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Post by Neeners on Mar 3, 2003 21:11:37 GMT -5
What sizes are your horse trailers? Ive been looking at them again since i sold mine last year (Stupid stupid me ...thought we needed the cash to move to florida  that never came about) anyway, i was looking at an older rice trailer its 7ft tall ... looks like it has enough clearance for cherokee... since he is the only one that i would have a prob with.. what do you all think? |
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Post by Big Tee© on Mar 3, 2003 21:21:14 GMT -5
I pull a 4 horse (5 if one is small) steel Duncan fifth wheel; will never pull a bumper pull again, if I can avoid it. I can't reach to the top even if I stand waaaaaaay up on tippie toes. Big ole Davey rode comfortably in there for 5 hours, no prob, and he is a huge horse, pushing 18HH, if not over. He could get his head up to normal position, but hadda mash his ears down. Gonna have to measure the inside, but it has to be 7.5'. Never had a problem loading anything into it, little step up, and lots of head room, but narrow stalls, like a proper van (read 15 horse, pulled by a Kenworth or Mack), and horses seem to like that for some reason.
The brand of choice around here seems to be Bergen (Duncan), made in Glenboro, Manitoba. Lovely trailers, and if I had waited a year, could have had a beee-yooootiful 9 horse slant with sleeping quarters for fairly cheap.
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Post by ZenRider on Mar 3, 2003 21:43:38 GMT -5
Ya don't want to know, mines so small it may be a criminal offense to squeeze poor big Zen into it.  I wanna bigger trailer, but until I get some of my bills paid off, I have to keep putting it off. |
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Post by Neeners on Mar 3, 2003 22:07:02 GMT -5
so do you think i could trailer a 16.2h horse in a 7ft trailer ok?
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Post by ZenRider on Mar 3, 2003 22:31:57 GMT -5
Yes. Definitely, just don't tell Zen, he'll be jealous. :horsie:
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Post by tina on Mar 3, 2003 22:47:34 GMT -5
I dont know if they make a trailer tall enough for Tango LOL...when I had her moved they used an extra tall TB trailer and she still knocked herself silly banging her head on the roof. She wont be going inany trailers from now on without a head bumper or 2 on  ....I dont know much about trailers in general these days since we use to use mostly open stock ones but I sure do droll over the new ones down at the new trailer lot here. They have on that I love, its a 4 horse with a small sleeping area and just looks so horse friendly and comfy. I dont know the make but I sure know the price tag is awful steep, I will probably end up with a cheap stock trailer when I am able to get one. |
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Post by Vida on Mar 4, 2003 0:00:22 GMT -5
I know they're a bit more expensive but I'd look at a 7'6" tall trailer for a horse that big. When I had Vance brought here, he hit up his face pretty good on the roof of the trailer that was 7' tall - he's 16'3 hands too. But most of it was when he was being lead out of it as he was so lame that the sweatheart that shipped him for me had a a lot of hay on the floor for his feet and it was a bit slippery for him.
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Post by Katie Jo on Mar 4, 2003 0:05:15 GMT -5
I'll let you know what my trailer is when it shows up!! I havne't seen it, my father bought it on my credit...  Two horse, '98, gooseneck, with tack,dressing room.. I wanted a 3 horse, but the truck couldn't do it... so we had to go with a 2. Straight load. Step up... I'll measure it and put my 16.2 hand HUGE moosey QH in it with a pic for ya'all. :horsie: |
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Post by CC on Mar 4, 2003 8:57:42 GMT -5
It will probably be a squeeze for a 16.2 h horse in a 7'. But, I have done it-actually hauled a 17.2 h horse in my 7'. Although her ears were squashed...but she was such a good soul!
I also second the vote for a gooseneck...love, love, love mine..and it has a dressing room.
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Post by Smay on Mar 4, 2003 9:47:31 GMT -5
... or a "TB" trailer will usually be 7'4" or 7'6" tall, and plenty big for Cherokee. NOW....the main thing about trailers is the beam across the back opening...it will always be lower than the "roof" of the trailer where they measure, and that's the place that horses mash their heads when they come out of the trailer, either on step-down's OR ramps! Even a 16-hand horse, flinging his head up as he steps down or rushing will hit his head on a 7" door opening! My "cheapo" Bison two-horse ( oh, how I want a gooseneck) is 7'4" and is PLENTY big for El Huge-O Winny! And Winny HAS hit his head on that back beam once cause he panicked and broke his bungie tie and it FLUNG his head upward and CRACK! Owie! I have altered my trailer to help with this potential situation by applying a neoprene padding to that back beam, and always trailer with a head bumper. If you have horses that trailer calmly, and have been taught to unload on command, nice and slowly, you probably won't ever have one bang his head. But if ANY horse, even a 14-2 pony decides to rear inside, or lunges backward unloading or WHATEVER...they can still hit their head. And that's what I think about THAT... hahahaha
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Post by Neeners on Mar 4, 2003 11:35:12 GMT -5
what are the benefits/differences between pulling a BP or a GN? I have a short bed on my truck, but ive read up on the new hitches to accomodate the short beds.
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Post by LynnC on Mar 4, 2003 11:51:20 GMT -5
Dineen, I have a Bison 4 horse stock gooseneck trailer and I love it. We have a 2002 GMC Sierra 2500 to pull it. I am a novice at trailer pulling, but I actually have no problem with it or even backing it up. It pulls like a dream. I can manuver it just fine. I actually bought it from my trainer who will only pull with a gooseneck trailer. As far as my boyfriend is concerned, if he is pulling livestock he prefers a gooseneck trailer. We have safety chains on it and he says they are easier and safer to pull. Hope this helps.
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Post by LynnC on Mar 4, 2003 11:52:56 GMT -5
By the way.....I hauled a 16.2 TB in it before and had plenty of room. I don't know exactly how tall the trailer is but he had plenty of clearance.
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Post by CC on Mar 4, 2003 12:31:06 GMT -5
Hmmm..my trailer is a TB model...maybe it is taller than 7'...have to measure it!
Goosenecks provide so much more stability than a bumper-pull. I also think they are easier on the truck as the weight is not concentrated on the backend. Don't know about hauling with a shortbed though...seems that you would run the risk of hitting the nose on the cab in tight manuevers.
Currently, I pull my trailer w/ a 1985 Chevy C30 Silverado. Pulled it before with a heavy duty 1986 Chevy C10.
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that never came about) anyway, i was looking at an older rice trailer its 7ft tall ... looks like it has enough clearance for cherokee... since he is the only one that i would have a prob with.. what do you all think?
I wanna bigger trailer, but until I get some of my bills paid off, I have to keep putting it off. 
....I dont know much about trailers in general these days since we use to use mostly open stock ones but I sure do droll over the new ones down at the new trailer lot here. They have on that I love, its a 4 horse with a small sleeping area and just looks so horse friendly and comfy. I dont know the make but I sure know the price tag is awful steep, I will probably end up with a cheap stock trailer when I am able to get one.
