Listen,baby doll,I wasn't judging anybody here,before you get your cage rattled and your feathers ruffled.If you'll go back and read what I said,you will see that I said it would take an aluminum welder and a good one to do it right,and I was speaking about MY trailer and MY locale,not yours.I don't have the foggiest what kind of welder your husband is,and don't give a rip because,he wouldn't be the one doing the welding job on my trailer.Now,would he???????

Nobody said anything about your husband or his welding job,"classygirl."

I'd say you're the one jumping to conclusions and judging people,and as for facts,the fact it: I'm already having my trailer fixed,and what happens to work for yours isn't going to work for mine.What's it to you if I have mine lifted and not welded???So what,who cares,in the giant scheme of things,will it make a difference 50 yrs from now when we're both pushing daisies and our trailers are on the scrap heap? I don't believe that it will.

PS and if you'll go back and read it,once again,I was talking to another poster anyway.Have no idea where your idea came from  that  I was criticizing your husband's welding job or anybody else's.It wasn't  even an issue here to begin with.

And couldn't help but notice in my thread about blocking the axles,you are the one that said you'd just upgraded to a bigger trailer,and it has been lifted.

Gee,that's good.Now we'll both have a lifted trailer.I could use a few lifts myself,if you live long enough,so will you.

 Felix, raise that sucker up!  If my horse wouldn't step up or down 6 or 8 inches, then I guess I didn't do a very good training job at trailer loading 101. 

And classygirl, CHILL OUT!! I went back through all the posts, and never saw where you may have stated your husband welded on your skid plate,( you did say "he put one on", hell for all I know maybe it was bolted on ) until you cracked all over Crowleysridgegirl like she was insulting your husbands profession or something.   I'd hate to get that skid plate hung up on a stump or root or something. 

Well,I just didn't feel like I'd  said anything wrong about anybody or what they do for a living,hobby,ect.

I've had StageII Breast cancer and a year's treatment for it,so,I say that because:

I can ASSURE you that: I haven't forgotten what we're all about. And it ain't 'all about' horseback riding,either.It's what comes after the "pushing up daisies" that matters,you know?

As the guy said to Vern,(forgot his name,)

"Ya know what I mean?" "I think you do!"

Poor old Felix is left sitting back there in the dust,thinking,"What the H---????" HA HA"!

Sorry,Felix.

Had OUR trailer blocked up by the dealer.You might want to check into that,or into angle iron (that's if you have a steel trailer you know) or a skid plate.

Whatever floats whoever's boat.

Who you callin' old? ;)

I run a horse message board so y'all don't scare me :)  I have a couple of things to look into and will do so ASAP.  In the meantime I have a call into the dealer to see if they have smaller-capacity tanks that might offer more clearance.  If not, I'll ask around about some of the suggestions I've gotten here.  It's an aluminum trailer.  Our other trailer is a 20' Featherlite stock, so our horses are used to being able to turn around and walk off.  During the summer months we trailer 6 horses in the stock trailer at least 3x a week so they load and unload on that like pros.  However, they've been a little dodgy about backing off through the narrow door with the rear tack.  They're getting a lot better, though, with practice.   They do seem  to like the dividers once they get in there :)

I know I just need to be careful.  I shouldn't have been running my mouth to my friend when I hit that ditch.  ;)  Guess I learned a lesson there.

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

Felix

Sorry,how about "Poor Felix,old me left her  sitting back there in the dust bla bla"?

As for ANY OTHER OPTIONS?

Stay at a Holiday Inn Express and give up this mad carefree idea of sleeping with your horses...

Well,whoda thought that???Sorry again,girl!!!

I went back and fixed it.

I am guessing your question was directed at me since I'm the one with the factory installed skid plate.  I should clarify the skid plate is only under the dump valves, not the tanks, but my tanks sit level with my running boards on my trailer, and there is angle iron under the tanks which would somewhat protect them.  The valve skid plate is the lowest point on my trailer.   Its on the drivers side and it is what I keep my eye on when going over any uneven ground, railroad tracks, or a hump/bump in the road.  And when I am in a situation where I feel like I need to keep an eye on it, I go VERY slowly, so not too worried about getting hung up.   I probably overthink things, but I won't take my trailer someplace that might be a challenge to maneuver unless I know I have a way out or a place to turn around.  

For anybody who is interested, here is a picture of my skid plate from the last time we had this discussion thread back in August:

http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/forum/get-attachment.asp?attachmentid=353

Actually I was talking about having aluminum welded onto aluminum,and those welders with those skills are about as scarce as hen's teeth around here,but I see what you mean.We don't take our trailer into tight areas that we can't get out of either.Sometimes up in the hills in campgrounds,just driving from one "tier" up to the next will bring the backend down really on the ground.My husband was going down from the top level of a camp to the bottom at Ava,MO ,and he drug the back portion,no damage,but lots of mud and dirt (fortunately it had rained all week.)

It is the configuration,if you will,of our particular county road that we have to come off the highway onto where we live that made us decide to go for the lift kit.Thanks and it's a good idea.(skid plate) also.

I think when I finally do my trailer I am going to build the tanks into the floor.  When the door is open there is about a 5 inch step so I think I will build up the floor and have the tanks inside.  They won't drag that way unless I rip out the whole bottom of the trailer.

It will also make it easier to sweep all the dirt out.