| Introduction | | | | better way. Surprisingly, people agreed to this concept |
| Stall configurations are mainly important for the fact | | | | which was misleading in nature. Although slant load |
| that, they are extremely useful when it comes to | | | | configurations appear to be a good choice, many other |
| balancing of the vehicle. In addition, stall configurations | | | | factors are also available which need to be previously |
| are also beneficial for hauling purposes. Mainly two | | | | embarked on prior to the recommendation of either |
| types of configurations are witnessed. The first one is | | | | slant load stall configurations or straight load stall |
| the slant load configurations and the second is the | | | | configurations . |
| straight load configurations. Straight load configurations | | | | Stall Configurations - Miscellaneous: |
| are mostly used in those cases, when the horses | | | | The horses which were initially hauled in the slant load |
| mostly are accustomed in face forward hauling. As | | | | stall configurations were the polo ponies and the |
| compared to the slant load stall configurations, the | | | | quarter horses. It did not take that much time before |
| straight load stall configurations are more preferred by | | | | slant load configurations became the trend in the |
| people who have low budget expenditure. It was not | | | | market of horse trailers. Shortly thereafter, large horse |
| until the 1980's, when the slant load configurations had | | | | owners vouched for slant load configurations. Soon, it |
| entered the market. The main purpose of the slant | | | | was realized that the slant load configurations did not |
| load configurations is to install maximum number of | | | | make the horses comfortable and also, that they |
| horses in the horse trailers. In case of configurations, in | | | | never used to fit in it appropriately. Hence, the |
| which the trailers are of straight load, the length of the | | | | configurations need to be such that the horse which is |
| trailer has to be increased which not find favors | | | | hauled in the horse trailer, need to be transported in a |
| amongst maximum number of people. | | | | comfortable fashion. The comfort factor needs to be |
| More about Stall Configurations: | | | | predominant while making selection of the |
| By considering the fact that, most horses position | | | | configurations, irrespective of the fact as to whether |
| themselves in an angled position in case of absence of | | | | the configurations are straight load or of a slant load. |
| dividers in the horse trailer, most people were of the | | | | Some people question the very fact, as to whether |
| view that slant load configurations would be more | | | | the horses really find comfortable in configurations of |
| beneficial for the horses. This was mainly because | | | | slant load or not. Although, common sense indicates |
| these people thought that when the trailer was moving, | | | | otherwise, scientific studies are yet to be conducted. |
| the slant load configurations were the preferred choice | | | | The most common argument which is presently taken |
| of the horses. Slowly and steadily, an assumption was | | | | into consideration is that, the horses maneuver |
| created that the slant load configurations were better | | | | themselves in a slant position, when they are hauled in |
| for the horses in a sense that, they were hauling in a | | | | an open horse trailer. |