Posted 2016-04-26 5:58 AM (#166896) Subject: Keeping the Bedding out of the First Stall?
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I will first of all say that I'm kind of a neat freak and like to keep my trailer as clean and organized as possible. My current trailer has no stud wall so I put a piece of plywood in the trailer and secured it with zip ties to the slant to keep the bedding out of the first stall which seemed to have worked well. I never used the first stall so it wasn't a problem to have a somewhat permanent solution.I am in the process of buying a new trailer as I am going to be hauling more horses. The trailer is a 4 horse with a pass through door to the LQ. It does have a stud wall but like all stud walls it's a few inches off of the floor. In my current situation I will be using the first stall for storage about 50% of the time and a horse about 50% of the time. Any suggestions on what I could do to fill the gap beneath the stud wall when I don't have a horse in the first stall?My first thought is to get one 1 x 6 and cut it to length and find a way to secure it. I've thought about going to a metal fabricator and see if they could put a little strip of alluminum that was hinges that I could swing up and down. Any other ideas?
Posted 2016-04-26 7:24 AM (#166899 - in reply to #166896) Subject: RE: Keeping the Bedding out of the First Stall?
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Posts: 56 Location: Belchertown MA
What I have done for years is take a couple old towels and roll them up and stuff them under stud wall, this also prevents pee from running underneath and getting all over bottom of gear,hay stored in stall. When camping I just pull them out, shake them off and open stud wall for access to gear, and wash them once in awhile. I also put a mat in storage stall like you would see in a shower stall that raises stuff up off the floor a little just in case some pee does make it through. I guess I'm kinda a neat freak too.
Posted 2016-04-26 9:19 AM (#166901 - in reply to #166896) Subject: RE: Keeping the Bedding out of the First Stall?
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Posts: 34 Location: Montello, WI
I cut 3/4" plywood and put down in the first stall when I'm carrying something other than a horse in it. That prevents bedding, "liquids", etc. from reaching anything. I use outdoor plywood and give it a coat of paint.
Posted 2016-04-26 9:31 AM (#166902 - in reply to #166896) Subject: RE: Keeping the Bedding out of the First Stall?
Hi, we have used the foam 'noddles' sold as play toys for pools. they are available in different diameter sizes. Select one to fit tight and wedge it under the stud wall bottom. works great. Also, with a folding rear tack wall in the back of the trailer we use the foam pipe insulation. use the cut slit and side it on the bottom of the wall. keeps shavings and dust off saddles and equipment.
Posted 2016-04-26 12:10 PM (#166904 - in reply to #166896) Subject: RE: Keeping the Bedding out of the First Stall?
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Posts: 5870 Location: western PA
A stall mat cut into a strip and secured to the base of the stud wall, will keep bedding and liquids from the front stall. The flexible seal will not have to be removed for trailering horses and is quite durable.
Posted 2016-04-26 4:44 PM (#166910 - in reply to #166896) Subject: RE: Keeping the Bedding out of the First Stall?
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Posts: 402 Location: Valentine, NE
I am going to take a different approach. Why not raise the stall floor with 1 or 2, cut to fit, rubber stall mats? This way, when you open the divider, you won't have problems with the shavings in the way that are in the 2nd stall. Also, you could just leave that mats in when hauling a horse in the 1st stall....do you have a LQ door in the slant wall and would it clear??
Our Hart trailer, the stud wall is only 1.5" off the mats. It makes opening it a pain in the ___ as shavings in the 2nd stall, are in the way. I have threated to cut the bottom off but would have to have to do a lot of fabrication to get it back to look like stock.
Posted 2016-04-26 5:33 PM (#166914 - in reply to #166896) Subject: RE: Keeping the Bedding out of the First Stall?
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Posts: 322 Location: Fort Madison, Iowa
My trailer didn't come with a stud wall so I had someone make me one and I had a rubber strip put on the bottom that will flex and it curves a little where the shaving sit on top of the rubber and it does a pretty good job keeping the shavings out. It's kinda like a weather strip you'd put on the bottom of a door. I've not had urine come through the bottom.
Keeping the Bedding out of the First Stall?
