
Any magic HHO hints or tips? Do you risk bungee cording a smaller normal one in front of the horse area and hope your horse doesn't stick a leg in it on the journey?
Strap it somehow magically to the outside? Put it in the car and ignore the smell, which after a 2-hour drive in summer seems to be permanent?
Are foldable ones actually worth using? Something different?

Tips for transporting bedding, hay, rugs etc., in the same setup, would also be gratefully received.
I have a ShowTrekka but suffered the same challenge when I had a traditional 2 horse Rice.
Also, if anyone has a ShowTrekka is having the Stubbs rugs racks above the horse's area really useful?

I'm getting older, so trying to figure out how to make things more manageable. I tend to be a solo camper and self-reliant.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

No idea about a barrow as I tip mine upside down in spare horse section in my box and it cant go under partition.

Hay. I use a couple of bale bags, had them for years, tho I understand the likes of Shires do them? Easy to slide over a bale and keeps it from spilling everywhere. Could go in your living bit perhaps?

Big laundry bags are ideal for rugs etc

 

[Birker2020]

I've done MK 3 day event a number of times and stopped for four days each time. I used to take the horse in one side of the trailer and pack wheelbarrow, tools, hay, 3 x tents, feeds, etc in the other side and never had an issue.
Dad used to follow me down in his car and put big sections of haylage in the boot for me and take bags of shavings in his car as well as my towing vehicle back seats.

And my trailer was 3/4 v 1/4 with the larger space in favour of the horse so not that much room tbh.

 

[Coblover63]

I took my barrow to camp last year and I turned it vertical and bungeed it to the rear bar on the opposite side to my horse. For security my husband screwed a small plate hook thingy (looks like the pic but without the ring going through it.... I don't know what they're called!) low down on the trailer wall. I bungeed it there too and it didn't budge for the trip.

 

[Annagain]

I put tools in front then put the wheelbarrow (vertically) over them to hold them in place and attach the wheelbarrow to the front of the trailer with multiple bungees. I then arrange haynets (all tied up off the floor) all around it to cover any bits that a horse could grab hold of to move or get stuck on - partly as I also need to take hay where I go. With 2 horses we normally need 6 big haynets so this more or less covers and weighs down the barrow to help it stay in one place.The down side is the front of the trailer is a big congested but the boys are sensible and could come off backwards in a rush. I only have a Defender 90 so very little space to carry everything - partly why my next trailer will have a tack room!

The other options are to team up with someone to share stuff when you're there so you only have to take half the stuff (or one of you take horses and one of you take equipment) or ask a friend with a lorry to take things for you.

 

[w1bbler]

We tie the wheelbarrow to the front of the trailer, seems to sit easily on there & has done numerous journeys like that

 

[HappyHollyDays]

A fold up sack barrow and a trug works and can be stored in the boot of the car. Handy for moving bales of hay, shavings and containers of water if you are a long way from a tap.

 

[rara007]

Bungees to secure Either on the A frame, inside at the front or the spare gap. Well worth taking a (small) full size barrel especially if you’ll have to empty the stable. Bedding buy there if possible or do put a bale or two in. Bale bags on the hay (or take haylage) and travel that in the car (if you’re out of trailer space). If you need a barrel for soaking put a bale in that. Work out exactly how much hay you’ll need plus 25% just incase but don’t go crazy. If you’re taking your car you’ll always be able to unhitch and pop to a local supplier if you run out of something essential. Rugs unless they’re cleaned try to slot them in the back! Maybe between the tools and the wheelbarrow at the front.

 

[Annagain]

I've just remembered something I saw last time I was at camp and thought "what a good idea". It completely slipped my mind until now. It was a garden waste bag (not sure all councils provide them but basically a mini version of the big builder's sacks) and a cheap plastic kids' sled. A blue Ikea bag would probably do - although is less sturdy. Bag on top of sled and pull it along, Not sure how easy the bag would be to fill. I asked why the bag and not a trug and apparently the trugs can fall over as the sled doesn't have enough of a flat surface to provide a stable base.

 

[Sprig]

I wouldn't be happy with a wheelbarrow in the trailer at all. How about taking a bulk bag (like builders use for sand) and mucking out in to that. You can then pull it along to the muck heap. V easy to do.

 

[COldNag]

I've never dared put a wheelbarrow in the trailer. At camps etc we've used tub trugs etc. Bit of a pain but I'm very wary of travelling with anything other than a horse inside the trailer. I think it's just too risky.
I like the bulk bag/ (+sled) idea above!

 

[Snow Falcon]

My friend got a folding tub trug carrier from a garden centre some years ago. I used it at PC camp for so many things. Carrying water, poo picking, wheeling battery etc....

 

[LEC]

I have travelled miles with a wheelbarrow. In spare side I load it and bungee it - tie it with bailer twine/bungees to partitions and partition fixtures. When spare side was full I tipped it upright and bungeed it to the front of the trailer which was neat and tidy. Wheelbarrows are designed to be pretty stable so they travel just fine.

 

[Flowerofthefen]

When I went to camp I just took a muck bag. Muck heap was far away so just filled bag and emptied it on heap.

 

[MagicMelon]

I just took a big tub trug whenever I went away which can go in the back of the car.

 

[Alibear]

Thank you all for the options and tips I knew I could rely on HHO.
Dragging a tub trug or sack doesn't work as some muck heaps are quite a walk from the stables.
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A fold up sack barrow and a trug works and can be stored in the boot of the car. Handy for moving bales of hay, shavings and containers of water if you are a long way from a tap.

As the sack barrow would be handy for moving bedding/hay in as well. I already keep a tub trug in the little tack locker so it would be a small addition. Any links to the one you used Lindylouanne as I guess it we need a reasonably wide fold out base to keep the trug secure? Heck it if was one with a lift up handle too it might even fit in the tack locker.

 

[Sprig]

Do you have a roofrack on your car? You could strap it on there.