Great advice.
Have you got a good day to spare! I was going to suggest keep trying i.e. not giving up and keep loading him until he will stand and accept the bum bar. Do you try a couple of times then give up? Best to do it, as suggested, when you have plenty of time and are feeling really calm cause the worst thing you can do is transfer any anger or frustration at the horse. They need to know that its far nicer to be on the float.
I have a new mare that I have trucked only 4 times. Each time we walk on, she comes off, then we walk on again and she is happy for the bar to come across. Otherwise its a bit fight to get the bar across (which I did the first couple of times). Turns out she really is frightened and as long as she doesn't try to avoid getting on the second time I will slowly gain her trust.
Reward the good behaviour and keeping calm is the best thing I can suggest for bad floaters.
Good Luck
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