Keifer without a doubt.

Neither one.

What year is the Sundowner? Are you positive it's all aluminum? I would dig a little deeper, does it by chance have a black undercoating?

I've done my homework pretty thoroughly.  It's a 2009.  All aluminum.

We are leaning towards the Kiefer, because it is two feet shorter, the stalls are 1" wider, and the dealer is in a close town.  The Sundowner would be coming here (MA) from Florida and we don't have a local Sundowner dealer.  The closest one is in RI.  I wish I liked the interior of the Kiefer better.  I think the Sundowner has a nicer LQ.  Not so boxed in.  Keep those comments coming!

Those who are shouting Sundowner, have you ever been in a Kiefer or do you just love your Sundowner?  I admit, they really are nice.

This doesn't really make sense. When you have 1 that has a 3' larger LQ you are not even comparing the same trailer. Not equal feature's in my mind The sundowner sounds like a better buy. If you like the Kiefer size better  you have a great negotiating tool to get them to come lower on price with the Sundowner as your backup. 

I a looking at a kiefer Genesis 4 horse with an 8ft short wall.  I go to a lot of rodeo's and having somewhere to sleep, cook, shower and what not is really nice to have after long day in the driver seat or in the dust. 

I am on my 2nd Kiefer LQ trailer.  My current one is 8'6" wide with a 10'LQ, all aluminum.  And it is now 5 years old.  It came new with the 3/8 factory warranty.  I have had NO major problems at all.  When it was in the 3 year bumper-bumper warranty, I had some tire issues.  Kiefer replaced all 4 of my tires with Goodyear G6s.  I had a water leak in one of my manger doors.  Kiefer replaced both manger doors with newer, better manger doors.  Kiefer stands behind their trailers!  A sundowner friend that I show with had a leaky rear door (rear tack side).  Sundownder dealer basically told her to deal with it.

Don't get me wrong, an all aluminum Sundowner is a GREAT trailer.  But, to me they charge way to much for the product and service they offer.  There are many GREAT trailers out there.  I like and appreciate the fact that Kiefer is a GREAT company to deal and get along with!

Don't get me wrong, an all aluminum Sundowner is a GREAT trailer.  This is kinda funny, I just bought a 04 SUNDOWNER 8010 Signature Series last Dec. as a repo and I posted a few questions on here and was amazed at the response I got from SUNDOWNER DEALERS, my local dealer did all of the service work on it in Feb to get it ready to haul and he checked out EVERY single item and even went over all of the equipment and options it had to make sure we knew how to work everything. He has even called since to make sure everything was going well. Talk about GREAT SERVCIE and standing behind a product even though we did not buy it from him!

Sundowner does have a way better interior package than Kiefer.  Just remember since you are buying a LQ trailer you will more than likely be seeing and using the inside as much as the outside.  Better to buy a little better quality up front than having to upgrade stuff later.  Been there done that!  You might check the stall size again, if I remember right mine has 42" stalls and most others we looked at had anything from 37.5" to 40" stalls.  Also like someone else said, you need to compair the smae trailers size for size and option for option!

Yes, the dealer (no matter what the brand) is an essential part of the whole equation.  I can't believe I forgot to mention that!!  If you deal with a bad dealer, you get dealt a bad deal.

My dealer was Select Trailers in Shelbyville, TN.  IMO, one of the best dealers in the country.

That's what's weird...on the website, they boast 42" stalls, but on the specs for the one we're looking at (8 feet wide, 3 horse, 11 foot LQ) it says 39".

Sundowner HANDS DOWN and been in Keifer trailers they are better than orthers but not in same quality of Sundowner workmanship/quality etc.

This Sundowner is a Horizon, 11 foot LQ 3 horse and the stalls are 39".  I have the specs in front of me.

The 725 uses 42" stalls and a 26" shortwall dress standard; and the 726 use 36" stalls and a 43" shortwall dress.  This was models built prior to 2008.  Both the 725 and 726 are lined from front to back, and top to bottom standard.

Likewise the 720 and the 721 have the same stall sizes and dress dimensions.

After tons of weighing the options, we've gone for this one.  We decided that we don't want to travel with this big a vehicle or this amont of weight.  We're going to try to make less of an imprint on the environment by checking out some other options.

Then maybe you should walk into the woods, barefoot and naked and sleep under a tree.

I don't think this thread was a waste of time.  It helps me out when I read questions posed by others and get to read the responses from all of you more experienced folks out there. 

If "cobbley" decided to check in to something else, it does not mean your repsonses were not helpful to others of us out there.

Just letting you all know that I finally bought a trailer today after a great deal of thought and a lot of kind help from my local Kieffer dealer...am I allowed to say that.?..Heritage Carraige in Middleboro, MA.  Because of my practical and minimalist tendancies (please don't blast me), I decided against an LQ trailer and bought the most versitile trailer I have seen in my six week search, a Kiefer 2+1 gooseneck with loads of windows, two drop downs by the horses' heads, the ability to turn into two box stalls. I added a 19 foot awning.  There are lots of ways the trailer can be set up and plenty of room for me to sleep in the gooseneck. My trailer dealer not only did not push me, but was willing to help me in my search for trailers from other sources.  I am so glad that I was able to complete my purchase through him, after all the work he did.

Most of all, I'm glad the search is over.  It has not been fun!

If you are a competitor...you will love this design...especially if you show two horses...one in the front box stall...while you are competing on the other...