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| Hey need some input, I'm going to be hauling 1 horse around a 1000 miles in an open no slants stock trailer. Should I tie the horse or let him be lose. Bedding or no bedding. Any tip, much appreciated! |
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| Bedding for sure.
Is there a cut gate in the trailer? If there is and you can close it and make a box stall I'd consider just leaving him loose. If there's no cut gate I'd tie him personally, I just don't like leaving them with that much room to bounce around, but I know some folks who do. |
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| Yes there is a gate. Was planning to put hay, food, water, ext in the front part. So there would probably be 10ft or so for him to be lose. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Leave lose .a horse will ride with butt facing the hitch. They will also lay down if left with enough room.wire/ tie the middle gate or remove if your not going to use it.bedding takes most of the shock. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | OhMax - 2017-04-29 4:07 PM Bedding for sure. Is there a cut gate in the trailer? If there is and you can close it and make a box stall I'd consider just leaving him loose. If there's no cut gate I'd tie him personally, I just don't like leaving them with that much room to bounce around, but I know some folks who do.
Does it have a solid back door? If not, then NO bedding. If the door does not go floor to ceiling, it will cause the bedding to swirl and get in their eyes and nose. I would always prefer no bedding over them breathing it or getting an eye irritant. We only haul in a stock trailer with a center divider. I am good loose or tied. Just depends on the horse. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | wyoming barrel racer - 2017-04-29 8:11 PM OhMax - 2017-04-29 4:07 PM Bedding for sure. Is there a cut gate in the trailer? If there is and you can close it and make a box stall I'd consider just leaving him loose. If there's no cut gate I'd tie him personally, I just don't like leaving them with that much room to bounce around, but I know some folks who do. Does it have a solid back door? If not, then NO bedding. If the door does not go floor to ceiling, it will cause the bedding to swirl and get in their eyes and nose. I would always prefer no bedding over them breathing it or getting an eye irritant. We only haul in a stock trailer with a center divider. I am good loose or tied. Just depends on the horse.
Ditto to the no shavings if this is more of a open stock trailer, the stock trailers I'm use to are open with lots of air going threw them. Shavings will be a big no no.. |
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| We have side slats and back slats, our rear door goes to the floor. We however don't have mats in ours - no shavings =slicker than snot. I've had them slip when we don't get enough in or don't get it spread well. They never appear to have an issue with blowing shavings. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | All you need to do is wet the shavings down and they won't fly around but will still cushion the ride......hauled many, many miles in a GN stock trailer. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | When we had a open stock trailer we had thick mats in it. |
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Location: In a happy place | NJJ - 2017-04-30 9:01 AM All you need to do is wet the shavings down and they won't fly around but will still cushion the ride......hauled many, many miles in a GN stock trailer.
I hauled many (some very nice horses) for years in a Gooseneck stock trailer. Just on a wood floor. The only thing I have to question is...with the trailer I had I would put the horse in the front and the feed in the back. |
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