The tralier I have now is 7' wide with no living quarters and I have been entertaining the idea of having a 8' wide trailer with LQ being my next purchase.

I'd like to have the extra room but I'm a bit worried about driving something that wide.  What are some of the pros and cons of having an 8' wide trailer? Are they tough to navigate?

I love my 8"w and 7'6 tall.   We added pedestal mount amber / red lights, similar item here http://www.optronicsinc.com/trailer4.htm

I like the amber side as it lights up when I brake or will flash when I turn it.  I find myself relying on the pedestal light as a key indicator of the back of my trailer.  And I have yet to rip one off :)

For us,  7' wide trailers work well. We enjoy using the running boards to stand on, when opening the drop down windows; we have no wheel well intrusions within the stall areas; we have no need of a dually truck nor extension mirrors that stick out well past the width of the truck.

We prefer a longer narrower LQ, rather than a shorter wide one. In the same amount of sq footage floor space, this affords more storage and counter space, longer furniture, as well as a larger fridge and bathroom. Both of our LQ trailers are 7' wide by choice.

A 7 1/2' wide trailer would be an excellent compromise, a width that was not commonly available when we purchased our rigs.

Gard

Hmm, I hadn't thought about needing to use a dually to tow an 8' wide trailer. My truck isn't a dually and now I wonder if pulling a wider trailer would cause safety issues.

 For those of you with 8' trailers, what type of trucks do you have?

Alot of 8' wide trailers being pulled with single wheel trucks... Aren't most of these RV trailers 96"-102" wide? Dually comes more into play with the pin weight of the trailer... Load carrying capacity, as well as stability are a plus with a dually. How big of a LQ (length) and how many horses you plan to haul as well as trailer axle placement and axle capacity, make a big difference in what TV is needed. It all adds up in a hurry.

I got a 7' wide 3 horse slant with 7' DR and a 4' mid tack, 33' total. Also have a 6 horse head to head, 8' wide, 35' length on the floor, 43' total. We pull both with a GM 3500 dually with a GVWR of 11400#.

I like an 8' wide trailer if I got to live in it for a week or so at the time.

 We don't need a dually for the 3 horse trailer and really need something a little more than a dually (MDT) for the 6H2H if we were to really load it.

I pull a 3 horse slant,  6ft LQ 8ft wide trailer with a 2500 HD single wheel truck.  My trailer is 7,600 pounds empty.  I did end up installing air bags on the rear of the truck though.

I'm confused on why you would say that you would rather have a longer narrow lq than a short wider one.  Unless I am reading this wrong your saying that if you bought a 8ft wide that your lq is going to get shorter....Why?  A 10ft short wall is a 10ft short wall isn't it.  A 28' on the floor is still going to messure 28' if the trailer is 8 or 7 wide.  I just don't understand why you think the lq is going to get shorter please expalin to me if I'm reading something wrong or missing something here.   

We have a trailer that my wife considers, the "best of both worlds".  Our trailer is a 7' wide with a SLIDEOUT.  Going down the highway we are pulling a 7' wide trailer; but when she gets to the horse camp; she pushes the button, and she has the room that an 8' wide offers.  We also have mangers in our trailer.  We basically have every option on our trailer that the 8' wides offer.  She can get around with this trailer very well, and would rather pull this one instead of an 8' wide.  It is an all aluminum Bison Stratus that weighs less than most 8' wides the same length.

Thank you everyone, for all of your responses. I guess what it comes down to is personal preference and what type of TV you  have.

I keep looking at the figures I found on the GMC site about my truck and I'm getting depressed. According to the charts, the maximum trailer/towing capacity I have if the trailer is a gooseneck are, 9,800# with an axle ratio of 3.73 and 12,300# with a ratio of 4.10. Seems to me that makes for a very small trailer. I'd only be hauling two horses at a time, most of the time just one.

I've looked at various trailer sites and most don't like an axle ratio and quite a few don't give weights for their trailers if they have a LQ package. All I want to know is, how much trailer can my GMC HD 2500 4WD long bed truck can handle. I'm pulling out my hair out, here!

Is your truck gas or diesel? Big difference in towing capacities between a 6.0, 3.73 gasser and a Duramax Diesel/Allison, which also has 3.73 gears. You're looking at 6.0 gas figures...?

My truck is a 2007 GMC Sierra long bed, extended cab HD work truck with 4WD a Vortec V8 6.0 L gas engine and an automatic Allis transmission. It has  a 3.73 rear axle ratio.

According to the GMC site is has a Max Trailer/Towing Capacity if 9,800# when pulling a gooseneck. That doesn't sound like very much when you add up the weight of a trailer, horses, feed, people, etc.