trailer dividers - like Bloomer
Safet
Reg. May 2009
Posted 2009-07-09 12:20 AM (#107718)
Subject: trailer dividers - like Bloomer


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I really like the way the Bloomer horse trailer dividers are made (with slots at the head end).  Does anyone know if the Bloomer dividers are interchangable with other aluminum horse trailers? 

Thank you.

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Tresvolte
Reg. Feb 2008
Posted 2009-07-09 7:20 AM (#107721 - in reply to #107718)
Subject: RE: trailer dividers - like Bloomer




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I am sure they could be made to be. Most of the manufacturers that I have looked at offers similar options though. If you are looking at retrofitting your current trailers with that type divider, I would think it would be cost effective to alter the current dividers.
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horsey1
Reg. Dec 2004
Posted 2009-07-09 8:15 AM (#107722 - in reply to #107718)
Subject: RE: trailer dividers - like Bloomer


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I'm with Tres, probably easier to modify yours, or buy them from your manufacturer. Most call them "air flow dividers". And if the 2 horses beside each other don't get along, when they can see each other they tear all kinds of things up in a trailer. Member of the been there, earned that club. I like my solid divider now...
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Safet
Reg. May 2009
Posted 2009-07-09 9:41 AM (#107728 - in reply to #107718)
Subject: RE: trailer dividers - like Bloomer


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Thanks, I had not thought about that.  My horses and pony are behaved while one of them is being handled.  However, when the human is away...... 

I don't have my next trailer yet, I've just been looking at the different brands and looking for what I like/don't like.  I liked that the Bloomer dividers had small, slat style openings rather than slender, widely spaced bars (which I always imagine hooves somehow going through).  Maybe I should stick with solid dividers. 

I read a thread where people wrote about their preference for dividers or not dividers, which got me to thinking about the solid vs. slotted vs. no dividers.

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gard
Reg. Aug 2007
Posted 2009-07-09 10:04 AM (#107730 - in reply to #107718)
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We had a stock/combo trailer that had an open framework type of stall divider. They were not strong or high enough to contain an errant horse, and visibility between them led to some tense moments, when strange horses were placed side by side.

We now have two trailers that have large, almost massive, solid dividers. When a horse is in place, we feel quite secure in their placement. Some people have commented about more airflow with an open structured divider. Our area of the country allows reasonable inside trailer temperatures, that are effectively cooled with the available windows and vents. The solid structures restricting airflow are a non issue for us.

We prefere the solid dividers.    Gard

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genebob
Reg. Nov 2007
Posted 2009-07-09 10:24 AM (#107732 - in reply to #107718)
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We have a trailer with the "jail bars" and really like it. Yes it does allow more air flow, but the biggest advantage is that my wife's horse would paw in the trailers we had previously. Now she can see her trailer mate and the nervousness has disappeared. The bars are just at the head area and the rest of the divider is solid. The bars are spaced two inches apart of one inch tubing, so there is no way to get a hoof caught. By the way it's a Kiefer Genesis.
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MSM
Reg. Jun 2009
Posted 2009-07-09 3:37 PM (#107752 - in reply to #107718)
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If you like the Bloomer Dividers go ahead and purchase them.  You could take your trailer down to your local welder and they could adapt and weld the brackets on your trailer for a few hundred dollars. 
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