I am very lucky and have recently become the proud owner of my own little horsebox. After having to beg, steal and borrow the money, I've got a 3.5 ton van which has been converted to take two horses - a dream come true
Now compared to some of the huge horseboxes I see on the road it really is not a great size, but I find it quite hard work driving it. I bought it from Birmingham so had to drive it 150 miles back to Mimi's yard, this was mainly on motorways but didn't really find it too stressful as there was only me and my dog in the van .
I've driven it a few times now with horses in it, but as I said before, I find it really hard work ........... and I've realised that it's because you really have to concentrate so much. (That makes it sound like I don't concentrate when I'm driving my little Peugeot, I promise I do ).
Does it get easier, will there come a point when it becomes second nature to be driving my horse around the country, when I won't have to constantly be worrying about my speed, whether I'm leaving enough room on either side and whether I'm going around roundabouts/corners, slowly and carefully enough!
So, were you the same when you started transporting horses and are you more relaxed about it now?
Now compared to some of the huge horseboxes I see on the road it really is not a great size, but I find it quite hard work driving it. I bought it from Birmingham so had to drive it 150 miles back to Mimi's yard, this was mainly on motorways but didn't really find it too stressful as there was only me and my dog in the van .
I've driven it a few times now with horses in it, but as I said before, I find it really hard work ........... and I've realised that it's because you really have to concentrate so much. (That makes it sound like I don't concentrate when I'm driving my little Peugeot, I promise I do ).
Does it get easier, will there come a point when it becomes second nature to be driving my horse around the country, when I won't have to constantly be worrying about my speed, whether I'm leaving enough room on either side and whether I'm going around roundabouts/corners, slowly and carefully enough!
So, were you the same when you started transporting horses and are you more relaxed about it now?