Re: slant load

["Susan Swope-Attardi" <NAGZARUS@prodigy.net>]

Anybody know where to get nets like Leigh is referring to?  I have a
Featherlite.  I tried to be good and keep the the drop down doors shut, but
on a recent trip with a loaded four horse trailer in the heat and humidity
of the Ohio Valley, I arrived at my destination (5 hour trip) with four
horses, all with coughs.  The air was thick enough to cut with a knife in
that trailer!  So, last trip, I dropped down those windows.  I don't like
it, mostly due to the fact that I have one long necked Saddlebred who can
get too much head and neck out that window; but, I did arrive with horses
and respiratory systems in tact and functioning well.

Susan
Kentucky
-----Original Message-----
From: Leigh331@aol.com <Leigh331@aol.com>
To: jtaylor@pyramid.net <jtaylor@pyramid.net>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: slant load


>I think it is dangerous to allow your horses to ride with their heads out.
>Flying debris can get them anytime! Most trailers can be equipped with nets
>that fit over the drop down windows. With these, your horses get air
without
>having their heads out. I don't know about the laws of CA. Also, I pull a
>stock trailer sometimes that has slatted sides that allow lots of air to
come
>in, I use Farnam fly masks on my horses while they are hauling. This
protects
>the eyes from debris. I think you should at least use the fly masks, even
if
>you continue to allow your horses to keep their heads out of the windows.
>
>Leigh SE
>