Posted 2018-11-26 6:10 AM (#172041 - in reply to #172039) Subject: RE: 6' or 6' 10" Trailer Width?
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Posts: 534 Location: Zionsville, Indiana
The controlling measurement is that a vehicle cannot be wider than 102" on the road. Depending on the construction and the design, 6'8" to 6'10" is the maximum width that can be achieved without the wheel wells intruding. We have several brands that build straight loads in the 6'8"-6'10" width as standard specs. Hawk builds straight loads in the 6' width with 10' long stalls in the standard size, and the Classic "warmblood" size straight loads 6'8" wide with 11' stalls and a few more inches of height.
Remember when most horse trailers were 5' wide, 6' inside height, and 8' or 9' stall length? We stuffed them in anyhow and went down the road with the tails flowing out over the rear half doors. Goes to show us that these animals are more resilient than we give them credit for.
Posted 2018-11-26 3:57 PM (#172042 - in reply to #172039) Subject: RE: 6' or 6' 10" Trailer Width?
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Thank you.
At the risk of sounding goofy, I will say that I'm considering a horse trailer, but don't own a horse. Horses have been in my family, but honestly I don't have the time or money presently. I'm only interested in horse trailers because they are no wider than my truck after modifications. The trick will be to lose the fenders and swap the axles for new narrow ones, in wells. Allot of fabrication. But I have this "thing" with old gooseneck horse trailer roofs, and how they are curved sort of like an air stream..
But the project sounds to demanding instead of just finding a local narrow track 7x14 enclosed for sale. There rare though
Posted 2019-03-17 3:18 PM (#172253 - in reply to #172039) Subject: RE: 6' or 6' 10" Trailer Width?
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Thanks everyone for the info on widths.. I could live with 6' for the right trailer.
How about gooseneck length and height? To short or low would limit gooseneck articulation and I'm torn between a oldschool gooseneck, because the bed space and the fact goosenecks get better gas mileage, and a bumperpull. But not if I strike my bed with the gooseneck when traveling over some uneven terrain.
Posted 2019-03-18 12:36 PM (#172255 - in reply to #172039) Subject: RE: 6' or 6' 10" Trailer Width?
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rebar, your plan of narrowing the axles to be flush with the trailer is probably not going to work at least with out doing more work than just building a trailer that way. mainly because when they build horse trailers they run the frame down the outside, to give it strength enought to notch the frame in to have the tires sit flush you will basically need to build a new trailer for your old trailer to ride on. you will probably be better off buying a cargo trailer built the way you want, since you wount be hauling horses anyway. and if you werre to do that to a horse trailer, it will be worth almost nothing once you get it done. not to be a hater, just trying to be honest
6' or 6' 10" Trailer Width?
