Re: Re: What about blankets when trailering?

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

OH, makes sense, thanks,  still, can't think it gets enough air in.....
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda B. Merims" <lbm@naisp.net>
To: "Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: Re: What about blankets when trailering?


>
> "Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net> said:
> >...those
> > tiny roof vents that face BACKWARDS!  Can someone explain to me how they
> can
> > get air in the trailer going down the road....if they open backwards???
> So;
> > it does depend on the time of year and the type of ventilation in the
> > trailer, as far as if you blanket.
>
> You're probably going to get 50 replies to this, so let me
> have the honor of being the first ;-)
>
> It's a fluid dynamics thing.  Vents facing backwards is *correct*.
> The flow of air over the vent creates like a vacuum behind the
> vent that sucks the air into the trailer.  So, you get an even
> flow of fresh air into the trailer without the ramscoop-like effect
> you'd get if the vent faced forward.
>
> Any trailer you see, human or horse, is going to have vents
> facing backwards.
>
> Linda B. Merims
> lbm@naisp.net
> Massachusetts, USA
>
>