Welcome to Marlborough Horseboxes horsebox repair and care service. Our expert team provides comprehensive repair and care to keep your vehicle in top condition. If you need help or advice, please get in touch. For more information on vehicle safety, visit the DVSA.
Horsebox Repair and Care Guide
Your Marlborough Horsebox should give you many years of service and pleasure. However, if you need help or advice please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Safety Checks
- Ramp buzzer is operational
- The hinge on the top flap – check for signs of movement as this could be a sign of wear and may need replacing
- All locks and springs are occasionally greased or given a spray with WD40
Maintenance
- Make sure your horsebox is MOT’d serviced annually, taxed and insured
- Make sure lights, marker lights and indicators are all working correctly
- Regularly check the tyres for signs of wear and ensure tyre pressures are correct: Front – 55 psi/3.8 bar Rear – 65 psi/4.5 bar
- Check oil and water levels are correct, as failure to do this may result in the engine seizing
- Check battery life
Check & Keep Clean
- Ramp
- Floor – Regularly remove bedding, clean inside horse area and allow to dry thoroughly
- Drainage holes are clear
- Luton – occasionally check as condensation could cause dampness in this area
TIPS
Carry a fully charged mobile phone with you at all times. Ensure you have contact numbers for your insurance, breakdown/recovery company and vet. Add a monthly diary date to check your horsebox.
Repairs
- We also offer a repair service.
“Ramp Replacement before painting”
“Ramp replacement after painting”
“Recently we had this box come back to us because the owner has a brilliant, but very strong horse who spends his entire travelling time kicking the living daylights out of her box.
He damaged the ramp hinge and we required more padding behind his hindquarters. In the interest of safety, we also suggested checking the floor and bulkhead.
We removed the rubber matting on the floor and were pleased to find the floor in great condition. Although the adhesive had broken down in two places, the floor itself was fine. Similarly, behind the rubber matting, the bulkhead was unaffected. To combat the horse’s determination to redesign the interior, we fitted more reinforcement and extra matting.
The other small job, but a very important one, was to fit the secondary straps to the top flap.”
This is an area on your horsebox which you should check for wear and tear. The central flex hinge holds the top flap to the body of the box and can wear over time.
We now fit these straps to all our boxes and have contacted our customers, sending out the additional improved fitments. However, if you own a Marlborough and don’t have these fittings, please contact us and we will send you some free of charge.