Best and Lightest horse trailer?

[yankeeclipper]

[QUOTE=soloudinhere;6938791]
Okay, can any european trailer lovers clarify this point for me?

A lot of very knowledgeable horsemen I know will not touch a brenderup with a 10 mile pole. Every one of them claims to have personally seen a horse kick through the fiberglass and deglove their leg.

Does that actually happen? Should I be mortally terrified?

Truth?[/QUOTE]

If that is what your very horse savy friends are saying about Brenderups, than they need to take a closer look. The side walls are NOT made from fiberglass. Only the roof. The walls are either solid phenolic resin (Barons) or laminated europeon beech (Solo and I believe Royal). The phenolic resin is very durable. The structure is steel.

[Jim_in_PA]

The same goes for Böckmann…depending on the model, there are different materials used for the sidewalls up to aluminum. (Böckmann are available new in North America; Brenderup are only available used at this point)

Sadly, discussing Euro trailers is sometimes as contentious as discussing tow vehicles…

[jvanrens]

[QUOTE=jn4jenny;7552214]
Yup. As someone who’s hung out on the Brenderup threads for years, that’s pretty much the same way every Brenderup thread starts.[/QUOTE]

jn4jenny, you might want to look at the post you were referring to, the poster has been a member longer than you have. Hardly new to the forum. LOL

[jn4jenny]

[QUOTE=jvanrens;7553546]
jn4jenny, you might want to look at the post you were referring to, the poster has been a member longer than you have. Hardly new to the forum. LOL[/QUOTE]

Okay fine, on closer examination, it was a misquote. I meant to quote the OP. Sorry.

That said, since when does length of forum membership equate to “comprehensive knowledge of every thread topic ever covered on this forum!?” I’ve been here for 10+ years and there’s plenty of topics that I ignore around here and would have to search in order to catch up. If soloudinhere wants to learn more about European-style horse trailers and their relative safety, the advice still stands: do a forum search.

[Jim_in_PA]

As it turns out, this is an old thread that was revived with a comment about Twilite…

[Alagirl]

LOL I thought Twilight was about vampires, not zombies…

[soloudinhere]

[QUOTE=jn4jenny;7553645]
Okay fine, on closer examination, it was a misquote. I meant to quote the OP. Sorry.

That said, since when does length of forum membership equate to “comprehensive knowledge of every thread topic ever covered on this forum!?” I’ve been here for 10+ years and there’s plenty of topics that I ignore around here and would have to search in order to catch up. If soloudinhere wants to learn more about European-style horse trailers and their relative safety, the advice still stands: do a forum search.[/QUOTE]

Uh, thanks Jenny. I did do that and the exact phrase I mentioned appeared several times. Doing a forum search on these trailers turns up a) people who love them and b) a lot more people who are vehemently against them.

FYI, I bought a Merhow. Thanks for playing, though.

[Morgan_Black]

Brand new to the site here and have scoured this thread. Short of lucking out on a Brenderup, how can they be found? (I’m in coastal rainy Oregon). I have two 14.2 mares that soon will need frequent transport a short distance, no real hills, but want something that can be pulled by a smaller vehicle than a big truck – which I don’t have either. Part of my issue is a small turnaround area. Never having owned a trailer I’d appreciate some advice on where to find a used Brenderup (or something similar), and will need to invest also in the tow vehicle.

[Brigitte]

Horsetrailerworld.com has quite a few listings for Brenderups.

[atr]

@Morgan Black

Brand new to the site here and have scoured this thread. Short of lucking out on a Brenderup, how can they be found? (I’m in coastal rainy Oregon). I have two 14.2 mares that soon will need frequent transport a short distance, no real hills, but want something that can be pulled by a smaller vehicle than a big truck – which I don’t have either. Part of my issue is a small turnaround area. Never having owned a trailer I’d appreciate some advice on where to find a used Brenderup (or something similar), and will need to invest also in the tow vehicle.

You might want to look at Equitrek, who are up your way.

[demidq]

Look for used Boeckmanns as well, they will be newer than the Brenderups. Mine is 10 yrs old and as good as new, excellent engineering and performance.