Travelling an 11.2hh in a 7.5 tonne lorry

[ccgb16]

We have a 7.5 tonne lorry for two horses backwards facing stalls in the middle and cabin at the back of the lorry. We recently got a 11.2hh Welsh pony and we were wondering how best to travel her with another horse. As it’s backwards facing hoping this is better as the front bar is too high for her and cannot be adjusted without mechanical modification as it’s a solid wall.

Is it best to tie her or leave her loose in one side? She could probably just about turn around but again as she could t do this easily is this unsafe for her to do as well.

Would installing a second tie ring be a good idea so could cross tie her? But she’s also far too short to fill the length of the box too.

Any advice would be appreciated

 

[diplomaticandtactful]

when we travelled our donkeys, we put in a second bar which was the right heigh for them, in fact i have an old bar here which could be cut down.
We also put some straw bales under it to fill the gap. We often travelled donkeys loose in a space rather than tying and they could move around

 

[Jessey]

I travelled my 9hh and 8.2hh pony’s in a trailer with my big horse, so long as they can’t get out of the stall I prefer to leave them loose so they could find a comfortable position to travel in, but have tied them too.