Fitting and Installing the Equi Travel Safe

Fitting Instructions - horsebox

Fitting Instructions - trailer

How to Attach the Horsebox Clip Strap

Put the looped end through the tie ring

Pass the metal clip through the loop

Pull the clip until the knot is tight.

4. Check the length. it should be a few inches looser than tight, giving the horse freedom to move.

How to Attach/ Unattach the Harnessed Horse in the Horsebox.

Once the Equi Travel Safe has been correctly fitted to the horse and the Horsebox Clip Strap is fitted and the right place and at the correct length. Load the horse into the horsebox.
Clip the metal end of the Horsebox Clip Strap into the buckle at the end of the Harness Clip Strap together until they click together.
Adjust the Horsebox Clip Strap so it's a comfortable length. It shouldn't be longer then 4 inches below the breast bar or too long it's in danger of drooping too low between the horses legs.
To release the horse, unclip this buckle by pressing the red button on the buckle at the horses chest.

How to Fit the Attachments to Your Lorry.

Use a horsebox professional to fit the track and to verify your horsebox/trailer is strong enough to be used in conjunction with the ETS.

The track should to be fitted within the horse area, below the the breast bar or onto lockers. Central to the horses chest.

The track fitting kit comes with 10 bolts, washers and nuts to bolt the track in place to the breast wall (some walls are thicker than others and longer bolt may be needed). Place one end of the track on the floor of the box, screw the End Cap in place at the top end to avoid leaving a shape edge.

Attach the tie ring to the track by pulling back the tab, placing it into the track in the desired position, once in place release the tab and it will lock into place. The height of the tie ring will depend on how big the horse is, we recommend it’s placed around three inches below its pectoral muscles. The Horsebox Clip Strap is adjustable so it doesn’t matter if it isn’t exact.

How to Fit the Equi Travel Safe Harness to the Horse.

1. Apply the ETS to the horse, making sure the back pad is over the horses wither (from the base of the neck), webbing side up. If the horse is concerned by the pad passing over its head, turn it sideways so just the webbing passes over.

2. Pass the longest Girth Strap around the horses ribcage and through the loop at the end of the Under Chest Strap.

3. Clip the Girth Straps together by pressing the two parts of the buckle together until they click together. These clip together on the horses right side making it easier for use within the horsebox.

4. Use the adjusters to tighten/loosen the ETS until it fits snug and the buckles are at the point of tension. Use the neck adjusters to raise the ring/clip at the horses chest as high up the horses chest as possible.

5. Make sure the ETS is comfortably tight on the horse. All straps must be at the point of tension other than the Horsebox Strap.

To remove the ETS, release the horse from the horsebox. Then take the Harness off over the horses head, turning it sideways if the horse is worried about the pad passing over its head.

How to Attach the Trailer Fixing Clip Strap

1. Put the looped end of the harness through the tie ring.

Horse in left of trailer

This should be attached at the partition side.

Horse in right of trailer

This should be affixed to the external wall side of the horse.

2.Pass the harness through the loop

3.Pull the harness until the knot is tight.

4. Repeat with the loose strap.

Horse in left of trailer

This should be attached at the external wall side of the horse.

Horse in right of trailer

This should be affixed to the partition side of the horse.

5. Adjust the strap to ensure the horse is comfortable but secure.

How to Attach/ Unattach the Harnessed Horse in the Trailer

Once the Equi Travel Safe has been correctly fitted to the horse and the Trailer Fixing is fitted and the right place and at the correct length. Load the horse into the horsebox/ trailer.
Affix the loose end of the trailer fixing to the wall. partition.
Now clip the metal end in the middle of the trailer fixing into the buckle at the end of the Harness Clip Strap (on the horse) together until they click together.
Adjust the Strap so it's a comfortable length. It shouldn't be lower than the top of the horse's legs and should sit in a horizontal or slightly 'n' shaped configuration.
To release the horse, unclip the fixing from the horse first by pressing the red button and then carefully release the fixing from the wall. placing it gently down the other wall, to prevent damage.
Unload carefully.

How to Fit the Attachments to Your Trailer

Use a horsebox/ trailer fabricator to fit the fixings to your trailer/ horsebox and to verify your horsebox/trailer is strong enough to be used in conjunction with the ETS.

The fixings should be fitted as per the instructions enclosed with the product, to the partition and outside wall.

The fitting kit comes with 4 short and 4 longer bolts (to bolt the fixings in place), 1 metal plate with 6 holes, 1 metal plate with 4 holes (to spread the weight of the fixing on the other side of the wall/ partition to the horse.), 8 washers to be fitted at the plate side and 2 tie rings.

A 'T' shaped strap is included which is removable from one side fixing and from the horse using quick release seat belt fittings.

When the horse is loaded, we recommend the fixings are positioned no lower than the top of the horse's legs and once the horse is buckled in the strap should sit horizontally or slightly 'n' shaped. The fixing is adjustable to ensure that the horse is able to move enough to be comfortable but is secured sufficiently to ensure the devise is functional.