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Horse box
« on: 20 July 2006, 16:44:04 »
Any of you guys tow a horse box with the meega? Just that this Sat want to take two horses in a trailer to beach for wifey. They are not massive horses - about 14 hands high.

Have a chunky tow bar & 3.0 MV6

Any thoughts?
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« Reply #1 on: 20 July 2006, 18:24:30 »
How heavy is a horse?
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« Reply #2 on: 20 July 2006, 18:35:34 »
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How heavy is a horse?


Dont know.....last time i tried to weigh one it broke the bathroom scales  [smiley=cheesy.gif]
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« Reply #3 on: 20 July 2006, 19:01:21 »
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My mums was around 1 Ton, most horses tend to be around that.

Always been my argument about getting a motorbike, she had a horse that weight about 1 ton, does 30 mph flat out and has no brakes, but can i have a motorbike...NO!  ;D
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« Reply #4 on: 20 July 2006, 19:16:30 »
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How heavy is a horse?

My mums was around 1 Ton, most horses tend to be around that.

Always been my argument about getting a motorbike, she had a horse that weight about 1 ton, does 30 mph flat out and has no brakes, but can i have a motorbike...NO!  ;D
Trust me, a bike can be very, very painful  :-[
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How heavy is a horse?

My mums was around 1 Ton, most horses tend to be around that.

Always been my argument about getting a motorbike, she had a horse that weight about 1 ton, does 30 mph flat out and has no brakes, but can i have a motorbike...NO!  ;D
Trust me, a bike can be very, very painful  :-[

We all like things that hurt us... Motorbikes, Choccie, Fast Food... Women!!

My Omega is hurting me to... well more like my wallet, 99.9p litre  :-[
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« Reply #6 on: 20 July 2006, 19:32:00 »
99.9p a litre!!!! There's something to be said for living in the grim north, its 93.9p in our local ASDA.
And were not short of a drop of water up here either.....think I'll just go and put my sprinklers on full...for a day or two ;D
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« Reply #7 on: 20 July 2006, 19:39:05 »
Asda have a national price, currently 93.9p

Alas, Brackley, being in the arse end of nowhere, only has a Tescos and a BP.  Hence 99.9p  >:(

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Asda have a national price, currently 93.9p

Alas, Brackley, being in the arse end of nowhere, only has a Tescos and a BP.  Hence 99.9p  >:(



I plan to work around Brackey area after uni, maybe Northampton or Milton Keynes. Soon as i start earning and do a larger millage LPG is a serious  thought, its 49p a litre at the BP Garage here. And its usefull having a LPG garage so close.
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« Reply #9 on: 20 July 2006, 20:51:54 »
Well I would not put more than 1.5 ton behind the car for legal reasons, maybe 1.75 but no more
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I plan to work around Brackey area after uni, maybe Northampton or Milton Keynes. Soon as i start earning and do a larger millage LPG is a serious  thought, its 49p a litre at the BP Garage here. And its usefull having a LPG garage so close.
The worry is if they start taxing lpg more....
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I plan to work around Brackey area after uni, maybe Northampton or Milton Keynes. Soon as i start earning and do a larger millage LPG is a serious  thought, its 49p a litre at the BP Garage here. And its usefull having a LPG garage so close.
The worry is if they start taxing lpg more....


Heating gas - same stuff
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« Reply #12 on: 20 July 2006, 20:58:09 »
More difficult to easily find somewhere that will fill you car with heating gas  :-?
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« Reply #13 on: 20 July 2006, 21:08:43 »
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More difficult to easily find somewhere that will fill you car with heating gas  :-?

My mates Dad has a filler so he can use the orange propane tanks to fill.  Souldn't be hard to make/get.

Also out of interest, when I lived in Mexico, I've seen lot of mopeds with the camping Gaz bottles bungeed on the back seat, as well as some cars which strapped the propane tanks on the roof - 3 tanks could get you over 1000 miles without taking up any boot space!  A good idea untill you crash.
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« Reply #14 on: 20 July 2006, 21:16:31 »
I have towed a horsebox compleate with two horses without any problem with my 2.5 Omega quite a few times
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