Posted 2014-01-06 2:03 PM (#156711) Subject: horse trailer slant divider options, which is better solid or barred?
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Location: winlock, WA
I have a 2horse trailer and my divider is solid sheet steel with square stock framework. The horse has given me so much problem with not wanting to be locked in . I need him to tolerate being in the divider so I can fit the second animal. I was proposed the idea of modifications to the divider to make it barred instead of solid so the horse can see what's going on and not feel alone. IS this safe to do? If so how far apart and what size steel bar should be used in the modifications?
Posted 2014-01-08 10:14 PM (#156776 - in reply to #156711) Subject: RE: horse trailer slant divider options, which is better solid or barred?
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Posts: 151 Location: Manitoba, Canada
My personal preference is the slotted dividers. More air movement, horses can see each other, less stress. Seems like trailer dealers in this area don't agree, because they never bring a model that has them.
Posted 2014-01-09 12:34 PM (#156788 - in reply to #156711) Subject: RE: horse trailer slant divider options, which is better solid or barred?
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Location: winlock, WA
Seems like few trailer manufacturers really know what a horse needs for comfort. I'm dropping off my trailer divider to get redone today. I hope the change makes my horse happier because I have struggled fro the past 7months trying to get him comfortable with trailing. He goes in great but hates being put in sensory deprivation.
Posted 2014-01-14 6:36 AM (#156910 - in reply to #156711) Subject: RE: horse trailer slant divider options, which is better solid or barred?
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Posts: 151 Location: Manitoba, Canada
I had the same trouble with my experienced travelling horses when I brought this trailer home. They panicked! I ended up pulling the dividers out altogether and hauling as in a stock trailer. I reintroduced the dividers later, one at a time, with a horse standing next to a single divider, but not confined by it. Now they are fine with it.
Posted 2014-01-14 8:38 AM (#156912 - in reply to #156711) Subject: RE: horse trailer slant divider options, which is better solid or barred?
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Location: winlock, WA
Good to know Tpenning. I was beginning to think I was crazy or the horse was. My sister suggested modifications to the divider. I will post a photo once I get mine back and reinstalled.
Posted 2014-01-14 2:16 PM (#156918 - in reply to #156711) Subject: RE: horse trailer slant divider options, which is better solid or barred?
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Posts: 2958 Location: North Carolina
I have solid dividers in my trailer. But somehow my horses know their buddy is there. It wasn't the case when we stayed in a very nice barn that has block walls between horses. They couldn't stick their heads out and see their buddy. One was literally climbing the walls. When we moved him to a stall directly across, where he could see, the issue went away.
Posted 2014-01-16 10:54 AM (#156969 - in reply to #156711) Subject: RE: horse trailer slant divider options, which is better solid or barred?
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Location: winlock, WA
Sorry it would not let me attach the photo. But it looks great. It did cost more than I though but it was a very nice job $338 with tax. If it solves this horse's reluctance to the trailer it will be well worth it.
horse trailer slant divider options, which is better solid or barred?
