Superstar
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Do any of you have a 3.5T horsebox on a medium wheel base....??
I have a 15.2H heavy type who is around 650kg and a very fussy horse who hates travelling backwards..!! I know that most of the newer 3.5t conversions are set up for 2 horses, rear facing with living at the back etc to save space, but this isn't an option for us -he just cant get on with the balance thing and has had to have physio treatment everytime he gets on one (god only knows why he is not the norm as many travel fine this way) but he hates it to the point where he wont get on one but is happy to get on a trailer or herringbone type. He is also claustrophobic on the van conversions again rear facing so would have to be a coachbuilt box type..
I was ideally looking for a forward facing or herringbone style but have noticed that most of these types have a living section and therefore don't leave you much payload on a 3.5T, some I have seen as little as 700/800kg left
Anyway to cut a long story short, I have seen a great deal on a luton box Coachbuild van that is 4 years old and only done 25,000, the measurements inside the box are 10.5ft long, 7ft wide, and 8ft high.....but its a medium wheel base.....I would only be travelling him it and not bothered about the living as he is fairly heavy I would rather make sure that it is all properly reinforced and comfortable for him which will add a lot of weight then scrimp on the saftey to try to squeeze 2 on it or a small living....so would rather have some spare weight left then a living section.
To give you a visual It looks like a marlborough type box but on a MWB and I was thinking of setting it out as rear load, travelling him in middle, kinda like a trailer set up and then put a ramp to the front/side for unloading. I thought if I kept it simple as forward motion for on and off, it will make life easier for both of us, as he can sometime sqush me when he panics on one when we have to do a lot of manovering on and off etc...
Will a MWB be adequate with these dimensions for just for the horse area, or would I be better to go for a LWB anyway even though I dont require living...??
Thanks for your help...baileys and galaxy choc for those still here..xx
I have a 15.2H heavy type who is around 650kg and a very fussy horse who hates travelling backwards..!! I know that most of the newer 3.5t conversions are set up for 2 horses, rear facing with living at the back etc to save space, but this isn't an option for us -he just cant get on with the balance thing and has had to have physio treatment everytime he gets on one (god only knows why he is not the norm as many travel fine this way) but he hates it to the point where he wont get on one but is happy to get on a trailer or herringbone type. He is also claustrophobic on the van conversions again rear facing so would have to be a coachbuilt box type..
I was ideally looking for a forward facing or herringbone style but have noticed that most of these types have a living section and therefore don't leave you much payload on a 3.5T, some I have seen as little as 700/800kg left
Anyway to cut a long story short, I have seen a great deal on a luton box Coachbuild van that is 4 years old and only done 25,000, the measurements inside the box are 10.5ft long, 7ft wide, and 8ft high.....but its a medium wheel base.....I would only be travelling him it and not bothered about the living as he is fairly heavy I would rather make sure that it is all properly reinforced and comfortable for him which will add a lot of weight then scrimp on the saftey to try to squeeze 2 on it or a small living....so would rather have some spare weight left then a living section.
To give you a visual It looks like a marlborough type box but on a MWB and I was thinking of setting it out as rear load, travelling him in middle, kinda like a trailer set up and then put a ramp to the front/side for unloading. I thought if I kept it simple as forward motion for on and off, it will make life easier for both of us, as he can sometime sqush me when he panics on one when we have to do a lot of manovering on and off etc...
Will a MWB be adequate with these dimensions for just for the horse area, or would I be better to go for a LWB anyway even though I dont require living...??
Thanks for your help...baileys and galaxy choc for those still here..xx
