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Location: Port Orchard, WA | I'm trying to find out what the standard dimensions are for slant trailers and how to measure for stall width. Is it from the inside of the divider to the inside of the next divider? I see that most trailers are around 40" for stall width. I've already read that length is measured from the front of the divider to the back wall. I've got a 16.2hh TB 1300lbs, wears an 81 blanket. What minimum measurements are recommended? |
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Location: THE GREAT NORTHWET, OREGON(THE REAL GODS COUNTRY) | yOU CAN CHECK ON LINE SOME TRAILER MEASUREMENTS. TRAILS WEST IS 128 IN. ON STANDARD AND 133 ON WARM BLOOD MODELS.31 IN WIDE ON STANDARD AND 35 WARM BLOOD GOOSENECK MODELS AND STANDARD 7' 6" TALL I BELIEVE. MEASURE THE WIDTH AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE DIVIDERS
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| For comparison, most warm blood straight load trailers allow 11ft from the butt bar to the head wall, 7ft 6in head room at the sides.
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Location: TN | My girlfriend's new horse (84 blanket) would not fit in her three horse gooseneck (7' wide). She couldn't close the divider. He's only 16 hands and wasn't going anywhere unless she folded down the rear tack and gave him the back stall.She traded it for a straight load 6' wide Trail-et or Hawk..can't remember and he fits fine. Much longer stall on a straight load. Won't help someone with three horses, but for one or two there is much more length in the straight. |
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Location: louisiana | I started out with a 2 horse bumper pull straight load and since have had 2 gooseneck slant loads(1 was 7 foot wide and new trailer 8 foot wide). I ride a 16.2 hand quarter horse 1200 lbs and have not had a problem with him fitting into either of my 2 slant loads. And he is a very long backed horse as is my other horse. I ordered my new trailer in a 8 foot width simply because reading all the "not fit" issues I thought more room would be better. I do find he moves around a major amount more in the new trailer because he has room to move back and forth but neither trailer had a problem with him fitting. Both were a 7"6' height. Now I dont know if it makes a difference but both trailers were also custom built ,not assembly line slant loads. I dont know if there is a difference in the stall widths, but old had 39" and new one I shrunk to 37" wide stalls with plenty room left over also. Hope this helps. |
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Location: Port Orchard, WA | Thanks for the info. As of now, I am leaning toward a straight load. I measured my horse standing out in the paddock and he is 8' 10" long. The trailer salesman I talked to said he wouldn't stand in a trailer that way, but I see it as 10" of bowed neck! They say to measure the length of the slant from one corner across the diagonal to the next, but that doesn't seem fair to the horse who would have to shove his nose in one corner and his butt in the other. |
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Location: Malta, Il | We just went through the same dilema we have a shire cross event horse, she is 16.3h wears a 84 blanket, she measures 69" in her body and approx 36" head and neck 105" total we were concerned with her fitting in a 3H slant load 7' wide. We just bought a Sundowner 3H slant but we did go with the extra height 7'6" we hauled her last weekend and she fit fine, in 2nd stall. good luck with your decision, when we got close to making the deal on our trailer the dealer did offer to bring the trailer out for us to load the horse in to check the fit maybe you could do that too! |
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Location: Port Orchard, WA | I just read a new article by Kathyrn Navarra and she says, "However, a slant load trailer is not designed for horses over 15.3 h because the stall is not long enough to allow the horse to move to catch their balance and taller horses need seven feet in length and three feet overhead to allow for freedom of movement." This was in the July 2006 issue of Horses Incorporated (www.horsesinc.net). |
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Location: Port Orchard, WA | Now I am looking into these split trailers that have 2 straight and 1 that can go at a slant or in a box stall in front of them. Does anyone have an opionion on these? Also, for traveling long distances what is better, a straight load with a stall or a box stall? |
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Location: Del Mar, CA | Ha! I am so glad to hear someone else not want their horse's nose in one corner and butt-cheeks squeezed into the other! I'd like to pass on information I gathered when I considered getting a slant load: I measured my horses: 16H Appy is 8' nose to tail standing in crossties (24" wide butt), 15.1H horse 7'6"(22" wide) and my 14.3H QH is 7'3" nose to tail. I went inside a lot of trailers and measured the stalls from the point where the nose would be to where the tail would be, straight line from wall to wall as the horse stands. I found that if the manufacturer's description said 115" to 117" diagonal, it would be 7'3" to 7'6" as a horse stands, a diagonal of 125" to 130" would be roughly 8'. These figures are effected by the width of the trailer and the angle at which the divider attaches to the wall. I also found that generally the 115-117" ones had stall widths of 27" to 30", and the 125-130" ones had widths of 30 to 34". The "stall width" as indicated on the manufacturer's diagrams often refers to the measurement taken outside from one stall divider hinge to the next one. When I actually stood in the stall facing the manger and measured side to side, a "stall width" of 38" was actually 29", 40" was actually 32". Personally, I fell in love with Thuro-Bilt because of how much room they gave the horses. I ended up keeping my 2H straightload because it gives each horse 32" width and 9'6" nose to tail, and I tie the divider to one side creating a slant when hauling one horse. Another thing (then I'll shut up) my str.load is 2" wider than my truck on each side so I never have trouble on narrow roads knowing where my wheels are - love that! Good luck! and your horse is lucky to have you! |
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| I have a 16.3 TB and a 15.3 QH and both wear 84 blankets. My QH did not fit well in my friend's 1996 Featherlite 3 horse slant GN. I had been using a straight load and was considering a slant, but after seeing that neither one would fit into the trailer and still have room to move about, I decided to keep my straight load. The poor QH had aluminum marks on him from being squished in the slant trailer.
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Location: NY | just go for the stright load you will be happier. i have a draft horse |
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Location: Hickory Hills, IL | Well I have a draft as well, however I have a slant trailer and she fits fine. She wears a 100 blanket, yet is only 16.2 (and 1800lbs- almost all of it neck muscle!). However my 3H slant trailer is a 2H slant with one divider removed when it is time to trailer the big baby. That is better than my 2H turned 1H BP trailer I had before! And for my wifes horse and her show partners it actually will hold 3 horses. ;-)
My horse just doesn't like straight load trailers, but will walk right into a slant. My next trailer will be an 8' wide custom built GN trailer with an extra wide front stall. I almost ordered one in BP configuration, but got a great deal on the Featherlite and the GN is a few years away (and so is the diesel truck to pull it!). My lifted 1/2 ton is too tall for a GN trailer so for now I have the BP w/ WD and sway control.
Cheers and good luck in your quest for the perfect trailer!
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Location: Port Orchard, WA | Wow! That is a big horse! :) Thanks for the suggestion. . . I have tossed up the idea of getting a 3 horse slant and taking out a divider too. I'm having trouble finding one out here in the pacific northwest that is 7'6" tall and used. If I buy new, I'm thinking I might as well spend that $16,000+ and give the hawk with the 2 straight + 1 at a slant a try. I don't have a lot to go on as far as what type of trailer my horse prefers to haul in. I have only hauled him a few times in the 4 years I've owned him. He has been both in a slant and a straight a couple of times. Didn't want to go in the straight that was really dark on the inside. He loaded fine in the horse haulers which must have had a fiberglass top because it was really light inside. Loaded up fine in the slants too. hmmmm |
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Location: Port Orchard, WA | Excellent info! |
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Location: Atlanta, GA | Hi, I know several people with large warm bloods and they will put the horse in the center stall and clip the first divider back to give the horse an extra large stall. Horses are happy and they don't have to have a special made trailer or don't have to remove a divder. Most of them also just have a 7' tall trailer as well. A 7' trailer equals 21 hands and most horses don't stand with their heads stretched straight up. So in most cases an average 2 to 3 horse trailer will work just fine.
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