ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Trailer ratings

Re: Trailer ratings

gerhardt (gerhardt@theriver.com)
Sun, 4 May 1997 02:54:01 -0700

Sally,

Your idea of trying to get Consumer Reports to do a study on trailers is
excellant. The only problem I see is that there are so darned many local
and regional manufacturers. However, even a study of those that are
nationwide would be very useful for the entire horse industry. Should we
start a letter writing campaign? There must be other lists out there of
horse related activities that we could ask to join in this effort, too.

Annette

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> From: S. L. Spangler <stepnout@swva.net>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Trailer ratings
> Date: Saturday, May 03, 1997 11:21 PM
>
> Thanks, Shannon; that's generous, and I'm surely interested.
>
> My tidbit: I have a '90 Logan Coach, two horse modified stock, 12X6
slant
> load, front lighted tack room I can stand in, all steel, weight 2140#.
This
> trailer is a delight to maneuver empty or loaded, and has that stock
> advantage of holding about 50 bales of hay when you fold the door/divider
to
> the wall. My two mares have used it as a temporary stall with the
divider
> folded flat; room enough for one to turn, not enough to try lying down.
> Major pain: rust, the usual. (BTW, anyone have advice for efficient
> do-it-yourself rust inhibition/treatment? I'd love to have this trailer
in
> aluminum, sometime when I'm indep wealthy. My V6 gets real slow on these
> Virginia hills with it.)
>
> (Wonder if we could stimulate Consumer Reports (or similar org.) to do a
> detailed study as they now do on trucks? Sure took them long enough to
> start on pickups! Have to say I'm a big fan of CR...wish we had one for
the
> specialty items as well as the general use items. Who knows? Maybe they
or
> someone would consider it, in light of the numbers of HTs out there...
> Or maybe such a study has been published. Anyone know?)
>
> Sally Spangler (stepnout@swva.net)
> Sally (stepnout@swva.net)
>

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