Section 4 – Loading The Trailer
R6 3/30/2017
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^ WARNING
Do not attempt to repair a cracked or
broken weld unless you have the skills and
equipment to make a proper repair.
Improper weld repair will lead to early
failure of the trailer structure and can cause
serious injury or death.
Go to your Featherlite dealer.
4.3.2 Loading the Horse Trailer
The trailering of horses introduces many variables
that are not present in the trailering of non-living
cargo. Horses are prone to take flight when they
feel threatened or pain. In the confines of a trailer,
the flight response can cause serious injury or death
to a human handler. Even experienced and docile
horses can be frightened.
Horses must be slowly acclimated to trailering. Be
sure the horse’s first trips are short trips, so you can
gauge its reaction. Some will take to the experience
easily, but others will strongly protest. You must
act according to your horse’s demeanor.
^ WARNING
Handling a horse that is not trailer-
acclimated may result in injury or death, or
damage to your trailer.
Do not haul an unbroken horse in this
trailer.
Horses must have a halter.
1.
If the trailer is fitted with a drop ramp, carefully
lower it to the ground.
2.
If your trailer is fitted with swinging loading
doors, open them fully and fasten them against
the side of the trailer using the door holdbacks.
3.
Open all stall dividers and lock them in their
OPEN (against the wall) position.
4.
If the trailer has living quarters, close and lock
the door between the living quarters and the
horse area.
5.
If feed doors are opened for ventilation, the
safety bars or netting that covers the feed door
opening must be closed or installed.
6.
Lead the horse into the trailer by a halter or
lead rope. If the horse shows any signs of
distress, stop loading, and calm the horse.
^ WARNING
An unstable trailer will result if the weight
of the horses is not properly distributed in
the trailer.
Always load the first horse into the
forward-most stall.
7.
Tie the horse to the trailer interior by fastening
the quick connect or tying the lead rope to the
tie ring, or other facility provided on the trailer
wall for attachment of the lead rope. A rule of
thumb is to leave about 18 inches of free rope
between the attachment point on the trailer and
the horse. The layout of the Featherlite horse
trailer has been designed to safely contain your
horse. The trailer is equipped with stall
dividers and tie rings to secure the horse, and
has a rubber floor mat to keep shoed horses
from slipping on the metal underfloor.
Restraining a horse without using a
combination of a tie-strap and stall divider may
result in serious injury or death to the horse.
^ WARNING
Failure to secure a horse using a tie strap
may result in serious injury or death to
persons and/or the horse.
8.
Close and lock the stall divider.
9.
If additional horses are to be loaded, repeat
steps 6-8 for each horse – lead the horse, secure
the horse, close and lock the stall divider.
10.
After the last horse has been loaded, lock any
unused dividers in the CLOSED (across the
trailer) position.
11.
Double check that each horse is tied to the
trailer and each stall divider is LOCKED in
the CLOSED position
.
12.
If your trailer is fitted with a butt bar or butt
strap to keep the horse away from the door,
hook and lock the butt bar in place.
13.
Close the trailer. Release the door holdbacks
and swing the hinged doors to a closed
position, or raise the drop ramp.
14.
Secure the trailer door catch with a linchpin or
similar device, so that the catch and door
cannot open while the trailer is being towed.
15.
If your trailer is fitted with feed doors, close
and lock them. Always keep one hand in
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