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Those things secured with bungies and a big tub of s#!t sitting on 
the floor will not be a problem until something goes wrong and then 
they could cause a lot of damage to your horse. Those bungies will 
snap and everything will be sliding around the trailer. A bowling 
ball in it's case on the back seat of the car is a good example. Not 
a problem until something goes wrong and then the bowling ball 
becomes a "cannon ball" that could cause a lot of damage to people in the car.

You might consider making a large box out of plywood the width and 
length of the front stall and 12" or more higher than the bottom edge 
of the divider. The closed divider will keep the box secure and stuff 
inside cannot slide under into the horse's legs. Open the divider to 
access the box from the top. The stall has slanted ends but the box 
can be square and long enough to almost touch the closest opposite 
corners of the parallelogram.

Don Huston


At 11:48 AM 4/15/2009 Wednesday, Michelle Aquilino wrote:
> I think I'm on a ridecamp high, lol, I've been sending a ton of 
> emails.  But I suppose that's one of the points of Ridecamp, so 
> continuing to email away... lol.
>
> I do not have a stud divider in my trailer (2H slant), but I would 
> like to utilize the space in the front stall for some reasonable 
> storage.  I have my portable corral standing up against the wall, 
> secured with bungies.  Not concerned about this...  I've been 
> trailering around a bit with one bale of hay up there with it, it 
> has not shifted around at all.  I would like to put another one up 
> there, not too concerned about that...  I am assuming that if I want 
> to put any buckets of anything up there, that I should tie or bungie 
> them, so they don't slide around, fall over, or anything (for 
> example, if I ever need to haul out my manure, that will be my 
> preferred location for the bucket, lol).  Any suggestions / words of advice?
>
> I have considered getting a stud divider put on, but am confused as 
> to how that would work with the telescoping divider...  Not to 
> mention the cost of making such an installation.  So if there's a 
> way I can safely store some stuff up there, that would be a more 
> cost efficient route.
>
> Though, in general, for relatively flat driving (no mountains), I 
> would find it hard to believe that a big tub filled with manure (or 
> other stuff stored inside such a large tub) would slide 
> around...  And that large of a tub seems unlikely to tip over I 
> would think...  But I could easily bungie as a precaution.
>
> --
> "Don't breed or buy while shelter animals die"


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