Very pretty. Still way out of any horse transport budget I would ever have.
I clearly need to win the lottery. (Which would require me to play the lottery but no spare money to play the lottery so… no fancy horse van for me.)
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My good friend bought one that was made in Oregon and they shipped it to Newark airport, so she could pick it up there. She paid about $60K brand new. she can haul 2 huge horses in it. She loves it. i believe hers is Equitrek.
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The one I saw local to me was a small 3H - it had three parallel stalls at the back of the box, and was on a 550 chassis with a manual 10 or 13 speed trans (I don’t recall and can’t find the ad now). It was pretty low mileage, only asking $4k, but the top-heavy design and the potential to be a money pit maintenance wise made it a big no for me. Who knows how well it was taken care of - people often don’t even maintain the cars they drive every day, so an occasional-use vehicle is not usually going to get the royal treatment. :lol:
Yeah I think if your daily driver is a small low MPG car and you live in a populated area, it might make sense to buy a van vs a truck and a trailer which combined would cost more to buy, take even more space to park, and have perhaps a higher cost to maintain etc.
I have a little daily driver that gets 50+ mpg and saves me about $1000 a year on gas vs driving a truck. And a 4Runner which Ive had foevere, so I bought a european trailer for trailering. I get that some people need a huge truck for farm work, but I’d bet the majority of people with big trucks don’t need them, except to have a place to hang their truck nuts :lol:
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:eek:
You can not buy an older safe two horse with no tack room for $4K around here.
Yes I’m super excited to do this! I’m going to make a tiny tack room/bathroom combo in the front and then have two straight loads. The side door will allow for unloading without backing up. I have three horses all in the 15h range so the 6.5 ft tall ceiling is no issue for me. I’m going to put A/C in the horse area too, so I can put a blow up mattress in there for camping.
It’s a great choice for me because I actually run another business that really needs a van to haul stuff so it will have dual purpose. It should pay for itself in about a month!
Everyone says the promasters are amazing. I know I’m crazy but I’m still gonna try it haha
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I very recently looked at a 2-3h model (convertible, the way a lot of these were) on a 1990 GMC Topkick chassis. Honestly I should have bought it, the reason I didn’t had nothing to do with the operability of the vehicle - It was how narrow and steep the ramp was. I had forgotten about the fun of handling those super-solid ramps by yourself at 4 in the morning, and didn’t want a repeat.
My trainer is sponsored by Equitrek and I think about a Vision Excel about every third day. I just can’t justify the price. I wish I could.
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Stormy Day - I just bought a Joolca shower and am loving it. You can feel pretty civilized if you have a hot shower and a cassette potty.
https://www.joolca.com/ Works for horses too.
Yes something like that is 100% happening. It’s just too hot here to not be able to take a shower and cool off and clean up. I need this. Plus a toilet. Im not sure if I’m gonna go with one of those battery operated flush toilets they have that you dump when you get home, or splurge and put in a actual black tank and a toilet.
I am not ashamed to admit I took a shower in the wash stall at HITS Culpeper last weekend :lol:
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I have to know! Did you ever build your horse van? How did it go?
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Not yet, and other projects got in the way 
But I will eventually! It’s on the list haha
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Jumping on this thread- has anyone looked into importing a horsebox from europe into the US? I see lots of used but good condition horseboxes for sale in the UK and EU, going for 25-35k (usd). I can’t imagine the cost of insuring and shipping one over to the US would cost more than a new one here, but I wouldn’t even know where to start the process.
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