Posted 2009-04-30 11:46 AM (#104218) Subject: Converting an aluminum livestock trailer to slant load horse
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Location: Conifer, Colorado
I just bought a Circle J lightning Stock trailer, which has lovely plywood and rubber mat padding on the front (dressing room) and back(swinging door) but just the aluminum cladding and the posts to support it on the sides. I'm planning to use it as a slant-load horse trailer. I'm assuming I"ll add plywood and then bedliner coating or purchased mat material on top of that, to the sides so my horse doesn't dent the cladding?
What thickness plywood should I use? Is paint-on bedliner enough rubbery stuff for this purpose? If not, where can I buy the mat material, and what might I expect to pay? I'm very new at this, obviously. When I ordered the trailer, (From a private party) they led me to believe this had already been done... sigh. Thanks in advance.
Posted 2009-05-02 2:52 PM (#104347 - in reply to #104218) Subject: RE: Converting an aluminum livestock trailer to slant load horse
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They are farm / variety stores that are in the upper midwest, and the south where I have been in them I would bet you can find them in the east as well.
FF = Fleet Farm or Mills Fleet Farm, depending on where you are.
Posted 2009-05-02 3:44 PM (#104350 - in reply to #104218) Subject: RE: Converting an aluminum livestock trailer to slant load horse
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Posts: 5870 Location: western PA
Originally written by Jellosalad on 2009-04-30 11:46 AM
I'm assuming I"ll add plywood and then bedliner coating or purchased mat material on top of that, to the sides so my horse doesn't dent the cladding? What thickness plywood should I use? Is paint-on bedliner enough rubbery stuff for this purpose? If not, where can I buy the mat material, and what might I expect to pay? QUOTE]
We had a steel stock/combo slant load trailer. It had a single skin siding that was easily dented from the inside by the horses kicking.
I installed 3/4" pressure treated plywood on the butt side and slant wall. The head side wall was undamaged, as our critters don't paw much. Depending on your horses' actions, will depend if wood should be added here as well. My additional plans included, adding cut down stall mats over the wood. I never got to it, and actually never needed the additional padding.
Bed liners painted on the wood, would be of little value and an unnecessary expense. Try the wood alone first, depending on your horses, it may be all you need. If they are constatly kicking and starting to damage the plywood, add some stall mats to the surface. They are available at many locations, and will last many years.
Posted 2009-05-17 11:00 PM (#105058 - in reply to #104218) Subject: RE: Converting an aluminum livestock trailer to slant load horse
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I have a steel stock trailer that I am trying to find and purchase the slant dividers to convert it to a slant load.......but have had no luck in finding dividers. Anyone know where I can purchase dividers? I have a 7x16 Valley Stock Trailer. Thanks
Posted 2009-05-17 11:10 PM (#105059 - in reply to #104218) Subject: RE: Converting an aluminum livestock trailer to slant load horse
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Some while ago, there was a posting of various trailer salvage and junk yards throughout the states. You can try a search or wait for a Retento, who is an expert in finding all information.
Posted 2009-05-18 4:05 AM (#105060 - in reply to #104218) Subject: RE: Converting an aluminum livestock trailer to slant load horse
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Quote... Anyone know where I can purchase dividers?
These are the only threads I have found with any discussion about slant dividers and slavage horse trailers/parts in the past year... There are other threads that pertain to LQ's.... That had links to RV salvage companies.
I know, there's ZERO info in those threads, but that was the best I could come up with. There has been discussion some years back about adding slant dividers, but it is long gone.
Contact Valley Trailers, have them build you a/some dividers and install them. Have some dividers built and installed by a local fabricator. Trade and or sell your trailer and buy a slant load, or leave it be and continue as you have in the past. Sorry, I'm no help to you.....
Converting an aluminum livestock trailer to slant load horse
