Posted 2007-05-02 12:56 PM (#60309) Subject: How many horses
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I have an Adam gn trailer that has a stock area for the horses that is 12ft x 6ft and has no dividers. Do you think it is possible and safe to load three horses in this area for about 1 1/2 hour trips to trails we ride. I purchased a third horse and don't really want to buy a new trailer. The horse are 16H, 15H, and 14.3HThanks,
Posted 2007-05-02 2:22 PM (#60314 - in reply to #60309) Subject: RE: How many horses
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If you do, you better be sure those horses are the best of friends. A 12' box, 6' wide? I'd say, they'd be squeezed in there like sardines. My BP is 16' long, 6' wide, and it's tight with my 3 horses who are between 14 - 14.3 hands. I do it, but I also have dividers for all it's worth. JMO
Posted 2007-05-02 2:34 PM (#60315 - in reply to #60309) Subject: RE: How many horses
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not trying to be a smartass, well maybe a little..........but why are you asking us? load the horses and see. a bunch of opinions have no effect on whether or not they will fit.
Posted 2007-05-02 2:52 PM (#60317 - in reply to #60314) Subject: RE: How many horses
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I think they will fit. Depending on how good the horses are, I think the hardest part may be getting the first two to stand out of the way in the trailer while you load the third one.
Originally written by N2ridin on 2007-05-02 2:22 PM
If you do, you better be sure those horses are the best of friends. A 12' box, 6' wide? I'd say, they'd be squeezed in there like sardines. My BP is 16' long, 6' wide, and it's tight with my 3 horses who are between 14 - 14.3 hands. I do it, but I also have dividers for all it's worth. JMO
I would bet that the front 3 feet of your 16' trailer is not horse floor space. Plus, I think without dividers horses find a more efficent way to fit in a small area. I have fit 4 horses in my 3-horse 6'-8"x17' trailer. And the front 3.5' of that trailer is the tack room on the short side. (7.5' on the long wall.) Three of the horses were 15.1 to 16; the fourth was 14 or so.
Even if they aren't pasture pals, once in a trailer, they get it figured out in a short.
Posted 2007-05-02 3:09 PM (#60319 - in reply to #60309) Subject: RE: How many horses
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I probably didn't word the question properly. I was kind of looking for others who have tried something simular and their experience on how it worked out. Thanks for the replys. They are all appreciated. Todd
Posted 2007-05-03 1:53 AM (#60341 - in reply to #60329) Subject: RE: How many horses
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I have, on many occasions, loaded 4 horses in my stock trailer that is 6'X14' and made trips as far as 3 hours on winding mountain roads. I would definately use caution and ONLY do this with horses that get along VERY well.
Posted 2007-06-13 12:27 PM (#62256 - in reply to #60309) Subject: RE: How many horses
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I often wondered this myself.
What I did was measure the largest warmblood at our barn nose to tail, and made that the minimum diaginal length of my slantload "stall". This worked perfectly in both of my stock trailers.
It ended up being right around 8 feet or 96 inches, up to 120 inches or 10' on the diagnal for drafts. I also referred to many trail manufacturer's layouts.
Posted 2007-06-13 3:30 PM (#62265 - in reply to #62256) Subject: RE: How many horses
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That sounds pretty close to me. Our big Irish stud colt just barely fits in a ten foot wide stall (in the barn) - he prefers to stand diagonally in it so if he flips his nose at a fly or whatever, he doesn't whack himself.
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