Travelling without partition question ....

[quirky]

Thinking of travelling my boy without partition. He is like a bottle of pop when we arrive and does not stand still when tied to trailer to tack up but will stand as quiet as a lamb in it. So no partition is really for me to have room to "do" him.

Do I cross tie him (he is used to this in the wash stall) or do I tie as normal???

 

[Law]

I would cross tie him

 

[fairhill]

Please cross tie him!
I tied mine up with just one rope, and even though it was short, she still managed to turn round and wedge herself into the trailer.

 

[Shipley]

Cross tie we used to travel one of the polo ponies this way and he balanced off the cross tie

 

[quirky]

OK, 3 responses of cross tie are good enough for me, I shall do that.

Thanks for your responses.

 

[Mrs_Wishkabibble]

You will probably need the full length front and back bars if you take the partition out. I got mine from Ifor Williams they were only about £30

 

[Theresa_F]

I have just started travelling my cob without the partition - he has now grown too wide for the trailer with it in (smallest Bateson).

He loves the extra room. I cross tied him but not so tightly that he could not move - just enough to stop him turning round.

When I arrived I undid both ropes and went to undo the back and he turned round - was peeping out at me and very easy to unload

On the return trip, I undid one rope and left the other over the bar so he thought he was still tied and didn't turn round.

I am going to buy the rear bar for my trailer though did travel my TB for years without a partition or rear bar but she was an older and very obedient horse.

 

[parsley]

My boy is so big I have to travel him without a partitition but I always cross tie him - in fact I have two leadrops permenantly attached so all I have to do is just clip them on when he goes in. I wouldn't like to deal with a horse jammed half turned.