Posted 2010-03-21 10:06 AM (#117872 - in reply to #117849) Subject: RE: Bison Trailers
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We bought a Bison Stratus about a year ago and have been very happy with it. It may not be the top of the line, but the trade off in price was well worth it to us. It pulls good, horses seem comfortable in it (we took dividers out) and everything works just fine. I had some questions about a few things and the people at Bison were very helpful.
Only negatives I can think of are it weighs around 10,000 pounds, which is a big adjusrment for us. This is our first trailer with a living quarter. We are used to using a stock trailer with front tack. Not sure if this is heavy for a living quarter, but definitely heavier than what we had. The other thing is we are considering blocking the axles because we have been in a few places where we were close to scraping the plumbing. So far we have not been able to find anyone close to us (southeast Iowa) that will do this.
Posted 2010-03-21 5:55 PM (#117889 - in reply to #117849) Subject: BISON TRAILERS
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Posts: 399 Location: Ottawa, Illinois 61350
WE ARE A BISON DEALER IN OTTAWA, ILLINOIS; WHICH IS 93 MILES FROM THE IOWA LINE ON INTERSTATE 80. WE HAVE BLOCKED AXLES ON LIVING QUARTERS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. CALL JASON OR TONY IN OUR SERVICE DEPT. AT 800 659-4051 FOR PRICING AND A SERVICE APPT.
Posted 2010-03-21 7:04 PM (#117894 - in reply to #117849) Subject: RE: Bison Trailers
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Jim Bob,
Thanks for your reply regarding blocking the axles on a Bison trailer. Actually, I did call your shop about a month ago and was told that you have done this a few times and once on a Bison. So I really wasn't that interested in going to a place that is just learning to do this. Hope you understand.
If anyone else out there has a place that they suggest, I'm very interested.
Posted 2010-03-22 8:14 AM (#117901 - in reply to #117849) Subject: RE: Bison Trailers
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Posts: 802 Location: Tenn/Ala.
Millronk, With all due respect, blocking axles is blocking axles. Once you get underneath to the running gear, most trailers are very similar. Most of us dealers don't block a ton of axles every year just because in this part of the world (outside the mountainous western states) there isn't a huge call for it after the trailer is built. But our techs are doing very different custom fabrications virtually every day to accomodate the various desires of our horse owner customers. That all being said- even if the Midway boys had not even done 1 Bison yet but had some under their belt, given the proximity and their reputation for service, I'd suggest you look again at having them help you. They'll do a fine job for you. Just my .02$
RTSmith
Posted 2010-03-24 5:22 PM (#117974 - in reply to #117849) Subject: RE: Bison Trailers
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Posts: 212 Location: novinger, mo
We are on our second Bison LQ. (Moved up in size). Our newest is now 5 years old and a GREAT trailer. We are retired and travel a lot of miles and this trailer has held up really well. Both trailers have been Aluma-Sports. Very happy with Bison!
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