Ok, now i kind of have the solution. one more question?

Question

most of my responses to my horse travelling badly have answered to taking out the partition, without the partition im worried that he may just fall over completly?

Answer 1

i totaly agree with texas.... person!

No he will not just fall over! he will be able to get his back legs wider to help him balance! This is ok of course if you are only travelling 1 horse because if you have to two, then you may find that the horses start to lie across on each other to fight for the room! Another thing you could try is tying him up tighter to the front of the box, not the side. You could also even try him backwards!!! yes it sounds stupid but it works!!! You just load the horse in through the front door and then put the tail bar up, to stop him sticking his head out over the back ramp!!!

But as i said in my other answer, taking the back peice of the partition off actually does work, as it means they still have something to balance against, but they also have the room to swing their back legs around and get more room!!!

Also, without the partition, the tend to stand diagonaly across the box, which helps with their balance!

good luck

Answer 2

I would not worry about that happening.

Without the partition he now has enough room to get his feet spread enough to balance himself.

Most bad travelers or scramblers or wall climbers....have the problem of not being able to stand wide enough for their comfort.

Partitions are to separate horses from one another...not hold them up.

I am assuming that this is the old style 2 horse tandem...side-by-side trailer.  These types force the horse to absorb the motion front to back.

You might find your horse will ride better in a slant load trailer.  they are better able to brace for bumps and bounces when standing at a slight slant...that is another reason taking out the partition helps.  Look at where your horse stands when not forced to face front???

Another thing to have a care with...is the way you drive when pulling a trailer.  No sudden stops and starts.... slowdown way before you stop

or start into a turn.   Doing things too fast can throw your horse off his feet or at least upset his balance.  Being slammed around in that trailer is no funny at all.  Put yourself in your horses place & think

before doing everything.

Answer 3

1ST OFF ALOTT PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE TO SNUB THERE HORSE UP WHEN HAULING,   YOU DONT WANT THERE ROPE OR TIE TO BE TO LONG BUT THEY USE THERE HEAD FOR BALANCE, IF THEY CANT MOVE THEY WILL FALL DOWN.  ANYHO  TRY ALITTLE LOSER TIE OR DONT TIE AT ALL BUT DONT LEAVE YOUR LEAD HANG ,  IF YOUR ONLYHAULINGN ONE HORSE AN HAVE TO OPTION OF TAKIN OUT YOUR PARTION GREAT DOIT BUTSOME HORSES SEAM TO NEED ALITTLE MORE ROOM THEN OTHERS DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE HORSE AN THE TRAILER SIZE TO.

Answer 4

when you tie your horse up don't use a regular lead rope, use a rope with a wooden block on the end so it weights the rope down. so the clip is attached to your horses headcoller and it passes through the ring and the wooden block is at the end. So if your horse moves further back the rope will get longer and if it moves closer the rope will adjust and get shorter. this prevents the horse getting tangled up in a rope which is too long and makes sure that the rope isnt too short so he can't move

hope this helps  

Answer 5

my horse transporter told me to try this on a very bad traveller that we had.   first of all, remove all partitions and anything else that could cause damage.  then put down a really thick bed of shavings or straw.  put a small loose section of hay in the corner. box up the horse and leave loose.  shut all doors so the horse can't jump or scramble out of.

we tried this in a horsebox, but not a trailer.  it worked.  the horse travelled surprisingly well by this method.  

good luck.

Answer 6

no dont worry about that, my horse always travels without the partion and has never fallen over  

Answer 7

we've always changed the partition in our trailers. Either by replacing or modifiying the one it came with.  if we replaced it .. we had a 4 inch metal pipe shaped like a " L " made at a welding shop.  They put the pin brackets on one end. and brackets for the butt bars at the bend of the L..

if we modified the wooden one that came with the  trailer we did basically the same thing with a saw.   Cutting  the center board into a  large  "U" or "L" shape so there is room to spread the feet, but still something to support the back of the center board and to give a bit of side support to the horse.  

Also if you've got a scrambler that needs to spread his feet wider for stability, dont tie them short.  Most of them do much better if they can get back and "sit" on the butt bar.

Answer 8

I wouldn't really worry about that. Horses are pretty good at holding themselves up. If you are worried, you can replace your partition with one that only separates the bodies of the horses and does not go to the floor. He can still spread his legs to balance, but will be confined to his still.