unloading from Ifor Williams trailer

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Can anyone advise on how you unload two horses from IW 505 trailer? I know that the central partition swings to allow 1 horse off easily (eg from right hand side) but what happens if you have 2 horses on board?
 
that's what I thought, but horse on right hand side likes to have room to swing her hind quarters round so we have to release the partition - easy if no horse on left. Have never travelled her with another horse so just not sure how to work it for the best.
 
I always back my horses out of the ifor williams trailer. prevents the difficulties you can get, getting them out the trailer and stops them jumping off ramp!!!
 
can identify with your problem - we have a 505, only travel one horse but she has to have the partition moved for her to come off the front, so can see why you're having problems with two on board! Will the horse you put on the left unload by backing down the ramp? coz you could take him/her off first, the let your girlie come out the front!
 
When I have had 2 in my 510, I take the breast bars off, move the partition slightly to the left, and my mare (16.2 cob) comes off the right hand side, then swing the partition back to where she was and take the other horse off. I have only had up to 15hh in the other side so there was enough room to push the horse back and swing the partition in front of it, I don't know how it would work with a bigger horse....

Regarding the side of the front unload, I always used to think that it was the wrong side until I broke down and was stopped up against a hedge - with the Ifor I was still able to bring my mare out of the front, we stopped the traffic (which we would have had to do if she came out of the back anyway) - I think it is 6 of one and half a dozen of the other!!
 
I'm the same as Marnie.

I have a 510, Milly 17.1hh and Jez 15.3hh.

Milly goes on the offside being the heavier weight and Jez on the nearside.

When I unload, I undo both breast bars and put the partition over towards Jez. Because he is smaller he can move back and it gives Milly enough room to swing her big ass out the door. Jez then follows happily behind her.

I did wonder the last time I unloaded them, how I would get 2 off the size of Milly!
 
Forgot to mention, I do anything to avoid taking Marnie out backwards - I load by myself - lead her in, drop her rope then walk down the other side of the partition, do the back bars and ramp up then go and tie her up - I am worried that if I teach her to back out, she will start to do it when loading her.
 
Likewise, can't understand why the ramp opens into the traffic.....additionally, why are there no tie rings on the outside of an Ifor?
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There are tie rings for the outside of Ifor's! You just have to buy and fit them, or have them put on when you buy one from an IW dealer.
 
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Forgot to mention, I do anything to avoid taking Marnie out backwards - I load by myself - lead her in, drop her rope then walk down the other side of the partition, do the back bars and ramp up then go and tie her up - I am worried that if I teach her to back out, she will start to do it when loading her.

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I do the exact same thing for the same reasons with his lordship
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,it took long enough for him not to fly out backwards when teaching him to box.
 
it is very rare you would have to unload on a road, and why not back the horse out?? there are far to many horses out there that are unable to back out of a trailer......
and often if you did unload onto a road, there are often ditches, hedges and other obstacles that would prevent left unload anyway?????
 
Ifors unload on the road side for all the hunters out there who have to park on the road. However I don't like the Ifors for the very reason that they have the ramp on the road side - I don't hunt so it's not an issue for me to have the ramp the other side. I do however have a long-backed horse, who hates unloading from Ifors as she scrapes her belly trying to maneouver out. My old pony (also long backed) was only 14.1hh, took 6' rugs, and refused to come out forwards from Ifors. I much prefer Wessex trailers, they have the ramp on the other side (although someone on HHO told me a story about Wessex trailers so if I ever bought one it'd be thoroughly checked first!)
 
I have found that by standing on the 'wrong' side of the horse as you unload down the front ramp of the Ifor,that you can help prevent them scraping themselves on the side of the trailer as they come out.
I stand still by the side and let the horse walk out, just putting my hand on their off side ribs or hip if they look like they're going to cut the corner.
Hope I've explained that well enough!
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