Hi Genebob

Mayby I can answer these questions for you.

1. The escape doors can only be opened from outside as if you could open them from inside - the horse might just get it open itself... also there should never be anyone in the trailer while towing.

2. The escape door is placed at the 1st stall so you can get the 1st horse out in an emergancy...to get the others out you can remove the hinge pins on the dividers(most trailers are designed that way - they are kind of quick release) then they too will have access to the escape door.

3. You could have escape doors on every stall if you so wished I supose... it all comes down to cost and structural integrety as well. Also if you have escape doors, you will not have drop down windows - or at least only very small ones.

I hope that answered you questions...

Cheers for now

Nick

We all keep calling these side doors to the horse area "escape doors", I know I do, always have in the past.  Most of these doors have no way of unlatching from the inside, all of mine have been equipped with "cam latch" hardware, same latches as on the rear doors. I believe the term "access door" may be more in line for what we use them for.   What do all these trailer manufacturers call these "escape doors" that have no unlatching mechanism on the inside??.... "escape door on 1st stall"? "escape door in front of first horse"?? "the first stall has an escape door"?? If that door is closed and latched, then you got a better chance of escaping by.... Poking your head through the roof!!

  I know we use that access door on our Silver Star as the mid-tack, mid-tack door. We got a 7 foot straight wall DR, a 4 foot short wall mid-tack, then the first stall turns into another slant load mid-tack, you've never seeen anyone take so much "STUFF" to a show.... Sometimes... "I wonder if she even remembered to load the horses"!!!

Personally, I don't think I could do without an escape door. On my LQ trailer, I keep my ice chest, extra already filled haybags, buckets, and jugs of water for use during travel. I also keep the extra big stuff like table, grill, chaise lounge,directors chairs, scooter etc.

 If I am using the 4H and hauling mares with foals in box stalls, I like to stop every 2 hours or so to let those mares nurse. When I am stopped, I like to have some hay and water bucket down low  for momma and baby. It is much easier to set it inside the escape door then to drop it down and try to retrieve it thru the drop down head door when it is time to roll. I have a front ramp over a full escape door so I can also load and unload that route if I choose to. Over the years, we have learned that preventive measures in place are much easier on the young stock AND their handlers. An escape door is worth the extra $$$ up front  for safety, convienence and for resell.

(quote) My divider telescopes so I can move it nearly to the front of the trailer

Wouldn't in be nice if all the slant load trailers did this...

Do the dividers look like this one??

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The last divider in my Titan Avalanche is a telescoping divider. That way, I can put it flat against the wall and latch it open (remember - no rear tack).

If it didn't telescope, it would stick out the back of the trailer (whoops)

The front divider (in the 3H GN) does not telescope.

BAck to the original question... EMERGENCY ESCAPE DOOR...

My escape door has a handle on the inside so it will open from the inside...if the outside bar is open.