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Dang Trailer!!!

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Northern Rancher

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Just got back from hauling a thoroughbred chuckwagon horse for my neighbor-he can't see to good so I skinned his outfit for him. We met up with Kelly Suthereland's man about 100 miles south of here. When I unloaded the horse I noticed a bit of blood under his forelock-lifted it up and he'd gouged a chunk out of his forehead. Only thing I can figure it the tie loops inside are offset and parallel to the wall instead of a loop cutting across the corner-the horse must of bobbed his head and banged it on the way up. Luckily he'd just rented that outfit because that's a pretty poor feature.
 
Alot of times there stock trailers not "Horse Trailers"

I absolutley hate building "Horse Trailers" The people who need a ramp to load a horse and a padded divider are nothing but a pain in the A$$..
 
I allways used to have the best luck hauling them loose in the trailer. Allways seemed less stressed and never had any injuries. Nowadays lots of people frown on that for some reason.
 
Over thirty years ago, I had a horse tied in a stock trailer. He tried to turn around, the rope was tied too long, and he was half up half down when I went to unload him. The horse came out of the deal okay, but that was the last time I've ever tied a horse in a trailer.

Most of our horses prefer to ride backwards. If we are hauling four, we put two in the front compartment, both facing backwards. The first horse loaded into the back compartment, we put in and turn around. The last horse in rides facing to the front. When we are ready to unload, it works good because one horse is already facing backwards and is ready to step out. The other horse turns around and comes out, and the two front horses are in position to lead out when the center gate is opened.
 
I'm sure you know, Soapweed, that some of the new trailers are designed for the horses to ride facing the back. It seems to be the way horses
prefer to ride, for whatever reason.\

I think not wanting several horses turned loose in a trailer is that they can easily step on each other and that is not a good thing.
 
It would seem to be safer for a horse to ride backwards. If the driver has to apply brakes fast, it is better for the horse's butt to hit the front end of the trailer rather than the horse's head.
 
Our horse trailer is a slant. With the gates between. You can either shut the gates, or leave them open (they have clasps to latch them back) but they rattle somethin awful when left open. They don't have any padding on the gates, just metel. I like the slant because forward motion or stopping they are braced on the front and rear feet that are towards the front of the trailer, same goes for takin off....... Until we got this slant trailer with the front livin quarters, we used a stock trailer to haul horses. Main reason for getting the slant was the front quarters. comes in handy when your stayin somewhere over night. We use it as a camp trailer too.
First time we showed up at Lake Brownwood State Park for my family reunion with our horse trailer along....the lady at the gate said, "oh no, there's no horses allowed in the park" Weren't no horses in the trailer, was a wave runner. Perfect fit.....roll the trailer up into the trailer, and tie it down. Real handy to put all the ice chests, and other campin stuff in the back too. It wasn't finished out living quarters when we got it, was a bare trailer. We added the cabinets, bed up top, a/c unit, and a couple extra windows on the sides of the upper part of the neck where the bed is.......One thang tho...don't forget where your sleepin and raise up durin the middle of the night...you'll have an instant headache.......(((((Bonggggg))))))))

One thing that really bothers me with horses tied in a trailer, you see people leave the end of the lead rope stickin out the side.......if a horse decides to nibble or pull on that rope and it comes undone.....some lead ropes are long enuff that they'll reach the ground...right in front of a tire on the trailer......NOT a good thang when your goin down the road.
 
I have a straigh load trailer for sale. Must have had a hundred calls about it. Soon as I tell them its a straight load and not a slant <angle haul> they dont want anything to do with it :?
I dont understand. Straight loads have been used for over 60 yo? Now they came out with something new<angle haul> and all of a sudden people think only an angle haul will do.
 
Northern Rancher said:
Tell me about your straight load that's for sale.
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14 foot (not including the length of the goose neck) 5th wheel. It holds two horses in the back with a removable divider between them.
It has semi-living quarters (tack room) in the front. Comes with bed and double steel saddle rack. 7 foot high ceiling.
This trailer is just like brand new and would have less than 5000 km on it. Its also small enough to haul it with a half ton truck.
Rubber torsion suspension for a smooth ride.
$8500 OBO and located in southern Alberta.
 
Im not sure what my next trailer is going to be.
Maybe just a two horse stock trailer thats really light to haul. With this I would save on gas and could go places off road where I couldnt take the bigger trailer.
Either that or just get a bigger stock trailer with no living quarters. This way if I trailer to the arena in town I can take enough colts to make it worth the gas.
The trouble with getting any kind of stock trailer is that everybody is going to want to borrow it. Thats what I liked about my old trailer, it was to good for cows so I had an excuse! :lol:
 
They make a pretty good trailer in Buffalo,Wyoming-they're called horse taxi's and hold three saddled horses pretty easy-they can go just about any where and look to stand up pretty good.
 

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