This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] i have limited experience with trailering, and also have the world's smallest trailer, i think. it's a 2 horse straight load, an old WW model. what i have learned to do with oz and unloading him is this: the few times i have taken him any place, i most likely have had to unload him alone at home. he is tied in the trailer to keep him facing foward, because even though he's chubby, he can somehow worm his way around to face the back of the trailer. what i will do is take a long, heavy lung rope and attach it to his halter by going through the side door (not getting into the trailer, just reaching in). then i detach the tie in the trailer, while keep enough pressure on the long rope to keep his head forward. then, while keep the long rope taut, i can walk to the back of the trailer and open the gate. he will generally back himself out, and i can control the pace with the long rope. then he can just pull it out with him, and i will have a regular lead rope to clip on when he gets out. seems to work for me.
i am wondering what gas prices will do to attendance at events where we have to trailer our horses? laurie, luxuriating at physical therapy daily, and oz, luxuriating at the fat farm..........
