Anyone close enough to Dixie Horse & Mule trailer dealer in Wicksburg, AL....

[inca]

…to go look at a used trailer for me? Trailer has pretty much everything I want - 2011 Sundowner 2 horse LQ. But, no way I can buy sight unseen and I hate to drive all the way there (500+ miles one way) and then the trailer not be what I was expecting based on the pictures on their website.

Would be happy to pay for your gas and time!

[bugsynskeeter]

Try contacting SouthernYankee. I believe she lives close and has purchased a trailer from them previously.

[inca]

Thanks! I sent her a PM.

[netg]

Good luck in your search - I have a much smaller Sundowner 2 horse LQ that I absolutely LOVE. When I was looking for trailers and asked about one at DHMCo here, I got mostly absolutely rave reviews about them, and one criticism which seemed about what I would have expected in the price range I was looking anway.

I hope you find the perfect trailer for your situation and it’s all you expect if bought at a distance!

[inca]

netg - do you have the Santa Fe? I looked at those but ruled them out after I looked at the Horizon 6906 with the couch. The Santa Fe looked super handy to pull though!

I was pretty much all set to get a new Horizon 6906 but keep looking at this used one. It’s 7’6", which I really want and it has the added bonus of a sink in the bathroom. But no warranty which is a downside vs. buying new.

I am basically paralyzed by indecision at this point - LOL

[ChocoMare]

Try a PM shout out to Moonriverfarm. Methinks she’s nearby

[inca]

Thanks.

BTW ChocoMare, I tried to contact EquiSpirit and never heard back from them. I completed their on-line form re: a LQ trailer. I think the trailer would be out of my price range anyway. But, I have been trying to do a VERY thorough job of exploring all options before making a purchase. (Probably why I am afraid to actually buy something!)

[SouthernYankee]

I’ll put the same thing on here that I put in the PM for inca, just for anyone researching Dixie Horse and Mule.

We bought our trailer sight unseen from Keaton in May. Granted we are in the same state, but are about 6 hours from them. We sold our trailer the Monday before Memorial Day weekend, found their trailer on Tuesday, worked out the deal, picked it up Thursday morning, and took it camping Friday-Monday.

They will have my business again. They sell based on volume and not margin, so they don’t make much money on each trailer. Hence why their prices are so low and why they don’t negotiate on the price. They sell a lot of trailers to out of state people so any ding on a trailer they try to take pictures and document. I can just about guarantee the trailer will be just as represented.

I would recommend buying it at the ‘wholesale’ price and not negotiating a lower price. With the ‘wholesale’ price they pull the trailer into the shop and go through it with a fine tooth comb, and replace or fix anything that isn’t working perfectly. It’s worth the piece of mind. Even if you get it home and can’t get something to work a lot of times they will mail you the parts or try to work with you to make it right.

Feel free to ask any more questions, but in my mind you can’t go wrong with them. They run their business off word of mouth and care about long term customers.

[netg]

[QUOTE=inca;7794119]
netg - do you have the Santa Fe? I looked at those but ruled them out after I looked at the Horizon 6906 with the couch. The Santa Fe looked super handy to pull though!

I was pretty much all set to get a new Horizon 6906 but keep looking at this used one. It’s 7’6", which I really want and it has the added bonus of a sink in the bathroom. But no warranty which is a downside vs. buying new.

I am basically paralyzed by indecision at this point - LOL[/QUOTE]

Mine’s older and a homemade living quarters, so not one of the fancy ones from the factory. But when I was searching, I found the one which really grabbed me was the one I was meant to have - after giving myself analysis paralysis by looking at SO MANY, one just stood out to me. In my case it’s super minimal with cowboy shower and I bought a portable toilet (everywhere I go will have restroom facilities, at least) to make it as small as posisble for hauling since I use it every week as just a trailer.

[katarine]

They also finance trailers…and LQ trailers on the easy payment plan are very profitable for them, which is fine if you want to buy 40k trailer for 100/ month/forever:)

I bought a new exiss from them in 2004 and would not buy from them again. Warranty work was not performed as it should have been… there was a short in the lights. They returned it as fixed. Years later I realized the fix was to cut the wire from the emergency brake breakaway ‘plug’ since it was screwed up somewhere and that was screwing with the running lights.somewhere a nail or screw had those touching and my running lights would be on…while the trailer wasn’t attached to the truck…crappy way to fix it, huh?

[inca]

Just to update on this…
I did buy the trailer but decided to take a quick trip to see if beforehand. Plane ticket was cheap enough that it made sense (and made my husband happy.) I was glad I did because there was something that I would not have noticed on pictures. There were multiple holes in the coating on the horse walls where horses and kicked and pawed. The set up of the rear tack was also not 100% removable, as I had been told. However, that was an honest mistake and was something I decided I could live with.

The best part was they reinforced the rubber in the horse area at no charge and they also added drop down bars to the head side windows at no charge. That was a pleasant surprise and much appreciated.

I paid to have the trailer delivered. I was not home when it was delivered but my non-horsey husband was. He was very impressed with the driver (a lady!) and she did go over everything with my husband, even though they had done a total walk through with me when I was there.

All in all, I am very happy with the trailer (although I haven’t gotten to use it yet) and the overall experience with DHMCo. My only complaint was that the office staff is not nearly as nice and helpful as sales and service. But, I would definitely not hesitate to buy from them again.