I have two flip up vents to install in my trailer. It is a three horse slant. Should they go in the center of the first 2 stalls , or side by side over the first stall? It is a combo trailer and has two slats up high on the walls . It is really hot for the first horse against the tack room wall. Thanks
Posted 2005-07-04 10:14 AM (#27571 - in reply to #27561) Subject: RE: Roof vents .
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Just to make it a harder choice:
My Sundowner has the vents over the horses's head of each stall. When the vent is set to catch the air flow. it's directed to the head area. Opening a rear window pulls the air into the suction behind the trailer. I bed the trailer in shavings and it doesn't seem to blow the dust around the horses.
Posted 2005-07-04 12:28 PM (#27572 - in reply to #27571) Subject: RE: Roof vents .
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Originally written by hosspuller on 2005-07-04 11:14 AM
Just to make it a harder choice:
My Sundowner has the vents over the horses's head of each stall. When the vent is set to catch the air flow. it's directed to the head area. Opening a rear window pulls the air into the suction behind the trailer. I bed the trailer in shavings and it doesn't seem to blow the dust around the horses.
i dont have a sundowner, and my vents are in the middle of the trailer on my slant.......but if i were cutting the holes they would be over the horses head.
Posted 2005-07-05 7:09 AM (#27589 - in reply to #27561) Subject: RE: Roof vents .
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Thanks for all of your input. The more I think about it , I think the first vent needs to be up close to the slant tack room wall and the next one right over the first divider. And bothin the center, not over the horses heads. david
Posted 2005-07-05 7:47 AM (#27592 - in reply to #27561) Subject: RE: Roof vents .
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Our vents are in the center of each slot. If I were installing my own, I would also consider closer to the head side of the trailer. Mabey not directly over thier head but above thier neck area. I agree with hosspuller. The more air flow the better but dont want anything to stike the horses face/head. I also think putting them over the first 2 slots is a good idea. Get air into the front of the trailer and have it flow to toward the rear. Good luck
Posted 2005-07-06 6:09 AM (#27655 - in reply to #27561) Subject: RE: Roof vents .
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OT, roof vent USE:
I've seen a couple of posts about opening roof vents forwards, to scoop air IN. It seems that I've also seen MANY posts about using screens and fly masks on horses in slant load trailers when the side windows are open.
What I think I havn't (yet) seen is suggestions to NOT blast the horse(s)' faces with roof air if you don't have fly masks on them.
It may seem intuitive to some that there isn't as much road grit flying around at roof level as there is at window level, but I'd guess the bug density to be comparable. Personally I only use roof vents in the rear (extracting) position, but I probably don't haul at temps much over the mid 90s. - I also doubt that any increased air flow from the forward position adds much cooling, but that is just an opinion based on my limited understanding of physics, aerodynamics and trailer design (or lack of it).
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