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rob114 Ex Member	Horse box 20. Jul 2006 at 16:44 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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Martin Imber Over Active Poster Offline LPG Omega V6 - Keyfobs Rebuilt Posts: 20110 Worcester Gender: Drives: 2001 Omega 2.6CD LPG & 3.0 cams	Re: Horse box Reply #1 - 20. Jul 2006 at 18:24 How heavy is a horse?
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Taxi Driver Omega Lord Offline OOF Holly Dog Posts: 8413 Swindon Gender: Drives: Fiat Scudo 90 Multijet (whatever that means!)	Re: Horse box Reply #2 - 20. Jul 2006 at 18:35 Martin Imber wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 18:24: How heavy is a horse? Dont know.....last time i tried to weigh one it broke the bathroom scales
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Horse box Reply #3 - 20. Jul 2006 at 19:01 Martin Imber wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 18:24: 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!
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Re: Horse box
Reply #4 - 20. Jul 2006 at 19:16

tunnie wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 19:01:

Martin Imber wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 18:24:

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! Grin

Trust me, a bike can be very, very painful Embarrassed

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Re: Horse box
Reply #5 - 20. Jul 2006 at 19:23

TheBoy wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 19:16:

tunnie wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 19:01:

Martin Imber wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 18:24:

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! Grin

Trust me, a bike can be very, very painful Embarrassed

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 Embarrassed

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STMO123 Ex Member Gender:	Re: Horse box Reply #6 - 20. Jul 2006 at 19:32 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
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Horse box Reply #7 - 20. Jul 2006 at 19:39 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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Re: Horse box
Reply #8 - 20. Jul 2006 at 20:07

TheBoy wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 19:39:

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 Angry

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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Martin Imber Over Active Poster Offline LPG Omega V6 - Keyfobs Rebuilt Posts: 20110 Worcester Gender: Drives: 2001 Omega 2.6CD LPG & 3.0 cams	Re: Horse box Reply #9 - 20. Jul 2006 at 20:51 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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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Horse box Reply #10 - 20. Jul 2006 at 20:53 tunnie wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 20:07: 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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Re: Horse box
Reply #11 - 20. Jul 2006 at 20:56

TheBoy wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 20:53:

tunnie wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 20:07:

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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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Horse box Reply #12 - 20. Jul 2006 at 20:58 More difficult to easily find somewhere that will fill you car with heating gas
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Re: Horse box
Reply #13 - 20. Jul 2006 at 21:08

TheBoy wrote on 20. Jul 2006 at 20:58:

More difficult to easily find somewhere that will fill you car with heating gas Huh

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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Dai Fish Newbie Offline Posts: 17 Rhondda Valleys, South Wales Gender:	Re: Horse box Reply #14 - 20. Jul 2006 at 21:16 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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