Posted 2005-11-11 1:23 PM (#32915 - in reply to #32896) Subject: RE: Mckinley trailers
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Location: TN
MnKinley Enterprises? They sell only Calico and have renamed it a "Longhorn"....kind of odd to change the name, but I guess it keeps folks from shopping out the price.
Posted 2005-11-12 2:35 PM (#32954 - in reply to #32896) Subject: RE: Mckinley trailers
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Posts: 47 Location: defun,fl
I bought a 2 horse slant,stock side, with swinging dressing room divider. It is not a bad trailer for the price. The outside paint is holding up ok, but the ceiling on the inside is rusting.
They were very nice and even put a different electric hook up so that it would plug into our f-250.
Now some of the drawbacks that are relevent to me. The trailer is fine for short distances, but when we evacuated my horses were very hot.
Divider Latches: They are pin style that rust without regular maintenance and sometimes have been difficult to latch and unlatch. When latched they allow the divider to rattle louder than I would prefer. The divider rode up enough once (from the hinge side) that it took 2 people to free the divider. I have a nervous horse so this was quite an issue. We are currently shopping for a trailer with slam latches that don't have a tendency to stick. Not much selection in northwestern florida.
One of my horses is just fine with the trailer, but one of my horses isn't comfortable in the trailer. The second horse slot is very tight for my 14.2. There is no chain or rings across the escape door or the rear door, makes it more difficult to load the last horse. There is a vertical bar in the center of the horse side of the dressing room wall. It rubbed a place on my horse.
One of my horses is just fine with the trailer, but one of my horses doesn't like the noise and space issues.
The suspension system on my trailer is not as smooth as some on the market.
The trailer is supposed to be a 2-3 horse. There is no ring to tie to in the front(dressing room) area, no ventilation unless you completely remove the dressing room wall (which also rattles). This wall is very heavy. Even then there is very little air circulation.
There may have been changes since I bought mine. Again, the McKinleys were very nice. The trailer is good for the price, but I am going to have to buy a more expensive galvanized steel or aluminium trailer to fill my (nervous horse) requirements.
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