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- July 14, 2010 at 12:18 am #41745
near horse
ParticipantWell, I’m still hunting for a gooseneck trailer that can do it all. I have pretty tall horses – near 18hh. So my options are a 24ft 7’h 7’W used trailer in very good shape or a new 20 ft 7.5ftH 7W trailer. Same brand and model (price $6000 vs $7500) – I’d like your input on:
1) added height a necessity?
2) 24 ft length a little too much?
3) which would you choose?Thanks.
July 14, 2010 at 1:15 am #60817OldKat
Participant@near horse 19707 wrote:
Well, I’m still hunting for a gooseneck trailer that can do it all. I have pretty tall horses – near 18hh. So my options are a 24ft 7’h 7’W used trailer in very good shape or a new 20 ft 7.5ftH 7W trailer. Same brand and model (price $6000 vs $7500) – I’d like your input on:
1) added height a necessity?
2) 24 ft length a little too much?
3) which would you choose?Thanks.
All thing being equal I’d go with the 24′ used, because $1,500 is $1,500 (and 25% of 6k) & the extra 4′ might come in handy more often than you might think.
The height of the 24′ trailer might concern me a little. I have an old 20′ stock trailer that I built in 1976 and which has been sitting unused for at least 10 years. I think it it is about 6’6″ H and even with my shorter mares (17hh +/- a hair on one, 16.2 +/- on the other) that is a little too short. I have been toying with the idea of cutting the top off and adding a foot, because I can’t justify buying a whole new trailer when I have one sitting there just collecting rust. I think 7’6″ would be more than enough for my size mares, but not sure 7’0″ would cut it for horses as tall as you have.
Are the tops solid on these trailers, or are they pipe with canvass? That might make a difference.
July 14, 2010 at 3:50 am #60816Participant@OldKat 19712 wrote:
All thing being equal I’d go with the 24′ used, because $1,500 is $1,500 (and 25% of 6k) & the extra 4′ might come in handy more often than you might think.
The height of the 24′ trailer might concern me a little. I have an old 20′ stock trailer that I built in 1976 and which has been sitting unused for at least 10 years. I think it it is about 6’6″ H and even with my shorter mares (17hh +/- a hair on one, 16.2 +/- on the other) that is a little too short. I have been toying with the idea of cutting the top off and adding a foot, because I can’t justify buying a whole new trailer when I have one sitting there just collecting rust. I think 7’6″ would be more than enough for my size mares, but not sure 7’0″ would cut it for horses as tall as you have.
Are the tops solid on these trailers, or are they pipe with canvass? That might make a difference.
Hey Old Kat,
Thanks. Tops are solid. Nicely built trailers – Corn Pro brand out of Indiana.
The reason I ask about the 24 vs 20 is some friends who haul cattle a lot have both a 20 and 24 (Featherlite aluminums) and they hate the 24 – say it’s just too long to manuever easily. Also, if I’m going to spend the money, why not get the height needed (7’6″). I should say that the used trailer is the one that brought my team out to Idaho from Michigan – so they have been in it many a time already.July 14, 2010 at 3:59 am #60822blue80
ParticipantI’ve got an 18ft. gooseneck with 7ft height, I doubt I’d go higher for my needs. Only reason to go longer in my opinion would be to put a wagon in the trailer with the team, but here we can pull combinations anyways so a slightly shorter stock trailer is helpful, as an extra second trailer brings us a little over 50ft. I went with a used steel stock trailer, and am glad I did. That first dent on new equipment is always a hearbreaker
July 14, 2010 at 5:45 am #60818ParticipantI guess it will have to do with which size fits your needs better. If the longer one is too much of a hassle to use, then by all means stay away from it. I leased a 32′ one time and thought I would love it. I found exactly what your friends found, it was too long to use in many cases. Half the time I couldn’t get it in gates or into loading alleys because it was too long. Also, I should have mentioned that I like the 24′ better because my primary use would be to haul cattle. A 24′ stock trailer usually comes with 3 sections of 8′ each, whereas a 20′ is usually an 8′ and a 12 foot section. The three compartments allow for sorting cows in one section, a bull in another, calves in another, etc.
While the three sections usually works out better for me in hauling, like I said before I am going with a 20 footer that I already own because I already own it. Less out of pocket $$$$$.
Good luck in whatever you decide to pursue …
July 14, 2010 at 1:54 pm #60815Barw
ParticipantHi Near Horse I would go for the 24′ as we have one and love it.
Had a 16′ and a 20′ but the 24′ is ideal put wagon or sleigh and gear in front
and team in the rear.Oh mite mention the 24′ is a tri-axle and pulls like
a dream.
BarwJuly 20, 2010 at 7:07 pm #60821Y 4 Ranch
ParticipantWe run a 24, love it, but we had a front compartment divider gate further to the back. The team fits in the rear compartment and wagon or mower fits the front nicely.
MikeSeptember 8, 2010 at 2:27 am #60819TBigLug
ParticipantI know I’m late to the party, but I’d go with the used 24′. Reason why, that’s what I have and it’s perfect. It measures 24’x7’x7′ in the box. Comfortable for four horses or perfect for two horses a plow and all my equipment. Not hard to maneuver at all.
September 8, 2010 at 2:29 am #60820ParticipantBTW, forgot to mention my horses around 18+ hands and I don’t have any clearance problems hauling them in it either. Cept when they get silly and bump their heads. Good for them though, teaches them to keep it down! lol
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