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Re: [RC] goggles and open trailers - Bonnie DavisThe trailer I talked about was in the 1960's -- before nuts on freeways! My Featherlite is enclosed. The horses ride straight and have windows on feed doors they can look out. I don't open the windows -- again, to much wind in/on horse's eye. Personally, I don't think I should have to install anything 'extra' on a trailer to keep my horse safe. I feel that when I pay good money for a trailer I shouldn't have to go out and buy flexiglass to enclose the sides or shaded windows or eye nets for my horses. To me it speaks of poor trailer design for the safety and comfort of the horse. Slant loads were invented not for the comfort or safety of the horse but to get more animals in a trailer so we can haul more horses faster. The next trailer to come will be a 'head-to-tail' model. It will be a modified slant but horses won't stand on a slant, they're stand straight across. One horse will be loaded head to the left. The next loaded head to the right and so. This way horses are sandwiched in. More horses in a smaller area. And in the 1960's horses used to be hauled in trucks in this manner and they did quite well. They were packed in so they supported each other...... Bonnie Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Elliott (EQUINE PERFORMANCE)" <eqperform@xxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 8:06 PM Subject: [RC] goggles and open trailers Ok if you want your horse to see out the trailer all the new SLV'S and trick dirt bikes and fast cars and people doing things in the car , then install clear Plexiglass or better yet Tinted very cheap way to customize your trailer. I blocked the back after one time a large diesel Rig big wheeler came right on my rear of my trailer at a stop with all that heat from the radiator and noise i thought of my poor horse. also there was a time of idiots shooting at horse trailers =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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