Posted 2010-09-28 6:58 PM (#125300) Subject: Making rear door on a stock quieter?
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I have a horse that hauls 100% better loose in a stock, in conventional straght or slant he's a wreck shivers,shakes eyes roll the whole ride...and believe me we've tried to get him used to it and he's just apparently clausterphobic beyond the norm.
so, presumably the noise of the stock does not bother him since he rides well in it....but holy smokes! I took a ride in the back of it to see how it was different (no horses) and the racket/clang the rear door makes over every bump in the round was deafening! It hurt my freakin ears!
It doesn't seem to be bothering horse, but I wanted to know if anyone has any tips/fixs to quiet that door down, some kind of gaskets or rubber or something?
Posted 2010-09-28 10:16 PM (#125305 - in reply to #125300) Subject: RE: Making rear door on a stock quieter?
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If there are no door seals present, some doors can rattle against each other or the frame, and the latches can be somewhat loose. Most big box stores sell self adhesive foam tape, used for household weather stripping. It is usually available in various widths and thicknesses.
Applied to a loose fitting door's surface, it can lessen unwelcomed movement and noise.
Posted 2010-09-29 12:55 PM (#125317 - in reply to #125300) Subject: RE: Making rear door on a stock quieter?
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I too have found stock trailers unacceptably noisy, which is why my own horses seem to prefer my horse trailer to my old stock trailer. But since your guy has a real preference for stock trailers, i guess you'll have to do the best you can with making it quieter.
Besides the suggestions you've already had, have you considered using ear plugs on your horse? You can buy specific plugs by companies such as Cashel, which are foam wedges. If you put in ear plugs, and then a fly mask over top (to help secure the ear plugs) you might solve the problem a lot easier than trying to take all the rattles out of your trailer. On the downside, alot of horses shake their heads and dislodge ear plugs, so perhaps it wouldn't work for a longish trip.
Posted 2010-09-29 5:04 PM (#125319 - in reply to #125300) Subject: RE: Making rear door on a stock quieter?
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Horses don't have a choice in the matter. It's whatever their owner has to trailer them with. At least pippi -longstocking is trying to do something about the noise level in her trailer. those noisey banging stock trailers anoy me when they drive past. I'd hate to have to spend much time in one. Just my 2cents.
Posted 2010-10-05 1:11 PM (#125488 - in reply to #125300) Subject: RE: Making rear door on a stock quieter?
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We have a stock trailer, gooseneck with center cut gate and rear door with half slider. We have cattle. Hauling cattle, and horses to work the cattle, make this trailer a necessity. One thing that rattles are the slider gates,,,,,made infinitely more quiet by simply wrapping a bungie cord tightly around the gates where they close.....which is another sort of safety fastening in case of a violent bunch of cattle.....does help a bunch with noise, yet still retains the use of the half slider when needed.