This message is from: "Pasqual, Patricia A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Well, I went out last night and Elphie was fine. He did have the full set of shots on Monday, and also the strangles, so that is probably what the trouble was. I should have told the trainer to lay off a bit on Tuesday! I have been struggling with the trailer thing, too, as I have recently been allotted some household funds to buy a trailer, but it is not unlimited funds! I board, so I need to be able to store my cart (fixed shafts, not removable)inside the trailer when it is not in use by the horse. We aren't going to be buying a new truck any time soon, and we have a 1991 Chev 1500 with full bed, extended cab, and heavy duty hauling package, 6200 limit. I only ever haul one 850 lb. horse, so the whole thing has seemed like quite a puzzle to me. I wanted the trailer to be enclosed to protect the cart, otherwise a nice stock would have done me fine. In my explorations I have come across a few unique setups, which I will share. One is using a 2 horse trailer with a dressing room, and if the necessary length to store the cart is not there, cut holes in the dressing room bulkhead wall to get the shafts through. Another is get a goose neck 2 horse, that has plenty of room for the cart. Now I hated the idea of having to get a 200 lb. cart into and out of my pickup, and the jack knifing necessary to do that, or having to unhitch trailer, etc. So the BEST idea I came across was to attach a receiver hitch to the trailer, and get a steel frame platform built (about 5 and a half feet wide, and then deep enough so that the cart can sit on it) and then load with the shafts of cart lay on top of the trailer. To protect the shafts, a foam pool noodle is fitted onto the top of the trailer. Then you can use a come-along or winch if necessary to load (or a friendly soul) the cart up onto the platform. I actually have pictures that I will share if anyone wants them, it is quite a splendid idea. As for me, I am currently pursing a nice trailer that was custom-made for someone with a cart and horse, but they ended up wanting a gooseneck, and so this trailer is available. It may be too heavy though, and if that is the case I will go with the unique setup described. Tish and Elph (thanks, I'm feeling much better), in the glorious sunny warm springtime of Minneapolis [demime 0.99c.8 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of Blank Bkgrd.gif]
