Is it a sport or event?

I have an 03 ss300 event and love the trailer...I bought the event because of the construction..they are construted and reinforced differently than the sport. I learned that here on HTW...that is why I bought the event. If you are not going to be hauling alot than the sport should be OK....I know several folks that own the sports with LQ and the ones that haul alot have problems...

I have a 2000 exiss( event) 3H with weekender. I really like my trailer. I can't fault it much. Based on its age and it was used, there are some minor things that I can easily fix/repair but not because its a crappy unit,some thigns just need to be replaced. I can cleaner her up,hooker on the truck, load my horses, off I go. Its seen many a mile with me and has yet to disappoint.

I cannot compare it to a sundowner or a 4-star but I can only assume they are good trailers since you see them all over the place.

The majority of trailers out there are good, safe and reliable rigs fit for the job. I shopped not by brand but the value- the stuff I wanted at a price I could afford. if this trailer had been a Sundowner, I'd still be pleased. As it is, its an Exiss and I couldn't be happier.

I love my little Exiss. Someone else was asking in another post, and as I said there the only problem I had with mine was a dropdown window. The company replaced BOTH of them and arranged for installation at no cost to me. Can't beat that! I almost have the LQ the way I want it, and have really enjoyed the trailer. For the price, it is a good trailer.

Exiss doesn't have a good reputation partly because all the negative posters with previous problems with one come out of the woodwork on here every time the name "Exiss" get mentioned,might be one reason.

I bet you if I posted a negative post about a 4Star,and the problems I had with it,there would be 20 posts telling about those problems with a 4 Star that those posters have had for every one good one.Or just about any other trailer.

Just like in life,you are going to hear the bad  10-1 to the good,if there is anything at all to tell about someone or something.

You didn't like your Exiss,so,you got rid of it.I'm glad to hear it.I personally love mine,whether yours or anybody else's 4Star is superior to it, (in your opinion and theirs)or not.

My friend had a new Hart that she paid out the wazoo for,and it leaked like a sieve.Traded for a Bloomer and one of the windows fell off while going down the road.Later got another trailer and one of the back doors(fortunately the tack) flew open while she was exiting an offramp.WHen she pulled over,the latch had broken and the hinges were bent,and she had to wire the door shut for the remainder of the trip.A new trailer.

Guess what brand? It was a 4Star.

I agree, I would buy an Event but not a Sport.  We have a 2000 Exiss Event, we really like our trailer.  It has a lot of miles on it, and it's been a great trailer, we would definitely purchase another Event.

Four stars are good trailers, but you will pay a lot of money for them.  Personally, I'm not a big fan of Sundowners, if you compare the space between the rivets, floor joists, quality of hinges etc., to other brands, you will find you can do better.  

Good luck trailer shopping, let us know what kind of trailer you get. :D

Mr.Don has built his reputation on Exiss trailers among others,and wouldn't be where he is today if he sold a bunch of leaking trailers repeatedly.I think Dixie is the largest dealer of Exiss,Sooner,and Bison in the country? They don't stay in business selling junk and refusing to address problems,isn't that right?

I looked at 4Star,and found them to be a very nice,very expensive trailer that we just could not afford to pay for in the long run,and I'm not ashamed to say that in a public post.I'm not in the chinks like some other posters on the forum that can blithely say,"Go buy a 4Star" or Bloomer,Hart,Sundowner,ect.that are all good trailers granted,but more expensive than I needed to pay.And may not be what some others need to pay,either.

You can only stretch yourself so much for a trailer,truck,house,whatever,folks,then the enjoyment is wiped out every month or whenever you make your payments.And if you pay cash,well,that's good,if you can,you wouldn't be worried about it in the first place.For the money,we have a very very nice EXISS trailer that we love.This discussion about Exiss is to me like comparing whether you like Cadillacs,Hondas,Chevys,ect.It's all in what you like and want to pay for it.

I really thought 4 stars were great until I recently saw one at a dealer that was mill finished and  in the horse area it had a 1 to 2 ft gash in the ceiling in the horse area not even near a vent.  It was over more so to the middle towards the butt wall.  I was like wow, I wonder how that happened.  It looked like someone just stick a knife thru the roof.  When I pushed around the aluminum around it and the rest of the roof I was like thinking it sure seemed to be quite thin.  It seemed thinner, more filmsy then my steel trailer's roof.   I was like hmmm....   I know I stated this before on here and someone had posted that a tree branch probably did that kind of damage.  That pretty scary if you go to trail rides and try to camp in some shade or have to drive in an area with trees and then you have to worry about a branch slicing your roof open.

Anyone hear of anything bad about Elites? 

Another reason there are more opinions on Exiss trailers than some of the other brands is that there are more of them driving on the road. This is due to excellent marketing and pricing for the market share they revolve in. It's the law of economics.... More trailers in the horse market+use =lots of opinions good and bad.

We made of list of what we wanted and purchased a trailer we felt comfortable in hauling and could afford at the time we were looking. We currently have an Elite LQ trailer, but also have had numerous other brands such as Titan, TrailsWest (still got it), and Cherokee. All were great trailers. Each trailer we purchased we progressed up based on needs and wants and availabilty of funds.

Gosh,

Opinions are like quarter horses, everybody has owned one.  Another way to look at the trailers is also like these horse clinicians.   There are good one and bad ones, and each person will get something different whether it is a trailer, horse, tack, etc....

 Our Exiss dealer was and is top-notch.Every single item (and I dont mean a thing wrong with the trailer itself,nothing at all) that we've asked them to take care of (missing light cover,missing light bulb,defective DVD on the operation of the LQ ect.) they have done it,promptly and without any question.And the trailer didn't come from the factory with those missing items,either,lest somebody is ready to jump on that one.

We bought our three horse event with weekender because it is an Exiss. Comparing the sport models to the event models is an apple/ orange issue; same name, different trailers.

The event Exiss can be compared to the better trailers being sold today, construction wise and feature for feature. Many of the construction details excell those of the high end trailers.

Go to congress where you can look at hundreds of trailers, and dozens of manufacturers. Look at the hardware, pull the mats and check the flooring. Poke your head underneath and check out the frame and floorjoists.

Too many people purchase the sizzle and not the steak. Most interior companies will install their components in anything that fit into their shop doors. A nice interior in a cheap trailer is a poor purchase. 

You will have a hard time finding a better trailer for the money than an Exiss

I think he has already traded it/sold it,and now he has a used 4Star.

I think the dealer that he mentions that was too far to go to probably would have made it right,if it was Jim's in Cuba,MO.

Not me.Not planning on getting rid of mine any time soon.I LOVE mine and didn't want to go to the poorhouse just to say I have a Sundowner.Glad you like yours,tho.

I just love my Exiss trailer.I'll keep repeating it until the thread is frozen.I looked at the floor and undercarriage on the one we bought which was NOT the cheapest trailer Exiss makes,by the way,and we were more than satisfied.It had a far better flooring system than the Platinum we traded it for.

I bet it is a nice one.I never saw a 4Star myself that I didn't like.They really do stand out,they have their own look.

We have a 2003 model Exiss CXT400. We bought it from the original owner who had always kept it under a barn. We did likewise and during it's very first rainstorm it leaked from one end to the other. While this surprised and disapointed me I called Exiss and someone there in customer service mailed me **free of charge** 6 tubes of sealant despite the fact that I was not the original owner and the trailer was out of warranty.

While I am not overly impressed with the roof design I do love the design of the divider latches. These are by far the best that I have ever seen or used. The spacing of rivits is close, the thinkness of metal is good, the overall quality of finish and workmanship is high.

As a building contractor who has roofed 1000's of houses and buildings over the years I just understand that having a long seam on top of a flat roof is a bad design.  

respectfully submitted:

Mike and Darcy in south Georgia

Now I have to decide if I want to spend the time and money building a living quarters into a trailer, I do not have faith that the roof will mantain it's interigity.

We took  our 2006 Event to the man in our town that works on all types of RV's including trailers.We were having a MAXX Air vent fan installed in the bathroom.

He was walking all over the top,of course,while installing it.He told us that it was one of the best roofs he'd ever seen,it was solid,and not flimsy.Personally I don't see how they avoid ANY leaks in the things,as many holes as there are in the roofs  for A/C,skylights,vents,ect.Ours hasn't leaked yet,knock on wood.I think any trailer has a leak potential over time because the calking dries out.