I trailered my horse last friday around 5:00 and it was still quite hot, round 88 degrees. It was an hour up.  I had all the windows and vents open. My Hawk has bars over the windows so I could open them up completly.  It has a fiberglass roof that they state keeps the trailer cooler.  IT DOES!!!

My friend drove the same distance or longer in a different trailer (big name trailer brand)and the horse came out totally foamy and hot. Lukka came out with just a little sweat between her legs.  But friends trailer didn't have the drop down windows just the half screen on all of them.

I was just so happy to see Lukka wasn't "HOT".  I love my Hawk trailer!

88! WOW, that is like fall days around here!  Last month we had upper 90's to 104's with a heat index of 100 to 110 and we had no issues.  But we also have drop down windows all the way around!  Well worth the price if you live in Texas!

wish my hart had drops on the butt.. Maybe I'll try to get them fitted.  My hart DOES have the fiberglass roof that helps keep the interior cooler.. There is an appreciable difference in perceived heat (parked) fom out side the traielr to inside

Some horses come out wet in 30 degree weather.

In a straight load, I would open them to the front and leave the curtain doors open in hot weather. On my slant load, I open the front vent forward, and the back vents backwards to draft air out. We'll have days here that are 100+ with 60%+ humidity and my older horses never come out wet. Younger horses...like what was said before, it can be 30 out and they can come out wet.

The main thing I have found is... When it's hot, just go, keep on rolling. I have stopped to refuel, horses looked OK and by the time we were back on the road they would be popping out with sweat. Got fans in the head to head trailer. When we stop that's the first thing we do, turn on the fans. Not alot of ventilation in that trailer unless you're moving.

We wouldn't haul anywhere out here May-Oct if we didn't haul in the heat. I hauled into and out of the Phoenix area this weekend and the truck read 111 degrees. Yes, it's a dry heat...but it's still 111. It's also monsoon season, and we do get quite a bit more humidity in the afternoon's than is comfortable.

Keeping moving to ensure continual airflow is important. If I'm making a long haul in the heat, I'll sometimes wet down shavings or even throw a bag of ice out and mix in with the shavings to reduce road heat coming up through the floor & mats. You can also wet down horses, or wet down fly sheets on horses.

When I do have to stop to refuel, take a break, or let the horses rest (stop bracing, get heads down or offer water), I try to park in the shade-under the gas station awning, along the sides of buildings, in the shade of big rigs, etc.

Those trailers can sure heat up in the summer,like a "hot box." Especially a dark steel color,or,a shiny aluminum.Trying to keep moving and making necessary stops as quickly as possible is what we have to do.I hose my horses off before putting them in the trailer in summer if it is especially hot or humid.

We almost bought a trailer that had drop downs on both sides,trailer was originally ordered up for a dealer in Texas,and those drop downs on both sides sure do move a lot of air.

If I had a little X-TRA $$$, I would see about some of these drop down "bus windows" for the butt side of our Silver Star and replace four of the bus windows on the Cherokee 6H2H...

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