Posted 2007-12-27 7:18 PM (#73434) Subject: Please help me identify the maker of this trailer
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Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
I boght this trailer on ebay. It was sold without a title and the seller says she has no idea who the manufacturer is. I have been looking online but haven't found any trailers quite like it. Any ideas?
Posted 2007-12-28 7:25 AM (#73442 - in reply to #73434) Subject: RE: Please help me identify the maker of this trailer
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Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
I haven't picked up the trailer yet, but the current owner states that she can't find anything to identify the trailer manufacturer. She bought it on a bill of sale.
Posted 2007-12-28 10:21 AM (#73446 - in reply to #73434) Subject: RE: Please help me identify the maker of this trailer
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Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Dang... sure wish I had asked here before I bought it...
What is the best time of year to sell a trailer? I already have one BP (does this make me a collector?) so maybe when I get this one home I can decide which to sell and which to keep!
Posted 2007-12-28 10:37 AM (#73447 - in reply to #73434) Subject: RE: Please help me identify the maker of this trailer
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Posts: 362 Location: Allegan, Michigan
I would think the March/April time frame is a good time to start advertising it for sale. The weather is starting to break around then and folks get itchy to go trail riding.
I agree with everyone else, it looks like a homemade, the windows look like the kind you see on older greyhound buses. It also could have been made by a company that makes horse trucks. They have similar windows and construction as well. I don't think it is a Hino or Kenworth.
Posted 2007-12-28 11:05 AM (#73449 - in reply to #73434) Subject: RE: Please help me identify the maker of this trailer
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Posts: 335 Location: Decatur, Texas
Apparently most of the people on this forum didn't get into horse trailers until the 90's and after. There were quite a few "independent" trailer manufacturers here in Texas that made trailers similar in design. The windows that appear off of an old Greyhound were the type being used at that time. Hint - where the term bus windows in trailer descriptions originate. As for the square door, that was also vogue during that time. I had an old steel Trailmaster trailer made in 1983 that had that same design on the door and windows in the horse area. And everywhere we went, people would come over to ask if they could look inside as it had a dressing/sleeping room in the front of the gn. I wouldn't let other people's opinion affect mine. If you're happy with it when you get it, that's all that matters. Homemade, yeah, with steel frame and aluminum skin. Sure. That old homeboy did a pretty good job, didn't he?
Posted 2007-12-28 10:58 PM (#73465 - in reply to #73434) Subject: RE: Please help me identify the maker of this trailer
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Posts: 5870 Location: western PA
I agree with longrider. If your trailer is built well and it does what you want, keep it. My first trailer was a two horse homemade BP that was built like a tank and heavy as heck. We ran it several years, upgrading it a bit with new windows and a paint job. Spotted it two years ago at a local show, and it was still doing its job.
When you get your trailer home, check how the aluminum skin is attached to the steel frame. If you notice a continuous amount of oxidation (corrosion) at the joints, it may be that the builder did not isolate the two metals. If this is a fact, I would consider not keeping the trailer.
Posted 2008-01-03 5:54 AM (#73671 - in reply to #73434) Subject: RE: Please help me identify the maker of this trailer
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Posts: 112 Location: Bow, NH
Denise,
Your trailer reminds me of an old Kingston or maybe an old Cottner. The front window and the high set side windows are triggering memories from some era and some make. Sorry I can't be more help.
Please help me identify the maker of this trailer
