gqcherry
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Has anyone experience of using a Tui Bar for travelling their horse?
Tui Bars
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BeckyD
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Sorry, excuse my ignorance - but what is one of those?
gqcherry
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http://www.tuiequestrian.co.uk/
device for travelling horse in trailer with special breast/breech bar that can be handled/closed by one person
device for travelling horse in trailer with special breast/breech bar that can be handled/closed by one person
BeckyD
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Ah! Funnily enough I could do with that myself, wonder if they do them for CL trailers? No experience of them, but would dearly like to try!
Rowreach
Adjusting my sails
I am so impressed with them (and I also have this horrible habit of doing everything Lucinda Green says, even if it means ending up in a ditch, but that's another story
) that I am in the process of getting one for my new trailer. I have no need to raise the breech bar without going round the back, as none of my horses shoots out backwards, but I really like the idea of being able to release the bars in an emergency without going into the trailer.
Alibear
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Aren't they horribly expensive though?
Also you've got no view of the back end of the horse when the bar is going up behind it.
Not convinced although have never suffered a horse that tries to nip back out again once on so that could probably change my mind.
Also you've got no view of the back end of the horse when the bar is going up behind it.
Not convinced although have never suffered a horse that tries to nip back out again once on so that could probably change my mind.
malibu211211
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No experience but saw one at an event and thought they looked like a really good idea
flyingfeet
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I have one of the older ones - yes they are exp as around £500 fitted.
Mine does bend when the horse leans on it before its in. They've really ironed out the tweaks and I like the new outside release (mine would be the standard get a hex key out in a mad panic)
However it makes handling your horses so much easier. The only thing I have done twice on grass is forget to shut the back ramp ... you soon realise!!
Mine does bend when the horse leans on it before its in. They've really ironed out the tweaks and I like the new outside release (mine would be the standard get a hex key out in a mad panic)
However it makes handling your horses so much easier. The only thing I have done twice on grass is forget to shut the back ramp ... you soon realise!!
merlinsquest
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How can that be worth £500......... the construction is not that different to a normal breastbar and they are £30 tops each......
Great idea..... but pants price!!!
Great idea..... but pants price!!!
lilpinkdonkey4
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Im impressed and think it is a fab idea. More on the safety aspect i think though as the release thing is SUCH a good idea. Tbh they arnt THAT expensive and esp if you travel youngstock/inexperienced travelers it would be worth the price... it is cheaper than replacing some horses!
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Donkeymad
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They are far more advanced than a simple breast bar.
merlinsquest
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Yes I realise that, but I still think that it is overpriced.
You can buy a computer for that, and the technology present there is beyond comparison...... or a saddle, in which the man hours and materials would be tens of times longer and more expensive to manufacture.
Because it is a new idea (yes they have been round for a few years) and probably not that many have yet been sold (comparatively) they are still expensive.....
You can buy a computer for that, and the technology present there is beyond comparison...... or a saddle, in which the man hours and materials would be tens of times longer and more expensive to manufacture.
Because it is a new idea (yes they have been round for a few years) and probably not that many have yet been sold (comparatively) they are still expensive.....
MANDM
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Ive got one and it is rather pricey for the construction I think.
However its a Godsend for loading on your own.
You do have to look out and make sure that in your haste to put the bar up when the horse is in that you dont put it up too soon i.e in between the horses front and back legs like I nearly did once!! Luckily my boy didnt bat an eye lid as I popped it back down and got him in fully before putting it back up !
However its a Godsend for loading on your own.
You do have to look out and make sure that in your haste to put the bar up when the horse is in that you dont put it up too soon i.e in between the horses front and back legs like I nearly did once!! Luckily my boy didnt bat an eye lid as I popped it back down and got him in fully before putting it back up !