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Dr. James Hamilton, DVM, coauthored Equine Emergencies on the Road with Neva Scheve and recommends the following items for your trailering emergency kit.
- Properly inflated spare tire that matches the other trailer tires
- Tire iron(s) that fits the lug nuts on both tow vehicle and trailer
- Wheel chocks
- Bottle jack or other jack for tow vehicle
- Drive-on trailer jack (plastic or metal)
- Electrical tape
- Duct tape
- Flashlight with spare batteries (ideally also with cigarette lighter recharger)
- Three emergency flares or triangle signs
- Sharp knife
- Water: 20 gallons per horse (enough for drinking, cooling an overheated horse, cleaning wounds)
- Bucket and sponge
- Spare halter and lead rope
- Extra fuses and light bulbs for running lights and interior trailer lights
- Fire extinguisher rated for chemical and tire fires
- WD-40 or other spray lubricant
- Broom, shovel, manure fork, garbage bags
- Jumper cables
- Tool kit
- Spare belts and hoses
- Tow strap or chain
- Cell phone or CB radio
- Work gloves
- Portable air compressor
- Paperwork: proof of insurance, vehicle and trailer registration, health certificate, registration papers, negative Coggins test, brand inspection or permanent travel card
- Road service membership and phone numbers
- Stabling guide listing horse hotels across the country
- Equine first-aid kit (View a list of suggested items to include here)
For winter travel:
- Shovel
- Kitty litter or sand
- Red flag to attach to antennae
- Horse blankets
- Human blankets
- Candle
- Matches or lighter
- Tire chains
- Food and water
Horse Trailering Emergency
First Aid Kits for Horses and Riders
You mention tool kit. As a woman, what types of tools are you sugesting to be put in this kit? Pipe wrenches, Hand Saw? A more detailed list would be much more helpful than just “tool kit”.
This is GREAT!!!! It would also be nice to have a first aid kit check list as well. I have a portable tool kit that I made into a first aid kit and I would love to hear what are the best things to have in it.
With the advent on one fan belt. Make sure you have the proper socket/breaker bar to get you going again. AAA is great, but they sometimes take a couple of hours to respond. That’s a long time with horses ina trailer.
This is great but why would you need kitty litter or sand??? and a first aid check list (horses and human) would be great too!
You would need kitty litter or sand in snow just in cause if the roads are ice/ slippery. It helps if u get stuck.
I will need a tack trunk to keep all this in!