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What do you always keep in your trailer?; Items that are a neccesity for traveling
Topic Started: Jan 11 2009, 12:39 PM (264 Views)
My Beau
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What equipment, tools, tack, etc. do you ALWAYS keep in your trailer or never leave home without?

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Fish Cheeks
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OMG, I always keep everything in my trailer! I used to work out of my tackroom and only pack up my trailer when I was going out, but since I go out 2-3 times per week, now I keep almost everything in my trailer. I have saddles, bridles, brushes, boots, helmet, chaps, first aid, extra saddle pads, extra halter, buckets for water (separate buckets for washing and drinking), extra gloves, spurs, horse boots, etc. I also have emergency stuff - a trailer aid (is that what it is called?) tire-changing-ramp-thing, lug wrench for changing a tire, wraps for bandaging, basic horse first aid stuff, camping chairs and a table, sleeping bag...is that enough?! I also have a small air compressor in the truck in case of flat tires, and a people emergency kit. I'm pretty much always packed and ready to go or show!

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US Rider phone #
Flares and warning triangles
Coggins test results copy
copy of horse papers
copy of local vet #'s

Full horse and human 1st Aid kits

Poo pick

Wool coolers
spare halter for every 'stall' in trailer
spare leadrope for every 'stall' in trailer

bucket for water/grain/whatever

my porta pottie
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SidesaddleRider
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Mostly what is above, but I also include a short length of hose. I've been in situations at a local show where there was an horse injury, and a water source, but no hose to hook up!
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jn4jenny
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Ditto a lot of the things listed here, but also these semi-luxury items:

Hitchin Rods. I hitch by myself to go to lessons, and these save me a lot of hell and hassle.
http://www.qwks.com/Hitchin-Rods-p-2.html

Adapter that will turn a 4-point vehicle plug into a 7-point vehicle plug. Because the last thing you need is for your horse friend or the tow truck to show up and be unable to use your trailer's lights and brakes because they have the wrong kind of plug. I got mine at UHaul.
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A longe line and bridle!!
My truck/trailer broke down on a dangerous curve on a 2-lane highway, on a dark rainy night and the flares didn't slow traffic.
I was so happy I had more than just a halter and leadshank! I would never have unloaded, but in this case it was safer than leaving the horse on. Put a bridle on over the halter, snapped on a longe line and walked maybe 1/2 mile to a house. Horse was a (frightened) saint!
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I also always carry a 7-gallon tank of water, as well as meds, including ace. Once when I was a kid, my trainer's van broke down, and we had to offload six horses on the side of a highway in order to put them on another van. Some of the horses were justifiably freaked out, and my trainer really, really wished she had some ace in that situation. Fortunately so far I haven't had a break down or accident while hauling myself (knocking wood furiously), but I always carry it just in case.
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horseladi78
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Im also all for carrying Ace. One time I was at horse show and one of our 17 hand mares got herself stuck up over the divider in the horse trailer. We didn't have any tranqs on us but some great people came running with some. I will never go to a show with out some thing to tranq in an emergency. You just never ever know when you might need some to be able to sedate in a time of emergencies.
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OH yeah - Banamine for upset tummies.

Forgot that!
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