Increasing hight of trailer

[Kazak]

Thinking of increasing the hight of our 10x6 ifor williams trailer from 6 foot to close to 7.
It can be then dual purpose for cattle/sheep and horses.
Basically chop the roof and increase by the required hight and bolt back on with new pieces on it.
Is it a daft idea or a good one??
Anybody here did that?

 

[glasshouse]

Thinking of increasing the hight of our 10x6 ifor williams trailer from 6 foot to close to 7.
It can be then dual purpose for cattle/sheep and horses.
Basically chop the roof and increase by the required hight and bolt back on with new pieces on it.
Is it a daft idea or a good one??
Anybody here did that?

Better to buy one already done

 

[neilo]

Better to buy a separate Horse trailer if you can, if the horses belong to somebody else. If we had a stock box that got used for gee gees, I would guarantee that it would never be clean enough, and there would always be an important trip for the nags on the day I needed to move 500 ewes, take stock to market or deliver rams down country.

With a separate horse box it was practically never used and held it’s value well, until it was eventually sold.

 

[sticky]

I have a friend who bought a high trailer for sheep and horses but the horse wouldn't go in it after the first time.
They put it down to the ifor rattling and banging so much that it scared the horse.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

just buy a smaller horse

 

[Dry Rot]

I have a friend who bought a high trailer for sheep and horses but the horse wouldn't go in it after the first time.
They put it down to the ifor rattling and banging so much that it scared the horse.

Loading is something I specialise in here. Every pony on the farm self loads and all the ones bought in with loading problems are trained. Always give a good feed in the trailer, never force them, and when practising, let them come out when they want. The trailer is always a 'good place'. Rattling and banging shouldn't deter them, think of horses in cowboy films! And police horses!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

just buy a smaller horse

Or an invisible one...

 

[johnflimston]

just buy a smaller horse

Doesn't work like that, there is a minimum height for horses no matter what size they are.