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Post by jodypony on Feb 26, 2015 11:40:13 GMT 1
Small pony single trailer should she face forwards or backwards when travelling in trailer? Opinions please!
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Post by antares on Feb 26, 2015 14:12:13 GMT 1
What type of trailer is it?
usually they are specifically forward or rear facing trailers or occassionally herringbone - you don't tend to choose yourself
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2015 14:13:41 GMT 1
If she's very tiny, like a mini I'd travel her loose so she can choose, otherwise, as antares says you don't normally get a choice as the trailer is designed to be used one way or the other.
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Post by alonerawnut on Feb 26, 2015 20:53:32 GMT 1
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Post by portiabuzz on Feb 26, 2015 22:31:44 GMT 1
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Post by wills on Feb 27, 2015 17:53:54 GMT 1
It really depends on the pony and trailer... as above trailers are usually designed one way or the other. IMO (and being a mini owner) it is not safe to travel minis/small ponies tied up unless the trailer has been adapted for this. Our 4 travel loose with everything out, obviously we are always careful towing but I would say we are even more so when moving the wee men.
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Post by kristine on Feb 28, 2015 2:34:42 GMT 1
I still haven't figured out UK trailers but if its safe for the design of your trailer, I'd haul loose. Most of you don't have a choice, I understand. Much better for the horse mentally and physically. They will find their own comfort spot, which is usually backwards. My big horses haul loose together sometimes... sometimes they are in the same place they got in the trailer, sometimes they rearrange themselves to whatever horse logic dictates. My donkey won't tolerate being tied in a trailer for some reason, so if everyone is going somewhere, I tie the horses in on a diagonal slant and leave the donk loose in the back. One of the best horseman I ever met used to haul his horses tied on the diagonal also, but he tied them facing backward diagonally. Swore by it and said that was the best way he'd found to haul horses... and could also get another horse in that way. (He was hauling 7-8 saddle horses at once in a big livestock trailer) I use a livestock trailer, so my advice probably isn't worth diddly... but I've hauled a few... and most of them loose. Very, very few problems for what its worth. ETA: Good article. Most of my opinion comes from loose horses who are in a large enough trailer to be given free choice of where to position themselves. Here's the completely unhandled mule... given free choice of the trailer, backed up in the forward half of the trailer, facing backward.
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Post by portiabuzz on Feb 28, 2015 15:34:51 GMT 1
Great post Kristine!
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