Posted 2005-10-18 2:59 PM (#31927) Subject: 1st stall as storage
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Posts: 736 Location: Western WA
I just bought a 3 horse gooseneck with a pass through door from tack to 1st stall so I can use the 1st stall as a mud room/storage area. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, I would like to hear how everyone uses this space this way, and how you fasten items down like buckets, hay bales, etc. to keep them from sliding into the next stall. Any words of advice would be appreciated.
Posted 2005-10-18 3:07 PM (#31929 - in reply to #31927) Subject: storage
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Posts: 37 Location: Colorado Springs
Seeing that a lot of people use the first stall for storage, why do the builders have the door opening out INTO the first stall?If you've got hay or whatever piled up by the door swing arc, you aren't getting into the stall from the tack or LQ.How's yours set up?
Posted 2005-10-18 3:24 PM (#31936 - in reply to #31929) Subject: RE: storage
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Posts: 455 Location: Ontario - east of TO
Originally written by roadranger on 2005-10-18 3:07 PM
Seeing that a lot of people use the first stall for storage, why do the builders have the door opening out INTO the first stall?If you've got hay or whatever piled up by the door swing arc, you aren't getting into the stall from the tack or LQ.How's yours set up?
That is done so that if the door is not latched properly and a horse in that stall leans on the door they will not fall into your LQ.
I get your point as well - but the safety of the horse comes first
Posted 2005-10-18 3:24 PM (#31937 - in reply to #31931) Subject: RE: RE
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Posts: 37 Location: Colorado Springs
I guess an alternative would be to load up the 1st stall area, and only access the stuff thru the outside escape door - if you have one.
For the tiedowns, screwing eyebolts into the floor and/or walls would be detrimental for a horse to use that stall. Maybe some of those recessed 'D rings'?
Posted 2005-10-18 3:35 PM (#31940 - in reply to #31937) Subject: RE
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Posts: 736 Location: Western WA
What I really would like to do is get a stud divider to keep everything out of the horse area, but I know plenty of people must use the first stall as storage without a stud divider and must be fastening stuff down somehow.
Posted 2005-10-18 3:37 PM (#31941 - in reply to #31927) Subject: RE: 1st stall as storage
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Posts: 366 Location: Albany, Oregon
Originally written by headhunter on 2005-10-18 12:59 PM
I just bought a 3 horse gooseneck with a pass through door from tack to 1st stall so I can use the 1st stall as a mud room/storage area. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, I would like to hear how everyone uses this space this way, and how you fasten items down like buckets, hay bales, etc. to keep them from sliding into the next stall. Any words of advice would be appreciated.
Mine is set up with no pass through door (kinda wish I had one now) with an escape door on the 1st stall. You don't have to drag the hay through the dressing room area if the horses are loaded. I load and unload through the escape door. I had a stud wall or divider lower installed. This keeps things from shifting to the horse area. I also made a pallet that fits the floor area in the 1st stall to keep the pee off the stored items.
Posted 2005-10-18 3:50 PM (#31945 - in reply to #31927) Subject: RE: 1st stall as storage
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Posts: 565 Location: Michigan
Instead of hauling hay in my first stall I usually haul it in the last stall(if I am hauling one horse, I have a 3H trailer), otherwise I put in the back of my truck bed, even with a GN, it fits fine. I also put hay in hay bags and hang them up in the trailer and I purchased one of those hay bale covers. Those are handy, I thought it would be a PITA but they help to keep the hay together and not scattered all over the trailer or truck bed. I keep a big Rubbermaid tote in the first stall for camping supplies, first aid kit, tools, etc. Fan, rugs, and fold up chairs also fit in there as well. They don't slide around in transit. My trailer also has a hanging bar on the 1st stall wall for hanging bridle or boot bags. I like to keep things organized so I know where everything is and having that 1st stall for storage has been great.
Posted 2005-10-18 3:54 PM (#31946 - in reply to #31927) Subject: RE: 1st stall as storage
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Posts: 1723 Location: michigan
I use the first stall for storage. I have put in hay, buckets, rakes etc and so far, those items sliding into the horse area hasn't been a problem. I don't have stud walls either. While stuff can possible move about, the best way is to just arrange things in such a way they won't. I am not crazy about drilling anything into the walls since there is always the chance I will use the stall for a horse.
I don't have a pass through to my mid-tack nor is there a escape door. Getting into the stuff while the horses are loaded isn't a concern for me as I don't need to get to it until the horses are unloaded. I guess your best bet is to experiment- over time you'll figure out how to use the space, stack stuff, how much access you'll need while the horses are in the trailer. I find I'd rather out hay in the back of the truck instead of the trailer anyway. buckets can be stacked in the rear tack.
Posted 2005-10-18 4:08 PM (#31950 - in reply to #31946) Subject: RE: 1st stall as storage
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Posts: 524 Location: Lone Oak, Tx
Use ours for storage as well, from everything to hay, camping gear, generator, feed. I have made a divider out of rubber mat where it can be removed if need be. Fairly easy to make and cost me under $100.00. Works great for me. I have pics on my website.
Posted 2005-10-20 11:05 AM (#32057 - in reply to #31927) Subject: RE: 1st stall as storage
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Posts: 27 Location: Tennesse
I recommend adding a lower partition to the divider to help keep thing in place. Straps and buckles work well but if something does come loose and get under the horse I could be devastating. Most walk thru doors can be reversed and a cam latch can be installed in the living compartment to insure it wont open inward from pressure of a horse leaning into it.
Posted 2005-10-20 3:50 PM (#32070 - in reply to #32057) Subject: RE: 1st stall as storage
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Originally written by Roger on 2005-10-20 11:05 AM
I recommend adding a lower partition to the divider to help keep thing in place. Straps and buckles work well but if something does come loose and get under the horse I could be devastating. Most walk thru doors can be reversed and a cam latch can be installed in the living compartment to insure it wont open inward from pressure of a horse leaning into it.
Is it hard to make the door swing in to the LQ? How would you do that?
Posted 2005-10-20 4:26 PM (#32074 - in reply to #31927) Subject: RE: 1st stall as storage
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After opening the back door and finding her stacked hay bales had slid under the horses and become bedding, a friend made a simple stud wall for that first divider. She attached a sheet of plywood with U bolts large enough to go around the divider, placing the plywood, large washers and the nuts on the storage side. It keeps the bales and buckets from sliding under plus she can easily take it off when she wants to haul a third horse.
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