We just purchased a 2002 Exiss MT 400 Trailer, 4 horse. We would like to use the first stall as a storage area but the divider is not a stud wall. Any suggestion? Do you know if dealers are willing to trade a regular wall for a stud wall? Can you purchase these separately? No luck finding them on E-Bay.
Posted 2005-12-30 9:33 PM (#34590 - in reply to #34586) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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Exiss makes a detachable stud divider that with a weld here and there to attach some brackets, can be attached to your already existing slant divider. Just contact your local Exiss dealer. Price would probably be around $200-$300 installed.
Posted 2005-12-31 8:43 AM (#34612 - in reply to #34610) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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You use the first stall for storage without some type of divider, what do you use to keep things from sliding back into the horses legs? Maybe I misunderstood you comment.
Posted 2005-12-31 9:06 AM (#34614 - in reply to #34612) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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I have a stud wall now but my other trailers never did. It isn't that hard to work without one. Buy some heavy duty D rings with a little plate attacned so that you can use sheet metal screws and attach the Ds at various places on the bulkhead wall, high and low. Then you can use baling twine to secure things to that wall. I never had anything shift or fall.
Posted 2006-01-03 9:12 AM (#34792 - in reply to #34586) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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Posts: 534 Location: Zionsville, Indiana
A relatively inexpensive stud wall can be made with 3/4" plywood, shaped to accommodate the wheel wells if any, and bolted to the divider. We have made these for several customers, and they work well. If the divider is padded, take the pad off and put it on the plywood. Be sure to leave 2" or so at the bottom for clearance over bedding.
Posted 2006-01-03 10:22 AM (#34798 - in reply to #34586) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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Posts: 954 Location: Hagerstown, MD
A couple of GN trailers ago we didn't have a "stud wall" and I slid a heavy piece of plywood against the divider and placed a 60qt cooler and a storage locker full of "dry goods" against it to hold it in place. If you need more support, a small "C" clamp with the adjuster away from the horse works good. When we didn't need the storage, we just took the plywood out and "walah", instant stall. Happy trails.
Posted 2006-01-04 6:40 AM (#34849 - in reply to #34586) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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Posts: 247 Location: La Crosse, WI - God's Country
Plywood here - all the way to the floor to keep undersirable substances (pee, poo) from getting to the storage area. We usually try to keep a mare up front as gelding pee placement pretty much ensures that pee will get everywhere - mares not so much.
Posted 2006-01-04 7:39 AM (#34851 - in reply to #34586) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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Originally written by seedfarmer on 2005-12-30 9:41 PM
We just purchased a 2002 Exiss MT 400 Trailer, 4 horse. We would like to use the first stall as a storage area but the divider is not a stud wall. Any suggestion? Do you know if dealers are willing to trade a regular wall for a stud wall? Can you purchase these separately? No luck finding them on E-Bay.
You should contact an Exiss dealer and see about that idea of trading in your divider for a stud divider. I am thinking you wanted a ceiling to floor stud divider and a not a half divider? When I purchased my used Exiss it had a ramp on it and I never had a trailer with a ramp on it so I was unsure if I would like it or not. The dealer said they would take it off and deduct some $$ from the price. In the end the I kept the ramp on. So I believe that would be an option for you to find a dealer that will work out something for you.
Posted 2006-01-04 10:12 AM (#34860 - in reply to #34586) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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The rubber mats tend to keep stuff from sliding. I generally put my hay and or straw bales in the floor, then stack other things on top. The divider will hold things on top of the hay. Honestly, stuff sliding around has not been a problem.I did have a small bucket get loose but the horses didn't go nuts or anything. They just stood there. I always have storage in the truck bed or rear/midtack for things that might go bump in the trailer.
Posted 2006-01-07 3:56 PM (#35084 - in reply to #34586) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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Location: cedar springs mi
We purchased a stud wall from the Hart Trailer Mfg. It was $350. It is one that bolts to the bottom of your existing partition.The shipping is what added to the expense. I live in Michigan and the shipping from Oklahoma was about $150. The first one they sent didn't fit as it was for a newer model (ours is a 1994) and I believe it was for one with mangers which ours don't have. So now we have a spare stud wall that we are trying to find a use for.
Posted 2006-01-07 11:43 PM (#35095 - in reply to #34586) Subject: RE: Stud Wall
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I added one to a Featherlite after I bought it. It is the type that mounts to the bottom of the divider. It is removable. I found the trick to saving on the shipping is most dealers can request it be shipped inside incoming new trailers. It may take a bit longer but $150.00 might be worth it. After having one for awile next time I might look at the rubber mat idea.
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