What would you do?

[Irishcobs]

If your lorry ramp fell off with your horse still inside?
Sounds daft doesn't it? Well it happened to a friend, they were told the ramp wasn't good and should be seen too but they went to a comp anyway and when they got there it fell off! Luckily it was after the horse had come out and no one was hurt.
But it got me thinking, what could you do if your horse was still inside? I could only think that if you can get on to grass you would have to jump them out the back on a lunge line and hope they don't panic. I think my two would do that. Otherwise I really can't think how you would get them out with out having to fix the ramp (which could take hours if not days for parts etc).

 

[Alibear]

I think your sugesstion is the only answer.

The people we seriously lucky the ramp didn't collapse whent he horse was on it , that could have ended up very nasty.

How did they get the horse home?

I have had a to borrow a crow bar to get a ramp open when we got to a show once it was wonky and wedged itself in transit!

 

[Irishcobs]

They were very lucky. In hind sight it was bloody stupid of them to go knowing the ramp was bad.
Horse got a lift home with someone else at the comp.

 

[Happytohack]

Luckily our box has a side ramp and a rear ramp, so there would always be an alternative exit. I do know someone with a hydraulic ramp which got stuck shut with the horses inside

It took them ages to get someone to come out and get it open. I am obsessive about the safety of our horsebox, so haven't got any sympathy for your friend, just their horse.

 

[flowerlady]

Cry!

Wouldn't have taken box with iffy ramp.

 

[NoCollection]

When I lived in Kenya, horses were normally transported in lorried without ramps (they were without a roof too, but none of the horses seemed to mind). A lot of the yards had a loading ramp, lorry reversed up the loading ramp and the horses had a level walk onto the lorry. All the horses were jumped off the lorries - quicker than waiting your turn for the loading ramp. A fair number knew how to jump onto the lorries as well.

 

[sueandtoto]

Bit silly to use it when they knew it was dodgy

, someone I know got back from a show and the ramp fell off when she opened it

the horse just jumped down ! , dont think ours would though he's such a wuss !!

 

[henryhorn]

You back the lorry up to a bank...
when my son was doing work experience someone colected a mare from the yard and the YO warned them the box looked unsafe as you could see the road through the floor.
They'd only gone 200 yards up the road and the horse's leg went through the floor.
Luckily it was right outside the vets and he managed to get the horse out cut and bruised but fixable. when they collected the mare they'd put a new floor in, but what a horror story it could have been.