What does your 3.5t horsebox have......

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What does your 3.5t horsebox have......to stop the horse leaning on the ramp? Ive bought a vaxhall Movano (renault master type) and im concerned that if i traval a horse on the side where the ramp is....there's nothing to prevent them leaning on it! While the top door and ramp is secured with 4 bolts on the outside im just not 100% its safe :rolleyes:
Does anyone have a bar there or something that would solve this or is this normal for this type of box?
 
Dab said:
Mine has nothing, but i travel my big lad on the other side so this is not an issue. Shettie only travels on the side next to the ramp, and that is once in a blue moon!
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I travel my mare on the other side too. There will be occasions where i take a pony with me to though. Would you feel safe having nothing to stop them leaning on it :confused: or am i just being ridiculously over cautious :rolleyes:
 
Mine doesn't have anything either. It has bolts on the inside which bolt the ramp to the actual box and then bolts on the outside which bolt the two parts of the ramp together.
 
Sirocco said:
Mine doesn't have anything either. It has bolts on the inside which bolt the ramp to the actual box and then bolts on the outside which bolt the two parts of the ramp together.
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hmm mine just has four bolts on the outside! I suppose i could always add more...you dont happen to have a random picture of how yours is done do you lol :D
 
Mine has these doors fitted. They were added just to prevent horse comming out of box when the ramp was put down.
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The ramp itself would easily hold the weight of a horse leaning on it.
Bottom is fixed with 5 heavy duty hinge bars with brackets welded to chassis.
Top of ramp is held shut with 2 luce fittings which go through 40mm squre steel tube. Top door then overlaps top of ramp and is held shut by a shoot bolt going in to the 40mm steel on both sides.
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PaddyMonty said:
Mine has these doors fitted. They were added just to prevent horse comming out of box when the ramp was put down.
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The ramp itself would easily hold the weight of a horse leaning on it.
Bottom is fixed with 5 heavy duty hinge bars with brackets welded to chassis.
Top of ramp is held shut with 2 luce fittings which go through 40mm squre steel tube. Top door then overlaps top of ramp and is held shut by a shoot bolt going in to the 40mm steel on both sides.
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Thanks for that, ill have a look into the shoot bolt option :)

Your horsebox is lovely ..... mines the 'other shape'. Im actually pinching your idea of blocking the grooms area off so pony doesnt have the option of jumping over. Do you know what type of wood and what thickness that partition is?
 
I don't have any great pics of the inside bolts but they are attached to the upper door. It means the ramp can't be opened with them across. You can kind of see them in this pic:

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And the outside is luce bolts:

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laura7981 said:
I travel my mare on the other side too. There will be occasions where i take a pony with me to though. Would you feel safe having nothing to stop them leaning on it :confused: or am i just being ridiculously over cautious :rolleyes:
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Mine has two bolts that are pretty sturdy to lock the ramp in place. I wouldn't travel my large horse next to it but a shetland or small pony would be ok.
 
laura7981 said:
Im actually pinching your idea of blocking the grooms area off so pony doesnt have the option of jumping over. Do you know what type of wood and what thickness that partition is?
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I do indeed. I know every nut, bolt, rivet, and weld on it.
Its not actually wood, its lightweight glassonite which is just thin outer sheets of fibreglass with a plastic honeycomb in the centre. No where near as strong as normal glasonite but very light.
I used it to keep the weight down in that area as its a very large area but horses can not put any direct weight on it. All the stress is taken by the steel work of the breastbox/tack locker.
Here...
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and filled in with ply and covered in rubber....
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from the living area side....
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PaddyMonty said:
I do indeed. I know every nut, bolt, rivet, and weld on it.
Its not actually wood, its lightweight glassonite which is just thin outer sheets of fibreglass with a plastic honeycomb in the centre. No where near as strong as normal glasonite but very light.
I used it to keep the weight down in that area as its a very large area but horses can not put any direct weight on it. All the stress is taken by the steel work of the breastbox/tack locker.
Here...
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and filled in with ply and covered in rubber....
Picture041.jpg


from the living area side....
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ohh you are good :D thanks for that :)
 
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