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I'm pretty sure Don Funk used the safety pen for Geronimo's Warrior.
Laney

Sharon Levasseur wrote:
> This year I’ve got a new-to-me 4h GN steel stock trailer.  I’ve been 
> thinking I’d put another HiTie on it like my last trailer but I KNEW my 
> ever-so-impatient-and-mouthy horse would make a habit of scraping the 
> trailer with his teeth just like he did the last one.  Last trailer was 
> aluminum so it wasn’t a big deal, but this one is steel so it matters 
> more.  The pen will give him a little more room and get his focus off 
> the trailer. 
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> By the way... a regular electric strand fence is NOT a possibility here, 
> nor is a portable metal corral.  I have my reasons and they are firm.
>
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> SOoooooo, hubby and I just talked and decided to spring for a Safety Pen 
> from C.I.W.!  <vbg>  It’s strong netting that rolls out from the side of 
> the trailer and has a strand of electric along the top.  Depending on 
> the height of my running boards (which it will sit on) the fence’s total 
> height should be around 5.5’... plenty high enough so my horse won’t be 
> tempted to jump out... and it’s really noticeable so I doubt any horses 
> will run through it from outside.  
> _http://www.ciwtrailers.com/safetypen.htm_  At $700 plus $200 shipping 
> it costs 3x what a HiTie costs, but I’m hoping we’ll find it worth the cost.
>
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> Before I place the order, does anyone want to weigh in on this?  Is 
> there anything at all that I’m not considering?  This is an expensive 
> decision and I do NOT want to screw it up!! 
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>  
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sharon Levasseur (I think I’m going to have a heart attack!  The trailer 
> itself only cost $2000!)
>
> and Zephyr (who only cost a few hundred bucks more than this corral!)


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