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30th Mar 2018, 08:32 PM #1Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Horse float problems
Not the worst one I've seen by far but it's one of the worst I've see while there's been a passenger in my car with me to take pictures.
This was on the freeway heading south this morning doing ~100 kph in heavy Easter traffic.
Yes there were two horses aboard.
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30th Mar 2018, 09:45 PM #2Pink 10EE owner
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I will be honest and say all I can see is the rear of the car seems high. Is that the problem?
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30th Mar 2018, 10:34 PM #3Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Some people have S**t for brains, if they had to brake suddenly, not only would an ambulance be called but a Vet also.
Disgusting behaviour.
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30th Mar 2018, 11:06 PM #5Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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Besides the hitch point on the vehicle being too high being too (a problem that could have been fixed with a $100 offset tow hitch) it looked like the horses were also not tethered far enough forward in the float placing most of the weight towards the back of the float.
Hopefully they didn't have to far to go.
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31st Mar 2018, 08:17 AM #6Golden Member
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I'd be more inclined to say that the vehicle towball is too low; the float loaded too far to the rear and the driver is an idiot.
Ken
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7th Jan 2019, 12:43 AM #7
I don't know if this YouTube video has been shown in the trailer section here before .
How and why not to load a trailer up the wrong way.
I wonder how someone could get a horse float so badly loaded up with two horses? Crazy !
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7th Jan 2019, 08:24 PM #8
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9th Jan 2019, 03:37 PM #9Most Valued Member
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Horse float problems
Looking at the location of the wheels on the trailer, how is it possible for this trailer to have an aft CofG? How does one ensure correct load balance in a horse float?
Chris
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9th Jan 2019, 04:23 PM #10
I was wondering that . I reckon if it’s two horses in there then they may be smaller than full grown and are standing back a bit ? Because a full size horses rear is not that far off the end and they have a bar up front to make sure they don’t go to far forward . Full size dont have a lot of room to move forward or back . Maybe a foot each way .
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10th Jan 2019, 03:09 PM #11Pink 10EE owner
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The car could just have raised suspension.
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11th Jan 2019, 03:42 PM #12
The varying weights of Horses and whether there's one or two is mostly the reason why Horse Floats are built with their wheels much further rearward than the conventional "rule of thumb" for building trailers. It's also why they're usually built with Non Load-sharing suspension. But it does then require much more critical attention to the towball height.
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14th Jan 2019, 10:53 AM #13Cheers.
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14th Jan 2019, 12:04 PM #14
Having non load-sharing suspension on a trailer means it's less critical where the load is placed in the trailer. With a load-sharing suspension, any load placed forward of the centre hanger is transfered onto the ball weight because the trailer just pivots at that spot. Subsequently, the reverse is also true where any load placed rearward of the hanger reduces the ball weight. But this also means that the axle rating is shared and is always exactly half of the trailer's capacity.
With NON load-sharing suspension, as the load is moved forward or rearward of centre, some of this is taken by the front or rear spring set and reduces the effect of this weight directly transfered to the tow ball. However, this means the axle capacity needs to be (according the Vehicle Standards Bulletin) 120% of it's share, ie; a 2000Kg rated trailer must have 1200Kg Axles.Too many projects, so little time, even less money!Are you a registered member? Why not? click here to register. It's free and only takes 37 seconds! Doing work around the home? Wander over to our sister site, Renovate Forum, for all your renovation queries.
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14th Jan 2019, 01:46 PM #15
Thanks for clarifying that.
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