"I just wanted to express my gratitude for helping to sponsor me by use of your trailer. This trailer is exactly what I pictured and more. My horses have already ridden in it and seem to enjoy the ride. They really like the spaciousness of the extra wide stalls. My advanced horse feels much more confident going into the 7’6” tall rather than the 7’. You were all great to work with and I appreciated this very much. This trailer will be traveling the country this summer, and will continue to go from show to show. This is a great trailer to promote, and I have already given people your information about trailers. I will send pictures of my advanced horse, and we are trying to qualify to be at Rolex Kentucky next year. Thank you again for all of your help, and for this amazing trailer."

Sarah

"I just wanted to drop you a line to tell you how much we like our new HUT…we haven’t had a chance to take it camping yet but we have enjoyed going through it and showing it off to our neighbors and family. We have tried out many of the functions and everything is good. Thanks again for the great treatment and a great trailer! In a nutshell.. Great Product ! Good people to work with both at the dealership and the factory. Lakota has put a lot of thought into details and we are proudly showing them off ! If things continue the way that they have so far, we will be good ambassadors for Lakota and Midway Trailer sales !!"

Sandy and Jim

"I absolutely love our new trailer!! Thanks for for all of your help."

Della - Proud new owner of Lakota HUT

"I would like to let you know what a nice representative you have for Lakota Trailers in Martinsville,In. I just bought your HUT trailer from him and want you to know that he was kind,courteous,professional and just plain bent over backwards to help me in every way possible. A very good experience in buying the trailer. Just wanted you to know. "

Thank you, Billie

"On June 1st I purchased a Lakota B.P. Hut trailer. I am so pleased with it that I wanted to write to you. As a 64 year old woman, I feel that this trailer fills a need in the industry for the upcoming baby boomers. I would love to buy stock in your company as this trailer is a money maker. It is a well planned trailer that has so many plusses for the weekend camper. I would highly recommend this trailer to anyone who does not have a truck and wants to camp with their horse."

Sincerely, Karen

I purchased a HUT and since doing so I have almost been killed three times.  I am fine until I put that second horse in the trailer.  Do you pull 2 horses?  and if so and you have no problems please let me know how you are setup to tow. 

Example...truck, hitch, equalizer bars? and/or antisway etc.

What are you pulling it with? is it the 6;9" wide or the 8' wide model?

CRG, this is the two horse BP with LQ that snakes all over the road when loaded with two horses. She has purchased everything new, and every type of equipment including a truck, in an effort to make the rig work.

It won't. When she said she was almost killed, she wasn't exaggerating.

This original posting was a couple of months ago.

Gard

I'll takea look at it.I had not remembered reading it,but,I remember seeing the new prototype in some literature,or someplace.

I wonder what the problem is? Is it the weight,or the length,or the general design of it? It looks ideal for say a single person.

Hi it is Teri who wrote about the Lakota trailer mentioned here.  the problem is that the second horse has it's front legs over the back wheel of the trailer but his hind end is not over the wheel well and I think that is why the second horse causes the sway.  Let me tell you on Friday it was the tail wagging the dog...something no one would ever wish to happen.  It took my two hands on the wheel, forget trying to uses the electric brake switch to help me.  I was on the shoulder of the interstate listening to the brump..brump...brump when you hit the rough edge of the shoulder telling you that you are going off the road.  If I had gone off the edge onto the soft shoulder I know I would have flipped the trailer as I would have had no control.  The thing that upsets me most is that I have tried everything and can you imagine the shock when this happened and I was ready for everyting to be alright.  I cry a lot now.

CRG, here's the original thread....  http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/forum/thread-view.asp?threadid=8810&start=1

  I believe I would be on the phone with Lakota everyday until they bought this HUT bumper pull trailer back. You got a nice enough truck now to pull a decent size gooseneck LQ! I wonder how many they have sold and how many of them are having the same problems. Some folks may only be carrying one horse or maybe a couple 700-900# horses. They are not adding enough weight behind the wheels to upset the balance.

 Anyway, I'm no trailer engineer, but the first time I looked at one I had this feeling that the axles were too far forward. I guess you got to add some type of ballast to the nose of the trailer like hanging suit case weights on the front of a farm tractor, to compensate for the weight of the second horse hanging behind the axles.

  Don't cry, that ain't going to make it right. Call the dealer you bought it from and call Lakota and give them HELL!! This has been going on long enough..

You don't want your horses to end up like these...  http://www.naturalhorsetrim.com/Trailer_wreck.htm

MYSTICSMOM,

One of the amended rules in effect for this form, is the disclosure of any poster to provide his relationship to the product or dealership of which he is involved. Yours is?

Gard

Rentento's right,gal.Don't cry about it,that's what would make their day,to be able to classify you as a weak,timid,sniveling female who backs down in the face of the big boys (and girls) that would like you to just "go away." You stay after them,and notify every agency that you think might be interested if they aren't willing to make this right,such as: your state's attorney general's office,BBB,ect ect.

"Whose top dog,baby sister?" "The one that fights the hardest." ('Comes A Horseman')

You are right, MYSTICSMOM is Gator Trailers in Sorento, Florida who I have spoken with and is a Lakota dealer that was very helpful in showing me the equalizer bar she uses when she sells a Lakota HUT.

Lakota said to do it.....and I did it.

Lakota just wrote and said I should contact Gator Trailers and trade in my HUT for a g/n.  I would like to know what Gator Trailers is going to do if I do this.  Who will be sold my trailer and then what?

I have to think on this.

I am going to contact the dealer the mfg says to and try and get this resolved.  I do appreciate the mfg trying to work this out with me.  I also appreciate Gator Trailers for helping as this is not where I purchased the HUT from.  they have offered to help me since this problem started also. I have heard nothing from the dealer I purchased this from.  Shame on them.  I will let you know how this works out.....hopefully well.

Thank you all

  While it seems that you are well-advised to replace your HUT with a Gooseneck LQ, it makes me wonder, what happens to the next person who gets your old trailer? Obviously, if it sways dangerously for you, it will be the same for the next victim.

  Since the manufacturer recommends that you get rid of the trailer, are they going to re-imburse for the trade difference in a new vs. used model? What about all the other bumper pull LQ trailers out their with heavy tongue weight? Good luck.

I am working with a Lakota dealer to replace my model with a gooseneck.  Unfortunately they do not have used trailers and I know the gooseneck is going to be more than I can afford right now.  Remember I also purchased a truck but I have to see what we can do to work this out.  the main problem is I have spent a lot of money and the banker is broke.  Remember I did not plan any of this to happen.

I would think that it would be in the best interest of the manufacturer to "buy" back the lemon unit than to pay the settlement AFTER the wreck. Since the settlement after the WRECK could end up costing them 100 times the value of the trailer. Get an attorney. You should be able to carry two horses in a two horse trailer safely, if the trailer was engineered right.

In law, there's a clause that states a product has a "Warranty of Merchantability". What that means is, if a manufacturer makes, promotes and sells a product for a specific purpose, that product has to be able to do what it was sold to do. If it does not, the manufacturer can be held accountable, and be forced to make restitution.

Lakota has sent her a letter stating their intentions to settle the matter. It will be interesting to see how serious they are in doing so.

Gard

Mysticsmom,

I noticed you said you are a "user" of the Hut. (The Fl Lakota dealer as well)  I see where Teri asked you have you ever pulled 2 horses in that trailer and you never did respond to that.  I can assure you Teri's rig is hooked up properly (She had three professional people look over the rig and even had a professional truck driver hook it for the last test drive she will ever take) and I am sure if you as a dealer would like to drive to Naples to view the truck and trailer yourself she would be more than happy to let you see it.  You stated she wants a larger unit, extra stalls etc etc- I recall her post saying she was even willing to swap Lakota for a USED goosneck trailer just to be safe.  I am sure if you had a 2 horse gooseneck with L/Q she would be happy with that.  It is my understanding you do not offer that.  So to sit on this chat and state she wants bigger and better is false and paints this post in the wrong light.  I think most people on this chat would agree that she just wants Lakota to fix this problem.  I don't think Teri should have to do another thing.  I think Lakota should send their rep to Naples and do whatever tests need to be done.  I also think Lakota should deliver a new gooseneck trailer to her or offer her 100% of her money back to her.  I also know that Teri has had correspondence with other Hut owners that have the same problem.  You are going to find the HUT trailer is defective in design.  I think Teri is frustrated and I think Lakota has asked her to do enough and Lakota should send a rep to her.   She is trying to get this problem resolved not upgrade to a "bigger and better unit"  She could have just traded it but she is fearful for whoever else might end up with it.  I find that a far cry from "wanting just a larger gooseneck"