travelling one horse in a two horse trailer

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normally i put her on the righthand side with the partition in but was thinking of travelling her without the partiton in. only thing is that i was wondering what to use as a breech bar?

ive got a full breast bar and would also cross tie her but what do you use at the back?
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When we travel one of ours on their own we just leave the partition in. If you did decide to take the partition out then for safety you would need a full length bar behind too I'd have thought? We wouldn't travel ours without one let's put it that way.
 
Mmm why take the partition out ? I always thought that the horse need the partition to help keep him/her steady ?
 
I travel mine without the partition and have a full width breast bar and a rubber bar thingy (hard rubber pole with chain on either end) at the back, sorry not the best description!
 
im thinking about it as it would make the trailer more inviting for my pony to load into and i cant see that i'll ever take another horse in there so kinda thought 'whats the point?'

also thought ponio could stand diagonally and be more stable and also it would reduce th weight of the trailer.

not a good idea then?
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My rice trailer only had canvas straps at the back with the partition so I didn't bother with anything when I travelled my mare (who couldn't balance with partition so took it out) and just used full width breast bar.
 
No, it's a completely fine idea - just that you need to have a full length breech bar at the back as well as front for safety.

My horse travels on her own in the trailer as she doesn't travel particularly well. Having the full trailer is definitely more inviting for her and I've found that her travelling is much improved too as she can stand diagonally with her legs wider apart for balance.

In terms of getting hold of the full back bar, I just gave my trailer company a call (Bateson) and they sell full width bars on their own - so just ordered a couple of those and had them sent down. I would imagine all the other trailer manufacturers would do a similar sort of thing.
 
Hi my mare wont travel with a partition in, she travels really well without it, i watch her on my trailer cam and she stands diaganol. I had my breast bar made and the back one i got from the people who service my trailer. But i think you can get them in tack shops etc.
 
The advantage of having a proper breech bar at the back as opposed to a chain is that heaven forbid as has happened a couple of times recently (here and in US) if your back ramp was to come down whilst travelling it might be better at keeping your horse in the trailer.
 
Personally I wouldn't choose to travel a horse without a partition as I dont see the point - I usually use the other side to put things like rug boxes, extra hay etc.!

However, I have travelled a horse in the past with no parition as he would fall over with a parition in, he would stand sideways and was much happier. Unfortunately my current horse has started this as well (after stupid garage put wrong tyres on our trailer, we didnt realise until the 3rd outing but horse has not been right since), so Ive taken the back section out (leaving the front 1/2). I dont use a rear bar, of course its not ideal but my horse has never learnt to go out backwards and I make sure the ramp-lifting person stands well to the side.
 
we are going to buy the full length breach bars for our Ifor as our 3yro is huge and not happy travelling with the partition.

Ifor sell full length breach bars for around £45 so we will be getting one for the front and back and try him without the partition.
 
I travel Merlin in the trailer with no partition (IW 505) I do have a breech bar, but would not see it as absolutely essential.... after all, lots of trailers only have chain type affairs to keep the horse in when putting up ramps.

I know it is probably safer to have the extra strength of the breech bar, but not essential imo.

Unless of course you have a rear unload trailer, in which case I would say that it was essential for your safety.


Just make sure that your trailer has a really strong rear ramp and the locks are strong.
 
Travelled my big horse in the trailer with no partition and just a full length breat bar.

Perfectly legal and never had a problem, but he was a good citizen about trailers already. I did it because he was a big lad and needed the extra room.
 
Mines an Ifor and mine doest trave with a partition or hind breach bars I dont see the point and personally i think they are dangerous as you have to get too close to the back end of a horse to attach them , the ramp is only going to come down if its not been done up and the ramp is only open for loading . My horse travels very comfortably and happily with crossties - No partition also means lots more room to tack up .

Sharonxx
 
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