Horseboxes

[8wheels]

Quote:
If you can afford it, then you have gots pots of cash, big house, land etc.

Well i dont own a horse or ride one or anything, but that’s a pretty inacurate statement.

It was just a sort of observation from when I worked in an agricultural timber merchants, we had customers who would spend thousands on square sawn post and rail fencing and it was a drop in the ocean. On the other hand we would get quite a few who would come in for a handful of cheapo fencing stakes every week, always patching up a tatty bit of fence on a rented bit of land. There were of course a few in the middle, but seeemingly more at the ends of the spectrum.

My opinion is there are good and bad horse box drivers the same as there are good and bad drivers of every other kind of vehicle. Some (a lot of) lorry drivers are ignorant, rude and downright dangerous too, you only have to read many of the posts of here to see that.

I’m with you here on this one, its just the bad ones are not so much bad as oblivious to everyone else. If you want to take an Sentinel steam wagon along the road flat out at 25mph great, good for you. I would welcome the sight. But don’t drive a sodding horsebox (that could lumber along at 40mph) at 25mph

[justdrivers]

Lucy:
Where’s Nessa when you need her…

Lol Lucy - absolutely!!!

Nessa’s little herd is increasing steadily and she will have caught me up and overtaken me soon in numbers!!! She can’t have seen this post cos I am sure she would have something to say on the matter!!! lol

Tagoat- best way when they start carrying on!! Give them a bit of a shuffle and they soon stop banging and kicking!!!

[nessa]

Never fear chaps the cavalry is here Now many of you keep telling us horsey types we should not ride on the road because it is dangerous. So if we buy ourselves a little lorry to get to these rare off road sites to ride we are slagged off? No logic there then But hey it is only men we are talking about i believe.
Horseboxes come in all shapes and sizes. I am at the moment the proud owner of two (only until we sell one!) One an old Bedford TL and the other a Merc 814 both 7.5t. Neither are limited and an artic would not keep up with either of them on the motorway! So come on boys do your best. DO NOT assume that because that blonde bird in the tight jods is driving a horsebox she is a bimbo. For those of you who know me i am sure you will agree I am as good a wagon driver as you and better than a lot! I dont need some patronising idiot telling me how to reverse or gobbing off at me in the garage because I am taking up a diesel pump and you have a job to do!
Now to cost… Well I cant give you an exact figure because I darent add it up! a rough estimate annually for my 5 would be in excess of £10k and I do all the work myself. Yes its expensive but it is my hobby and I am in the fortunate position of having a co-operative partner (with a fencing contractors so thats one thing taken care of )
As for the big fancy jobs I have several friends who have new 06 plate super duper coachbuilt horseboxes costing in excess of £150k (One in fact was £190k(think highlands phillipa )) and neither of them can assume they will beat my pony who tuns up in a c reg merc. In fact I can only recall one occasion in the last two years when they have! So its definitely a case of not what they travel in but what comes down the ramp. And no they dont like it! I personally cannot justify spending a fortune on a vehicle which is a toy. It doesnt work for a living and is used mainly weekends. However my lorries are all regularly maintained and legal.
Just think next time you see one because if you upset the driver she may just collar you at your next tip!

[justdrivers]

Nessa:
Never fear chaps the cavalry is here Now many of you keep telling us horsey types we should not ride on the road because it is dangerous. So if we buy ourselves a little lorry to get to these rare off road sites to ride we are slagged off? No logic there then But hey it is only men we are talking about i believe.
Horseboxes come in all shapes and sizes. I am at the moment the proud owner of two (only until we sell one!) One an old Bedford TL and the other a Merc 814 both 7.5t. Neither are limited and an artic would not keep up with either of them on the motorway! So come on boys do your best. DO NOT assume that because that blonde bird in the tight jods is driving a horsebox she is a bimbo. For those of you who know me i am sure you will agree I am as good a wagon driver as you and better than a lot! I dont need some patronising idiot telling me how to reverse or gobbing off at me in the garage because I am taking up a diesel pump and you have a job to do!
Now to cost… Well I cant give you an exact figure because I darent add it up! a rough estimate annually for my 5 would be in excess of £10k and I do all the work myself. Yes its expensive but it is my hobby and I am in the fortunate position of having a co-operative partner (with a fencing contractors so thats one thing taken care of )
As for the big fancy jobs I have several friends who have new 06 plate super duper coachbuilt horseboxes costing in excess of £150k (One in fact was £190k(think highlands phillipa )) and neither of them can assume they will beat my pony who tuns up in a c reg merc. In fact I can only recall one occasion in the last two years when they have! So its definitely a case of not what they travel in but what comes down the ramp. And no they dont like it! I personally cannot justify spending a fortune on a vehicle which is a toy. It doesnt work for a living and is used mainly weekends. However my lorries are all regularly maintained and legal.
Just think next time you see one because if you upset the driver she may just collar you at your next tip!

Lol - couldn’t have put it better!!!
PS. I know who you mean - can’t believe they paid that much!!! lol