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RE: [RC] 2H straight load, safety concerns? - Kathy RamspottI don't haul that far but I haul many times a week and I have the same set up as Becky except I removed the center divider entirely and any horse I haul seems to do fine. Kathy R - SE -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Becky Rohwer Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:36 PM To: amy; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] 2H straight load, safety concerns? Amy, I haul many miles with a 2 horse straight load BP trailer. I usually haul 200 to 600 miles one way to get to a ride. I usually am only hauling one horse though. I am able to move the center divider to one side and latch it there so that the straight load kind of becomes a slant. Basically the horse has about 3/4 of the trailer space to stand in. It gives my horse a little more room, but is not roomy enough that she is able to spin around or do anything too funky. She seems to travel well in it that way. At a ride I went to recently there was a discussion about straight versus slant. The comment was made that a straight load is easier on the horse for stops and starts, the slant load is easier on the curves. So I guess I have the best and worst of both combined. Becky R. - Montana ============================================================ If people would just think of the hoof as the foundation for the horse like a house foundation. when your horse plants his foot down in the ground and pushes forward if the foot isn't 100% balanced your chances of injury go up. ~ Paula Blair ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ One would think that logic would prevail. But then, if logic did prevail, men would ride sidesaddle. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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