Cold weather tranport

[Mark Cowdrey]

Quick and cheap.
1X4 S4S pine in the bottom 2 of 3 total open slots in the stock trailer. Left the top one open. Had to joint a couple pieces minimally but basically they fit right in. I secured them with a couple self tapping screws through the pine into the vertical pieces on the trailer. Front compartment only. Blanketed over harness up and back. He was no worse for the wear.
Mark

[near horse]

@Jim Garvin 24578 wrote:

Geoff;

I haven’t forgotten about posting the pictures, but the snow has kept me quite busy for the past week and a half. Last night capped it off with a thunderstorm!! I just got thru scaping 3-4″ of packed ice off the driveway. I have the trailer covered right now, so I’m going to have to dig around it so I can access the back enough to get in and take the pictures. I’ll try and do it by the end of the week.

I hated Bartsow, CA when we were there in August of ’09….but it’s getting to look better and better every day!!

Jim

No worries! Barstow – hah! I had a math teacher who explained some math concept by saying “It’s like Barstow. Nobody GOES to Barstow – they just pass through it.”

[Seadog]

I was in PA recently to pick up a pair of Clydes. It was -2ºF. I asked the vet about hauling them in a stock trailer. He told me that he did lectures about hauling horses, and gave some good solid advice. I was pulling a goose-neck 24′ Exxis, stock trailer. He said that horses stay warm by the layers of heat held in their coat. If you let them get drafted, the air is removed and the horse can get cold. He advised against a heavy blanket, as that will cause sweating and dehydration, and he advised something light, light a canvas with the liner removed. This especially when your hauling from cold to warm climate. The light canvas will keep the air from being displaced. He said that horses usual get sick from being tied in the trailer with their heads up, as this causes there sinus system to back up. Said if you tie them at all, make sure they can get their noses down. The pneumonia related to cold weather hauling, is usual a sinus issue and not a cold weather issue. I didn’t buy the horse and didn’t haul them, but he had no qualms with me rolling out of there in freezing weather with the horses in a canvas cover. Hope this helps.

[Marshall]

I just hauled one home from 200 miles away. I put osb over the openings on the front half and locked him in the front. I did not tie him. It was about 20 degrees. He did just fine. I drove about 55 as I don’t like to go faster than that with an animal in the trailer.

[near horse]

I think the main concern is the wind – just like at home. Absolute temps aren’t bad as long as air movement isn’t removing body heat. I’ve had folks tell me they use a light sheet – I’m assuming they’re talking about horse sheets not bed sheets – just to cut the wind.

I haul newborn calves at highway speeds (60+) when it’s 10 or lower outside. They are in a box so the wind is blocked and they do just fine.

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