Our first horse trailer!
Posted by Bill on Jun 10 2008 at 05:20 pm | Tagged as: Horse Ownership Costs
We’ve been mooching off of our horse friends for too long! This weekend we made one of our regular trips to the big city (Atlanta in this case) for provisions and while we were down in Georgia we thought we’d check out some horse trailers. We’ve looked at horse trailers before but we were looking in the $1,000 - $1,500 range and to be honest, most trailers we saw in that range were rusty and worn out. We made some calls and ended up driving almost to Alabama to look at a trailer owned by Kim at the Prancing Pony Equestrian Center. The price was right so we ended up towing home a beautiful gold-colored 2004 CM two horse trailer. It’s extra-tall and extra wide for Valentine, who stands at 16.2 HH. While we would like to have a three horse trailer, our F150 isn’t cut out for that much hauling and we weren’t prepared to buy a 3/4 or one ton tow rig. Thanks to Kim and her husband (whose name escapes me) for making this such an easy transaction. Kim also showed us around her farm and introduced us to her horses, her mini-horses, goats, chickens and puppies. We wished we lived closer so we could ride with her. The Prancing Pony near Carrollton, Georgia also does birthday parties and camps for kids interested in farm animals, especially horses.
The new trailer pics are below. Finally! Now we can load up and head out to our local trails without asking our friends for a ride. We’re thankful for generous friends but are happy we can haul our own horses.
Now we just need to peel off the stickers and come up with our own logo vinyl.
Very sharp!!! It’s nerve-wracking at first to haul your horse, but it opens up a whole new world!!
Congrats!
Looks great! I was nervous at first trailering but feel like an old hand now. I actually got rear ended with horses in the trailer some time back. That was an experience! But everything was OK the steel bumper on the back protected my precious cargo and deystroyed the car that rear ended me!
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Ahh the First trailer!! I remember. It was a two horse bumper pull! We now have a 4 horse slant gooseneck with a tack compartment. When we are in Las Vegas for the finals, my husband has to look at the living quarters with lots of zeros on the end! Holy horse poop! I can’t even imagine paying the price on one of those! You’d have to take out a loan the size of a home mortgage! Congratulations on your new trailer!
Suuuuweeeetttt!!! That’s a pretty trailer! Glad you you found such a great deal and finally got the wheels, and freedom, to trail ride anytime you like.
Looks like Valentine is quite happy inside, too. So big and roomy in there!
We are a little nutty. We bought our horse trailer BEFORE we bought a horse. haha! I’m especially glad now that we didn’t end up buying a 16-17hh horse. hehe
Enjoy!!
Nothing makes you feel like a real horsewoman as much as the freedom a trailer gives you. Congratulations. I try to trailer the boys as much as possible - so we both get practice. It’s nice to save the barn call fee too.