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Re: [RC] [RC] Thuro-Bilt Trailers - terry banister

Slant-load or straight-load is not at issue, but one of the most emphasized factors in good trailer design mentioned in "THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BUYING, MAINTAINING AND SERVICING A HORSE TRAILER," by NEVA SHEVE (guru of horse-trailer information) was the advent of rubber-torsion suspension. Better-quality trailers come standard with this, others have it as an upgrade.

Another factor in stress-free trailering is the horse having the ability to lower its head for clearing nasal passages and stretching its neck and 'surf' with its feet for balance. The inablilty to do this can lead to internalized stress that manifests itself in shipping fever and other problems such as scrambling on longer travels. For this reason, manger-style trailers with the hay directly under the head and the wind blowing it into horse's face is what causes them to be frustrated and stressed after a time on the road. They need to be able to lower their head. And the solid wall in front of the horse's feet causes horses to scramble for footing and sometimes climb into the manger in a panic.

Whatever manufacturer you choose, the criteria that is most important is the horse's comfort and safety, not the person's convenience.
Terry
"May the Horse be with you"

From: heidi sowards <ribbitttreefrog@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Jennifer Billings <love2tolt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   Thuro-Bilt Trailers
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:41:06 -0800 (PST)

Hi Jennifer, I went to Oregon last year and looked very
thoroughly at the Thuro-bilt! There was a Trail's West
parked right next to it. Very similar price! Here's why I
went with the T-B. Both trailers were 2 horse slants, the
TW partition was not padded and was a solid partition,
while the T-B was nicely padded, had the bars so horses can
see each other but not savage anyone! The TW had an open
bus window on the rear side, the T-B has the bus window but
it comes with a removable plastic tinted window. More tie
rings on the outside of the T-B, more lights and reflectors
too. The drop down windows on the TW were smaller. The
rubber bumper on the rear seemed to be less cheaply made. I
added two options to my T-B and that was the rubber mats on
the walls and the rings for corner feeders. I bought my T-B
almost one year ago and have not regretted it one bit! It
pulls well, the horses seem to ride fine, it's roomy enough
that if I had a pony I could probably stuff it in there
with the small arabs. I did think I wanted the removable
wall between the tack area and the horses. I'm still not
sure why I think I need this, however, I could pull it out
and put another horse in backwards right there. So in a
pinch, I could haul 3 smaller horses! However, the drawback
to the removable wall is that there is a small gap that pee
from the horse side can run under into your tack area. I
cut a strip off a rubber mat and slid under that area and I
just throw the shavings a little heavy in that pee area. No
problems since. The T-B comes stock with two saddle
holders, tack hooks and 2 blanket bars. I love my T-B and
if I ever upgrade I'll go back and probably look at them
again!!!!! Oh yeah, brand new I paid $5300 and that is
adding the options I did. I got the GTplus 2-horse slant!

heidi


--- Jennifer Billings <love2tolt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Are these good trailers ? Hard to find a lot of info on
> them.I went to a
> trailer lot and really liked them.
>                             Jennifer
>
>
>
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