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![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Location: Iowa | I'm considering a trailer that comes with a loading ramp. I'm not currently a ramp fan...prefer just the doors. How hard is it to remove a ramp from a trailer? What are the pros and cons of ramps? Thanks gang. |
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![](HTTP://www.horsetrailerworld.com/forum/profile-upload/images/366-a-buckskin halter horse.gif) Extreme Veteran
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![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) Location: Iowa | Iv'e had several trailers without a ramp. The trailer I have now, I put a ramp on it. I love it. Its real nice for loading baby colts, injured horses. Plus we have moved a few friends in it. It nice to just walk up the ramp. I'll never go back to step -ups. Just my 2 cents. |
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| Depends on the particular trailer. Some ramps drop right off. Others not so much. Need more details and probably a detailed pic of mounting area to be much help... |
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![1000](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/1000.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) Location: Danielsville Georgia | Had a HART LQ with a ramp.Hated it.Took a while to get horses use to it and if a strange horse(someone elses,buying one etc) it was a pain.Found a step up be it a weaning or older horse to be a LOT more user friendly.Never care to own a ramp on a horse trailer again. |
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![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Location: Iowa | Thanks guys...great advice. Nothin' better than talking to someone who's "been there, done that." |
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![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Location: Ottawa, Illinois 61350 | Another plus for a ramp behind the doors, is the "safety factor". If your ever rear ended, that ramp is going to take most all the hit vs. your rear doors. I have had a couple of customers that can attest to that fact. A ramp also makes it easier to load saddles on the racks in a rear tack; or wheel a portable generator in the trailer for storing in that first stall. Think twice before taking it off. |
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![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Location: Bucksport, Maine | It's definitely a personal choice. I've had 3 step-ups and 1 ramp, and I prefer the step-ups. But the ramp does have its benefits. One that isn't already listed here is that if you have a rear tack compartment on a tall-step-up trailer, it's hard to reach high up without a ramp. |
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![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![100](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/100.gif) ![25](https://horsetrailerworld.com/forum/images/decorations/multiple/25.gif) Location: Tennessee | My first 2H bp had a ramp and I liked it but was slippery when wet or frozen. 2nd trailer was a step up that took some getting used to. I still think there is more chance of something going wrong with a step up but horses got used to it. It was funny to see a horse used to being loaded in the last stall coming out from the front stall tip toeing just SURE the step down was right there! My new trailer has a ramp over doors. Yes, there is more protection in a rear end collision but what a PAIN to have to raise and lower every time! Never fails that I need something from the tack room after I close it up. A great solution would be a side entry tack with a ramp over doors. |
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Location: Malone, NY | I'll buy your ramp if it matches my trailer, brandyva6461@yahoo.com |
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