Photo of my New Trailer. And my First trailer

[Pasofinoguy]

Nope never have owned one. I have always had to borrow them. So today I went and got this trailer. Its in great shape, new floor, lights all work and such.


http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i128/resortepiloto/traileradam.jpg

[CarolU]

Congratulations Adam! It looks a lot like my first trailer, which was bought new in 1968 (probably older then you) and is still in use with a neighbor. They don't make them like they used to.

Don't ever sell it. You might buy a bigger fancier trailer one day, but hard to beat these old 2-horse bumper pulls for quick trips and going into tight places.

You'll enjoy it.

[PASOFAN]

Congratz!! Looks EXACTLY like my 1st trailer too! EXACTLY! Mine was black when I bought it, horses were scared of small space and black, so I painted the inside light gray and outside forest green... GREAT little trailer!

Have a blast! Your dangerous now, trails here you come!


Be sure to grease those bearings on it, when I bought mine there was no grease at all, almost lost a tire..lol They are really easy to grease, just take the cap off and fill w/grease the push it back on...lol somtimes messy .....

[My Pasos]

Thats great!! Those are the best little trailers!!

[motorgypsy]

Looks just like our first trailer - a WW. Our horses LOVE it! We now have a larger stock trailer we can overnight the horses in (not us) since it has single cross divider but honestly the horses don't like it as well. But we still use the 2 horse bumper pull. It's so funny to see our teeny trailer at nationals parked with all those fancy rigs.

Another thing you can do to help the longevity is to get under the trailer with an abrasive wheel or steel brush on a drill, take off any rust you see and get a marine grade zinc spray and spray everything metal under the trailer. Steel trailers will rust and the zinc will stop it. Also sand any rust spots to bare metal, spray with zinc, then paint with original equipment color. If your roads get salted for snow this is essential or you will have your support beams rust out.

One other thing - DON'T carry a salt brick in your saddle compartment. We did. Water got in there (these trailers are not water proof although you can silicone all the seams and improve this immensely), the salt block came out of the zip lock bag, got wet and the entire floor of the saddle compartment rusted out. We're replacing it with marine plywood since it doesn't rust or rot. Again when you get the trailer if you want to stop the rust in the feeding and saddle compartment, buff down to bare metal, spray with zinc coating, then paint. We even tried the spray on plastic coating and it rusted under the coating so zinc is the only thing that works.

Also keep a check on the wooden floor. Ours has held up really well but there are horror stories about boards rotting and breaking with horses in the trailer. Also spray all your door locks and hinges with silicone spray and keep them sprayed. Two of our latches gave us a lot of problems until we soaked them and kept on spraying them.

ENJOY!

[Linda Y]

Looks like my SECOND trailer! My first one was actually a pickup truck bed with wheels under it and a cage type affair welded on for the top. It pulled incredibly well, but looked like poo!
Congrats! Nothing like that feeling of independance.