I need a new stock trailer

[alabama]

I am looking at a stoll to replace mine. I think they run about $7000. So I am saving up.

www.stolltrailers.com

[Denny]

[mrj]

re. the wood floors in trailers, I second what John said about keeping them clean........but not sure how often it is needed,either. The guys seem to wash ours out fairly often, but sure not after each use. Guess it depends on how wet the 'mess' in it is, AND how soon they are going to be sleeping in the front end of it on a Buckaroo ride, or a wagon train trek!!!

We have the rubber mats and I'm not sure if floors are wood or aluminum. I know we had a wood floor, and think we still have all but the first trailer we had (and that was a LOT of years ago), but one does have to take care of them and watch out for rotted wood. A foot through a trailer floor is not a pretty sight, as well as costly, after a few miles!!!!

We really like the salvage rubber matting one can buy at Union Center, SD. Have it in our horse barn over real small rock and it drains well, and is easy to pick up the 'road apples' off it. The main reason for it, though, was we had horses that pawed big holes in the dirt floor when tied in stalls overnight. No more of that, now. It would cost lots more now than years ago when we did it, even just to haul the rock, tho we probably didn't put down over 2-4" of it.

mrj

[Curly]

[bverellen]

[Curly]

I'll bet we'll have some answers soon enough.

[John SD]

mrj, when you say "salvage rubber matting" do you mean used conveyor belt such as from conveyors at gravel quarries? That's what I'm thinking that you are referring to.

I bought mats for my bumper pull trailer on "the other side of the street" at Union Center. I believe they are 100% recycled rubber. 4' x 6' and about 1" thick with a "dot" design on both sides. I have 4 of them crosswise in my 16' bumper pull.

Should trim the front one to lay down flat around the round trailer nose but I just use it as is and it works fine. The deeper side of the design I keep down. I like these mats. They were new product made from recycled materials. Not a used salvage product. They have held up extremely well. I also think they would make a good place to stand on in applications like over a cold concrete shop floor in front of a workbench. Haven't seen them before or since though, so I don't knnow if they are still available.

[Soapweed]

We have two stock trailers that have "rumber" floors. This is 2"x6" tongue and groove flooring made from recycled tires that was built in the trailers when they were manufactured. It's great stuff and very durable. It can be a bit slick, so we always keep a little sand on the floors for footing.

On the subject of open-topped trailers, the chief advantage is that you can rope a critter out in the pasture and drag them into the trialer without having to undally to string the rope through the sides. With the open top you can merely get the rope above the sides and drag the citter right on in. Some open-topped trailers even have a two inch hitch ball mounted up high on each side, by the upper corners of the back endgate. This provides a "rope-friendly" surface to drag the rope around as the rider drags said stock into the trailer.

[woranch]

Try this site ..

http://www.usedtrailers.com/cgi-bin/ut.cgi?v1=qb2.11&v2=0&v3=2

[Curly]

Ahhhh uggg. I've been on the phone and email all day getting quotes on trailers. I've decided to go with the fifth wheel. The trailer I will get is a combo, its a regular stock trailer except it has a five foot tack room up front.

I have to get the tack room for when I go roping or training at other folks places. Its just nice to be able to have all my stuff together and locked up. The bumper pull horse trailer I have now (featherlite) is a great trailer for me but I can't haul cattle with it, this combo will be used for horses and cattle.

Questions;

1) I priced a "Hart" combo at 24 feet, it was $25,000!!!! The "Titan" configured the same way in steel is only $12,000. Are Harts that good or is the cost between metal and aluminum just that much? Holy crap, that's a lot of $$$!

2) What do you guys think about hauling horses in a stock trailer (as apposed to a trailer designed to haul horses-- divider and what not)? I've done it tons when hauling up to the hills to check the cows or short trips to town but not on long trips to events in other states. This trailer will be used for the horses 80 percent of the time, am I foolish to get a stock? I don't really want to keep the trailer I have now too.

3) Is there some type of spray in bed liner type product I can have sprayed in the inside roof and inside sides to quiet up the trailer? I would like to do this while the trailer is still new and not messed up with manure and wood chips. I don't know if there is such a product but if there is it would go a long ways to making the trailer more quiet and provide a little insulation when its very hot or very cold.

Thank you all, except those who encouraged me to go with a fifth wheel, this is going to be a lot more costly than I thought.

[bverellen]

Curly,

You can figure that Aluminum will most always be twice the cost as steel.

Sorry, but that's the way of it.

bart.

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[Oldtimer]