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Location: Colorado | Is it fiberglass, or a composite? I actually don't think it looks bad! |
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Location: NM | I kind of like it too - what is is made of? |
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Location: western PA | Look like a fiberglass FRP layup. Nice moulds, nice job |
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Location: North of Detroit, MI | Pretty interesting. that little doorway to the saddle compartment might be okay for english saddles... but I sure wouldn't wanna use it to haul out a $2500+ western show saddle. How does it stand up to a horse kicking inside it? How is the price comparison? I bet my horse would freak out if he saw himself reflected back in those windows though. Despite his being a safe-sane Bubba QH. |
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Location: East Tennessee, USA, Planet Earth | That's a Sundowner! And old prototype. So darn cool!! I'd love to own that trailer. |
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Location: East Tennessee, USA, Planet Earth | Originally written by gabz on 2008-12-05 5:00 PM Pretty interesting. that little doorway to the saddle compartment might be okay for english saddles... but I sure wouldn't wanna use it to haul out a $2500+ western show saddle. <  |
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Location: sc | Yes, I have seen one of those. Last summer at The Brickhouse actually. Me and the better half took the horses for a lap around it, had to see what make it was. IIRC it was a late 80's model? May have even been that one. Are those local pics for you? Or are you pulling them in from somewhere else? |
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | It's listed on E**Y... Think the trailer is in OHIO. It is the nicest, cleanest one I've ever seen. I don't ever remember seeing one when they were new. 1994 Sundowner Mirage Vision 2 Horse Straight Load Ramp |
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Location: East Tennessee, USA, Planet Earth | Originally written by retento on 2008-12-05 6:13 PM It's listed on E**Y... Think the trailer is in OHIO. It is the nicest, cleanest one I've ever seen. I don't ever remember seeing one when they were new. 1994 Sundowner Mirage Vision 2 Horse Straight Load Ramp |
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Location: sc | Originally written by IcePonyGoddess on 2008-12-05 6:21 PM Originally written by retento on 2008-12-05 6:13 PM It's listed on E**Y... Think the trailer is in OHIO. It is the nicest, cleanest one I've ever seen. I don't ever remember seeing one when they were new. 1994 Sundowner Mirage Vision 2 Horse Straight Load Ramp I search Ebay for it, but could not find it. What is the listed price? Item 270308058742 |
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Location: sc | Originally written by retento on 2008-12-05 6:13 PM It's listed on E**Y... Think the trailer is in OHIO. It is the nicest, cleanest one I've ever seen. I don't ever remember seeing one when they were new. 1994 Sundowner Mirage Vision 2 Horse Straight Load Ramp Well since it is in Ohio, thats probably not the one we saw.........although there cant be that many of them running around. |
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Location: Never miss a good chance to shut up. | Good post, retento. |
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| I saw one of those at Congress a long time ago.. thought it was pretty cool, but never knew they actually produced a couple of them. I didn't like the back door going up like an SUV... but WOW, surely looks clean. Jbsyn |
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Location: Home of Wild Turkey Whiskey | Just like the Pacer, I can understand why it didn't stay in production. Actually it would look nice being towed by a Pacer.
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Location: Ottawa, Illinois 61350 | We sold several of those back when we in our early years as a Sundowner dealer. Every customer that had one; loved them. Pulled great, and were very stoudt made. Aluminum frame and fiberglass shell. I was told the last shell at Sundowner when they quit making them, was attempted to be crushed by a backhoe; but they couldn't crush it. They were definitely a well built trailer; but got too pricey to build. |
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Location: Newport News, VA | I saw it on eBay, too. I've seen a couple on there before. In fact, I've been watching this one just to see where it finishes. It is over $3000, right now, and says Reserve Not Met. It IS 14 years old. I think it looks pretty cool and you would certainly get noticed, but I don't like that flip up door, either. I could certainly see a horse popping its head up and hitting it. Not mentioning the horse getting hurt, but it could easily mess up the door and then you couldn't shut it and what would you do to get home? Those arms that hold those doors up have a tendancy to fail over time, too. If that door starts sagging, that would be a big problem loading and unloading horses. Depending on the problem causing the sagging, it can be a very expensive fix. My husband used to have a DeLorean, with the gull wing doors, and one sagged(MINE, the passenger door), so you would have to try to hold the VERY heavy door up and duck under it to get in and out. He thought he could just replace the arm, but turns out it cost the guy he sold it to about $1000 to fix it. |
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Location: Southern New Mexico | What is holding the ramp up? I don't see any latches.... |
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | Originally written by Terri on 2008-12-07 12:51 PM
What is holding the ramp up? I don't see any latches.... It latches like a tailgate on a pickup. Look at the picture from the outside with it closed, You'll see the black handle in the center of the ramp....... |
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Location: Southern New Mexico | Interesting. I'd consider something like that if I only had 2 horses. |
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Seen one of these lately??
