I used to do 3-4 hour trips (one way) in a single day….honestly I don’t know how, we were young and nuts and didn’t know better. I did my last one a few years ago and vowed NEVER AGAIN. If it’s more than two hours (which is every event for us) we stay overnight. Riders and horses are much more rested and are happier overall.
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how did 2.5 hours each way become 7+ hours of trailering?
She trailered two days. So 4x the 2.5 hrs
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I read it as the horse faded after three 2.5-hr trips – there and back Sat, and the trip over Sun, after which he ran out of gas xc.
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Ah I see. I was reading it like 2 2.5 long trailer rides. My error.
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This might be taking the thread off-topic, but would you mind explaining your setup for camping in your bumper pull? I keep thinking about doing this but am not sure of how I could make it at least semi-comfortable…
It is a bit primitive.
An air mattress is the key comfort item, but the rest is just a sleeping bag, pillow and a lot of blankets if it is going to be cold overnight. I bring food like potato salad, a sandwich, pizza (and a beer 
) for dinner. I MUST have coffee first thing in the morning so bring a large cup of coffee with me which I happily consume day old and cold when I get up.
For only one night, it is perfectly fine.
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I could fit a cot in my bumper pull dressing room but some people will sleep in the horse area as well. I found it totally fine and since my BP was insulated I could run an extension cord and electric heater into the dressing room unless I was cheap and didn’t pay for a camper spot. Now I own a GN and it’s pretty much the same. You really only use your trailer to sleep so you’re not in it that much and I’ve done a combination of chilled foods, bring a grill, bring a crock pot, or just go out for dinner with friends.
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This is my set up as well! I recently upgraded to a cot rather than an air mattress and found that I enjoy being off the ground. I’ve also seen people hang hammocks in the back of their trailer - I am such a violent mover in my sleep I’m afraid I’d fall out. There is one venue we go to where hotels are super cheap ($99 a night) and if I find someone I like to share with I will splurge on the hotel. It is a real luxury compared to 3-4 days of trailer camping LOL.
Unfortunately we don’t have any 1 days close to where I live (I’m in CA), but if we did I think my max distance to not spend the night would be 2.5-3 hours. I somewhat frequently go school XC 2 hours away (the other schooling venues are 4-45 hours and those are always a weekend trip, some people do them in a day but I could never because I’m afraid of getting so sleepy driving home LOL). That is a day trip and I’m always tired when I get home. I feel I might be too tired to safely drive if it was a whole day of showing (including multiple XC course walks) if the drive home was any longer than 3 hours. I do have (and historically have had) horses that haul really well though - I haul out for lessons 2X a week so they are used to hopping in the trailer and then going to do something when they get off.
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DH and I were hauling home from a weekend horse camping trip which was about 4-1/2 hour away. We stopped midway at a rest area that had a spot we could pull the trailer off the tarmac and unloaded everyone so they could pee, get a drink, rest their legs while we ate lunch. I think they appreciated the break. For a one day, I would haul maybe 1-1/2 hours away.
