After 30 years of pulling horse trailers I put shavings in
my trailer for the first time last October for my trip to the Grand Canyon XP 5
day ride. I took 2 horses and have had problems with the floor getting
slippery from the poop and pee on similar long trips which was from Bakersfield to Kanab. A
couple of years ago I had a WERM floor installed so I don’t have to worry
about pulling out mats for cleaning. I used two bales of shavings but one
probably would have been sufficient. I am happy to say I was pleased with
the results. It was easy to remove the soiled shavings after the trip and
I still have plenty of shavings left in my trailer. My trailer is a
SilverLite 3 horse stock trailer with one air gap on each side, roof vents and
a window in the back door. I don’t have any problem with shavings
flying about during a trip and I think the inside stays cooler with the
shavings and the horses seem to be more comfortable standing in the trailer and
have no problems pooping or peeing. I can see if you have an open stock
trailer that the shavings would fly around but not so with my trailer. I
am a shavings convert now.
