I'd say you'll get every answer under the stars for your question, so here is mine. I don't tie a horse in the trailer, unless the trailer is constructed so as a horse can get to another horse. If the dividers are made so the horses cannot get to each other I don't tie. I never put a haybag in front of a horse going down the road, If i'm going to stop and eat I'll sometimes give them a haybag then. I have been hauling horses, known and unknown with no problems for 25 years this way.

Let the bashing begin.

We don't really have the option of taking it back to the dealer. The bar isn't very long, it's just not a ring. It's somewhat confusing to me. I would like to keep the first stall as a tack stall, but it's only a two horse and it doesn't have a divider that goes all the way to the floor. We have plenty of room for the tack- rear tack and 88" by 33" dressing room.

I have heard leaving horses untied in a slant is really dangerous. I always prefer to tie my horses in any trailer we haul them in. I was hoping to find a specific length that works well in a slant load trailer. Our trailer we had before this one had mangers and I used 30" trailer ties, but I figured that they would be too short for a slant.

I go to a lot of shows that are 3-4 hours away or farther. I figured it would be better if they had some hay to eat on the way. As I said our older trailer had mangers, so I'm not sure how to hang a haybag in the trailer. Thanks for the help.

Would it be possible for you to post pictures of the tie rings that are currently in the trailer? I'm having a difficult time visualizing what you are describing. Most slant load trailers have 2 tie rings per slant- one to hang a hay bag and one to tie the horse. I usually tie the horse to the forward ring and a hay bag to the rear ring. I use elastic trailer ties with a bull snap on one end and a quick release on the other.

To tie or not to tie is an individual preference. It doesn't mean either is correct or incorrect. It's about what you and your horses are comfortable with! 

Cindy

This is the inside of the trailer. I drew over the tie ring/bar because you couldn't see it. It's the only tie ring in the trailer. There is only one in each slant stall.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e274/western_pleasure_girl/aaaatrailer.jpg

Why tie???

I used to tie all my horses and the realized they are better off not tied?

I Know I am probably opening up a can of worms here (agian) but....consider not tying...

Esp. the folks who don't tie could you tell me the benefits of it and why you don't tie in the trailer?

Thanks so much!

Deirdre Marr

Dallas, TX

i tie in the trailer for the same reason i tie on the trail, at the barn or anywhere else.......i want the horse to be where i left him when i get back.

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i have been using this, http://www.theclip.info/  works really well.

I don't tie for one reason only, when you open that divider to let the horse out, if they are to start coming backwards before you untie them

I have one horse that will do this everytime.  I tie him, but when I walk back to open the trailer I stop and untie him from the outside.  If I leave him untied while driving he tries to get his head over the divider to visit the next horse and I have found him with his head stuck and his neck twisted around.  If I had had to hit the brakes or had been hit while he was like this it would have seriously hurt him if not killed him.

I don't need any tricks or gadgets, I don't have a problem.

 i would consider that a problem, perhaps i should have said "your concern with tieing"? 

just trying to point out some possibly usefull products,  im not really concerned with how you, or the next guy, does things.

You must have missing the first postwhere I said 25 years and No Problems doing it my way.

I don't care if you tie your horses from the roof, I just tried to explain the way I do it.

I have a 2H slant and usually only transport one horse.  I like to put him in the second (rear)stall as there is a little more room.  I always use a nice stout rope halter with a 12 ft lead.  There are two tie rings for each stall - one on the left and one on the right above the windows - in my trailer.  I use the one on the right of the horse and tie a safety knot with the lead line.  The horse always seems to be able to untie the knot, no matter how many loops I make.  Last time I trailered him, I looped the lead around his neck and tied a safety knot under his neck.  Before I let him back out, I untie the knot.  He's sometimes hard to unload and I find myself leaning into the window to push him out, so that 12 ft lead comes in handy.  The dividers in my trailer have a solid top section so horses can't mess with each other.  I've never had that problem.  I can't see any reason to tie them up. 

I also would never trailer with a hay bag attached.  If traveling more than 3-4 hours, I would stop and rest, hang a bag, but remove it before getting back on the road.  I would not leave a bag in a stall because of the possiblilty of stuff blowing around and getting in the horses' eyes. Also you run the risk of the horse getting hung up in the bag.

If you're convinced you need to feed them while on the road, you could investigate the snap in corner feeders that are available.  You'll need to install rings on the trailer to snap to.

The dividers in my trailer have a solid top section so horses can't mess with each other.  I've never had that problem.  I can't see any reason to tie them up.

That is how my trailer is too and I think that is the geldings problem.  He want's to see the other horses and so gets twisted around to get his head over the divider to see them.