Trailering
By Micaela Myers and Jean Abernethy
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Each book in the Horse Illustrated® Simple Solutions™ series zeroes in on a common problem faced by horse owners and is the perfect fast-reading source of answers for every horse lover. For example, how do you best match your tow vehicle and your horse transport requirements to the many options available in horse trailers? What is the best technique to use when your horse does not want to walk into the trailer? Problems like this and many are solved in this new series!
Horse owners need a ton of knowledge and tools to keep hayseed-size problems from ballooning into haystack-size ones. Each book in the Horse Illustrated® Simple Solutions series zeroes in on a common problem faced by horse owners and is the perfect fast-reading source of answers for every horse lover.
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Trailering - Micaela Myers
Matching Your Truck and Trailer
For the majority of horse owners, the number one concern in trailering is how to get the horse in the trailer. But discussing how to load your horse before making sure the trailer is safe for her puts the cart before the horse—or, rather, the horse before the trailer! A truck or an SUV plus a hitch does not necessarily equal a safe rig. If the tow vehicle or the hitch that connects vehicle and trailer is not rated to pull the load you’re hauling, you’re on a one-way road to disaster. So do your homework ahead of time, and make sure your truck, trailer, hitch, and horses are all a proper match.
The Trailer and Tow Vehicle
Before you bring your horse anywhere near your trailer, do some research and some basic calculations to be sure that your tow vehicle and trailer will not be overloaded and that your fully loaded (think passengers and gear) truck or SUV is rated to pull the weight of your fully loaded horse trailer. First, find the weight and loading information given by the manufacturers of your tow vehicle and trailer. This information should be listed on a label attached to the vehicle itself (usually in the driver’s doorpost) or in the owner’s manual.
Look for two figures: the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) and the vehicle’s net weight, or base curb weight. The GVWR is the maximum weight that truck or trailer is designed to carry: the weight of the vehicle itself plus the hitch and kingpin, passengers, fluids, and cargo. The net, or base curb, weight measures only the standard vehicle with a full fuel tank. Subtract the net weight of each vehicle from its