Posted 2015-09-28 8:50 AM (#164839) Subject: Managers
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Posts: 3
Location: Hanover, MD
Looking for advice on managers in the horse area. What is your experience with these, good or bad I've heard both and undecided if I should purchase a new trailer with or without. Does anyone have an opinion? Thanks, Karen
Posted 2015-09-28 9:28 AM (#164840 - in reply to #164839) Subject: RE: Managers
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Posts: 133 Location: NC
we have mangers on our LQ trailer for extra storage underneath with access doors on the outside and we love them. we also feed hay and sometimes grain when hauling depending on the length of the trip and don't have to use hay nets. our trailer is also 8ft wide which i think makes a huge difference. oh and the fuel tank for our on board generator is under the mangers too.
Posted 2015-09-28 12:14 PM (#164845 - in reply to #164840) Subject: RE: Mangers
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Posts: 3
Location: Hanover, MD
Thanks for the feedback. Have you ever had any or heard of problems with the mangers? I once witnessed where a horse kept putting his front feet up in there, once put in the stud stall he was fine. Another friend mentioned they have also seen horses get caught up in there.
Posted 2015-09-28 1:49 PM (#164846 - in reply to #164839) Subject: RE: Managers
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Posts: 133 Location: NC
i have heard of this but never experienced any problems of my own, and im really not sure how they would even get their legs up into the manger. all of my horses travel well and if i did have a wild one i would use my stock trailer to transport it not my $100k+ trailer.
Posted 2015-09-28 2:49 PM (#164848 - in reply to #164839) Subject: RE: Managers
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Posts: 91 Location: Waverly,Oh
I have had trailers with mangers and a couple without. Two obvious things stick out in my mind. The trailers with the mangers have great storage beneath them. On the down side, mangers take up space and a long horse in crowded . Have had horses rub the hair off of their tail and rump simple because the horse area was to short.
Posted 2015-09-30 7:49 PM (#164903 - in reply to #164839) Subject: RE: Managers
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Posts: 1989 Location: South Central OK
I've had both styles and accidents. Mangers do provide great storage, 100% agree. What mangers don't do is allow the horse to drop their head down and cough to clear dust from the airways. (Look at trailers with mangers and they are splattered with snot all over.) I've had young horses turn into manger monkeys but it was usually trying to jump over the manger and out the drop down door. If you've never had to crawl into the trailer to free a hoof caught under the inside lipped edge of a manger you will remember the experience your entire life. (I would have rather been cutting the green wire on a bomb.) Adult horses don't do the same "fun things" that colts dream-up during their long naps in the sun. Another downside to under manger storage is that it can get pretty nasty in there and unless you have lights, lots of door openings and drain holes you could have a mess that would be a nightmare to clean-up. I had to crawl into another trainers trailer as a youth (because I fit) and clean up a gallon of Red Cell that had tipped over and baked in the hot Texas sun. I still gag a the smell of iron supplements to this day. I currently have a lovely two horse that has mangers but it's straight-load and when the brakes get stomped the horses know they can lean into the mangers to help them stop, slant mangers don't offer this type of bracing for the occupants.
Posted 2015-10-01 1:13 PM (#164919 - in reply to #164839) Subject: RE: Managers
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Posts: 133 Location: NC
if you are hauling young horses or horses that aren't fans of being trailered it may not be a good idea for your situation. all of my horses will load and ride quietly in any trailer and i only haul my own horses, my trailer was also custom built to fit my horses. so no one is squished from being in a short stall etc.what works for someone else might not always work for you.
Posted 2015-10-03 9:20 AM (#164941 - in reply to #164839) Subject: mangers
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Posts: 183 Location: riverside ca
Having mangers as someone said earlier contributes to shipping sickness, basically they horse cannot clear fluid because they cannot lower their head. this fluid builds up and causes infection. However the main reason I dont use mangers is that I and many others dont feel that horses need/want to eat while traveling. I try to keep my day to 10 hrs when traveling, but just this past week because of the some flat tires we were on the road for 16 or so hours and the horses all came off really well. If you feel that your horses must eat while on the road you can always use hay bags which are much cleaner than managers.
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