Posted 2005-08-11 5:18 AM (#29115) Subject: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 51 Location: Jeddo, MI
Hi-I just purchased a trail-ett 1999 horse trailer. My first trailer ever and one problem...I can not figure out where to tie my horse. There is only one large o-ring near the ceiling on each side. Could this possable be where a rope hangs from. Seems so high. thanks for any help. Deb B.
Posted 2005-08-11 7:04 AM (#29119 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 2953 Location: North Carolina
Welcome to the forum:
From your description ... That's the place to tie the horse. (not really...) Instead, I would get a couple of trailer ties that have the panic snap on the end. Remember to put the panic snap on the trailer. If you put the panic snap on the horse, you have a hard time trying to release the horse without putting yourself in danger. Also, with the panic snap on the trailer, you'll have a short lead on a loose horse. Other wise, just a loose horse with a halter.
Posted 2005-08-11 8:22 AM (#29122 - in reply to #29119) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 1719 Location: PA
I like to use a panic snap with a regular snap attached to it at the halter end along with the panic snap at the trailer wall. I use the regular double end snap to attach to the halter but the panic snap is still there in case I have to quick release at the halter end.
Posted 2005-08-11 9:03 AM (#29127 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 565 Location: Michigan
No, not too high at all, maybe for you to reach!! When people camp out, they highline their horses with the line being at a 7' height. Some people don't tie in a trailer, some use lead ropes, or trailer ties or those bungee type ties(which I personally wouldn't recommend). Pack a sharp knife in that trailer!!!
Posted 2005-08-11 9:04 AM (#29128 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 634 Location: Tipton, IN
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, YES, that is where the lead rope, trailer tie, bungee, or whatever you decide to tie them with is supposed to be connected to.
Posted 2005-08-11 11:54 AM (#29136 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 2453 Location: Northern Utah
I don't tie in the trailer anymore. But I do usually run my lead rope through the tie loops, mostly to keep the horse from tangle it up. It just keeps the lead away from the horse feet.
My horses are polite enough to wait for me to ask them to back out. So I don't worry about restraining them. Your horses and trailer equipment require something different
When I load them I just throw the lead over their back and let them load themselves. I can then enter the trailer and close the partion and fish the lead rope through the tie ring. I asbsolutely don't want to be in a trailer with a horse that blows up. I don't want to be trying to cut a lead rope with knife while a goes crazy and scrambles in the trailer. Especially with bungi trailer or cross ties. Ever seen one of those fly through the air when a horse pulls back and snaps it.
Posted 2005-08-11 12:40 PM (#29137 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Location: Houston, TX
i dont tie my horses up in the trailer either.
I was walking out of a resturant one night a few months ago, and I heard a large banging coming from someones aluminum trailer in the parking lot. It was a high sided stock combo style aluminum trailer with the 2 air slats on both sides. Well, you could see the sides of the trailer bowing out where the horse was kickin/pawing at the trailer. By the time I got over there, all the racket had shut down, and there was a dead horse in the trailer.
Apparently, the horse got chocked down somehow,and suffocated. this was not a trailer with dividers, it was totally open. In not sure what triggered it, but it was terrible to witness.
From now on when I trailer horses from pasture to pasture in the cattle trailer, I just throw the lead over their neck, and let them get comfortable in the trailer. They usually line up slanted, headfirst. So far, this has worked fine for me.
Posted 2005-08-11 2:47 PM (#29147 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 46 Location: New Mexico
Did the horse choke because he was tied and couldn't get back up, or was the lead rope wrapped around its neck? Sorry to be so blunt, but I just bought a stock type trailer and am trying to decide whether to tie or not. I also have one of those trailer ties that has the velcro release. I figured I could use that to tie, but still would want a lead rope on the horse in case of emergency. So what do I do with the lead rope to keep the horse from getting tangles in that?
Posted 2005-08-11 2:55 PM (#29149 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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every horse is different
I have one that will only load backwards and rides backwards.
I use the rope shipping halters. All I do is wrap, not tie, the lead around the post or feed it through the ring.
I wrecked out a 2 horse once and the trailer wound up on its side. If either horse had been tied they would have had too be put down. but they where able to walk, or limp, away from it. By the time we got to them they where both standing on the side walls of the trailer and where alive.
As for stock trailers I box stall them again just wraping the rope around the post a couple of times
Posted 2005-08-11 3:28 PM (#29152 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 2953 Location: North Carolina
I have a different experiance.
A friend was trailering a new horse alone in a 2 horse straight load BP. Horse was NOT tied. The horse got his head wedged between the roof of the trailer and the top of the divider. When he lost his footing, the divider choked him to death. We surmise the horse turned his head over the divider, then when he tried to face forward, the sloped divider edge tracked his head to the roof ( this isn't a "I heard of" story. I personally got him out of the trailer. The owners were too upset)
So ... I always tie my horses in my slant load with dividers. I use a 18" trailer tie with a panic snap to the trailer. I attach the trailer tie to the upper ring of the halter so he can get his head down, but not get it back enough to get into trouble with his buddy or the divider
Posted 2005-08-11 7:05 PM (#29170 - in reply to #29115) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 456 Location: south of Cowtown, TEXAS
Yes, those are the ties. I also use the 'bungee' cord with a bull snap at one end and a quick snap at the other, they stay in the trailer 24/7. If they panic - they CAN break the bungee.
Posted 2005-08-12 5:49 PM (#29178 - in reply to #29170) Subject: RE: help need to know where to tie horse
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Posts: 326 Location: Palmdale, CA
Tying high is safer for a horse (as long as they have good footing). However, I don't like to tie horses up with a lead line in the trailer. I tie with bungees instead. I like bungees because they have some give in them. But that is in a slant load. To prevent a pull back situation, I only attach the bungee when they are secured in their slant stall. I release the bungee and switch to a lead before I open the trailer to unload. If they do pull back in a panic or emergency situation that is what the panic snaps are for.
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