Posted 2010-06-16 9:13 AM (#121201) Subject: stock combo's
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Location: peyton, colorado
I am not interested in the name as much as how long a trailer will last. Trails west are good, anyone ever had a circle d stock or stock combo, if so did you like it? Just trying to find the best buy for my money, the circle d is about 2000 cheaper. I use my trailer to haul cattle, horses, in and out of pastures. Any good suggestions? Thanks
Posted 2010-06-16 10:53 AM (#121206 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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Posts: 3802 Location: Rocky Mount N.C.
Welcome to HTW. If I were looking for a trailer with a dressing room to haul horses as well as cattle and was planning on keeping it forever, I wouldn't stop until I had one of these.... http://www.wilsontrailer.com/gooseneck/Roper/index.html
Don't know anything about a Circle D or Trails West other than the fact that cow manure will rot one of those thin steel trailers out faster than General Grant marched through Richmond...
Posted 2010-06-17 9:44 AM (#121259 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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Posts: 1871 Location: NY
check with other farms see what works for them and what there did not like about the trailer you can also see it in use that is what i did for my trailer
Posted 2010-06-17 9:50 AM (#121261 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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Posts: 342 Location: Ohio
Lot's use Ponderosa or CornPro Stock combos around here. But, then again, you don't see many aluminum stock trailers either. Lot's of steel stock trailers.
Posted 2010-06-17 10:30 AM (#121265 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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Location: peyton, colorado
Cant afford an alumium, I know they dont hold up bouncing in pastures around hear. A friend of has a feathelite, and being in and out of the pasture all the gates sag and are hard to shut.
Posted 2010-06-17 2:44 PM (#121277 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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Posts: 197 Location: MT
I would look into kiefer built stock combos, we haul cattle and horses in our and I love ours. We've had it for over 10 years looks good, held up well. Our's is steel.
Posted 2010-06-17 6:17 PM (#121283 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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Posts: 479 Location: central sierra nevada foothills
sounds as your interested in steel? Try a Donahue. We have used ours for cattle and horses, it strictly for cattle now. That thing has held up through wild cows and up and down really bad 4 wheel drive roads.
Posted 2010-06-18 12:01 AM (#121290 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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We have a steel trailer that has held up great. We bought it new in 1994 and had the option of buying what was then called the bull package, which consisted primarily of everything being built on 12' centers instead of 16" which I believe is common in most trailers. It was also made out of a heavier steel than the lighter version they offered and had almost totally enclosed sides. It has 2 slots between the roof and sides. This trailer is unbelieveably tough. We have hauled cows, horses, hay and almost anything else that you can think of. It has a wood floor that my husband sealed right away and thick rubber mats. As added protection we even coated the sides up to the slots with a product similiar to a bedliner. it cost a liitle more when we bought it but it was really worth it. Unfortunately this company is no longer in business. Which is to bad because this trailer is now 16 years old and still works great.
Posted 2010-06-19 8:07 PM (#121324 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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Location: California
The only way to go is CIRCLE D !!!
Check them out...the roof bows are one continual piece of tubing - from the floor , then around to the roof and back to the floor.
Also they undercoat the inside of the livestock compartment up to 24" so that will fight the manure aspect by making it easy to hose out.
I sold them for years, owned them and I swear by them.
Also there is a gap between the outside wall of the trailer and the "rub-rail-toe kick" whick allows for road sand/cinder/mud/etc... to pass through.
If you want to go steel, CIRCLE D is the way to go.
Posted 2010-06-21 2:48 AM (#121339 - in reply to #121201) Subject: RE: stock combo's
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Posts: 2828 Location: Southern New Mexico
I had a steel featherlite stock combo trailer, 4H slant with front tack, up until last week. It is 12 and has been hauled all over. I've never had a problem with it. I'd still have it if I hadn't found a lady willing to trade a 3H with a weekend pkg for it.
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