ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Trailer Woes~~~Not!

Re: Trailer Woes~~~Not!

Patricia Chase (ponies@foothills.eznet.com)
Mon, 5 May 1997 12:04:54 -0700

At 10:52 AM 5/5/97 -0700, K S Swigart wrote:
>
>Am I the only one who doesn't think that horse trailers are poorly made? Nor
>do I think they are made worse than cars.

No, Kat, you're not alone. I have been blessed with a couple of very
well-made and durable trailers. I have a 13 year old Brenderup that has
held up hauling sheep, llamas, horses ranging in size from small Paso babies
to a pair of 17 hand, 1300 lb. Appaloosas, BLM Mustangs that tried
unsuccessfully to kick their way out and of course, hay and furniture. The
wiring is enclosed in metal conduits on the underside of the trailer, no
need to rewire the thing every time I drive across the pasture. It hauls
easily behind a Nissan 6-cylinder pickup, and I have also pulled it (but not
as fast over mountains) with a 4-cylinder Nissan, a 4-cylinder '84 Mustang
and a small motorhome. It is wide enough to swing the divider over so that
Mr. RoanHorse can ride facing backwards (he munches hay and flaps his lips
like he's talking while we're travelling down the road, to the delight of
many motorists, and at least one Highway Patrolman), while allowing room for
hay, grain, water-barrel, etc on the other side. This trailer has rarely
been sheltered, standing outside during bitter and snowy Montana and
Washington winters, and apart from some dulling of the finish, still looks
pretty good. When I get ready to trade it in, I will happilly go for
another Brenderup, especially now that they have a movable tackroom
partition. When I purchased mine, they had a very attractive lease-purchase
option that made it very affordable as the lease payment was was deductible.

The other relatively trouble-free trailer I had was a Miley 4-horse
goose-neck stock-trailer of unknown age, which only perished as a result of
a fire that began in the wiring of a wicked '72 Ford pickup whose
personality might have been the basis for that movie "Christine"! I barely
escaped from that one; and am alive today due to the alertness of my
Malemute, Bigfoot.

>As for the wiring problems. . . hands up anybody who has not had problems with
>the wiring on the truck they use to pull the trailer???

See above. My present tow vehicle is a 1989 Nissan SE V-6. The only
difficulty was in mating the wiring on a European-designed trailer with the
electrical system of a Japanese pickup. Once the plug was wired, it's been
trouble-free, and has nearly 200,000 miles on it.

Happy Trailering,

Patty
Patty and The Roan

Rainbow Paso Fino Ranch
4331 Garden Spot Rd.
Clayton, WA 99110

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