horse box towing

Do you need a trailer licence to tow a horsebox? Answer - You should have automatically been given the licence when the Law changed late 2021.

However it may be beneficial to yourself and the horse to have some towing and reversing lessons .

Here at Coventry trailer training we understand you don't want to take your pride and joy on the road without feeling confident to do so.

We can teach you how to reverse your horse box trailer, uncouple and more importantly couple the horse box trailer on safely.

And just as importantly check your on road driving style is safe and comfortable for your horse or horse's.

We can come to your yard and practice reversing there or use our site.

Prices are £250 for a 6 1/2 hours or £125 for 3 hours 1-2 people can attend the course for this fee. 

  Your Instructor has been in the driver trainer industry since 2003 and is a fully qualified car driving instructor and has been conducting trailer training and tuition for the now obsolete DVSA trailer test since 2010, 

during this period delivering 100s of trailer tuition courses and within that time gaining many people the car and trailer licence to enable them to tow a horse trailer. Before you leave your training course day you will have learnt how to reverse with a trailer, hitch and un-hitch a trailer and drive on the road with a trailer on many different types of roads and junctions, the standard we teach to will be the same used for the abolished DVSA car and trailer test and beyond. The aim of the training day is to insure you can reverse a trailer safely, not have a trailer ever rollaway from you, and confidently and safely tow a horse trailer on the road.