I have a featherlight three horse gooseneck and i love it. Not a single problem. I ordered the over-size warmblood size that gave more headroom. But it doesn’t have mangers which i also would not ever get 
Hawk. Have straight load but would rather have slant. The successor the great Trailet is the Hawk.
The majority of you obviously don’t camp extensively on this site. Those of us who camp alot prefer slant as it provides a rear tack for the tack and leaves the LQ for camping. I am on my 4th trailer (3rd slant) and this one has mangers which I LOVE. They hold a ton of stuff: camp chairs, tables, hoses, electric cords, portable fence posts, etc
My horse is a seasoned traveler and travels well, so the mangers are fine. I do not tie him and the stall is long enough that he can back up and lower his head to clear his nostrils. The trailer is 8’ wide and 7’6" tall, so plenty of head room, width and length.
I will take an all aluminum over an alum steel trailer any day due to the rusting of the two metals together. I am in South Fla which has tons of rain and humidity which all contribute to issues with alum steel trailers.
Aluminum floors are not alot of maintenance. My horse rarely pees so the floor in my previous trailer was fine after 9 years of extensive use. My first two trailers had rumber floors and my current one has WERM. Rumber is the best flooring you can get in a trailer. Wood would be my last choice.
This was kind of funny to have pop back up on my radar. I ended up buying the Hawk and it has been a great trailer. The only complaint I have is that the mat on the kick wall has torn and I will have to replace it this spring. The little details on the trailer are what I really like, such as the spring loaded latches with keyed locks on the rear doors and the big sliding window that opens from the horse area to the tack room. It’s just a well thought out trailer.
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The majority of you obviously don’t camp extensively on this site. Those of us who camp alot prefer slant as it provides a rear tack for the tack and leaves the LQ for camping. I am on my 4th trailer (3rd slant) and this one has mangers which I LOVE. They hold a ton of stuff: camp chairs, tables, hoses, electric cords, portable fence posts, etc
My horse is a seasoned traveler and travels well, so the mangers are fine. I do not tie him and the stall is long enough that he can back up and lower his head to clear his nostrils. The trailer is 8’ wide and 7’6" tall, so plenty of head room, width and length.
I will take an all aluminum over an alum steel trailer any day due to the rusting of the two metals together. I am in South Fla which has tons of rain and humidity which all contribute to issues with alum steel trailers.
Aluminum floors are not alot of maintenance. My horse rarely pees so the floor in my previous trailer was fine after 9 years of extensive use. My first two trailers had rumber floors and my current one has WERM. Rumber is the best flooring you can get in a trailer. Wood would be my last choice.[/QUOTE]
I don’t camp much but I would still prefer a straight load to a slant load. I find that the slant loads do not have as much room as a straight load. I have frequently trailered other people’s horses that are pretty big and I just do not see comfortably fitting in the slant loads I have seen.
I prefer to be able to directly get to the head of each horse without having to unload any of the others.
I don’t like aluminum floors. I have noticed a few horses that load and travel better with wood instead of aluminum even with the rubber matting. I have no experience with rumber/WERM. My trailer is a 2001, alum over steel with a wood floor. It is in great shape and I don’t park it inside.
We did have to replace the plywood under the mat on the ramp. That was a 1 hour job for DH on a 10 year old trailer.
I think that slant versus straight is part regional and part personal preference. in my area straight load, head to head or 2+1 are much more common than slants or stocks. Some horse prefer one to the other too.
I have the Featherlite in the Gooseneck model but with the mangers and straight load. It has been a fabulous little trailer and had been very maintain friendly. It is well constructed and just a gem to haul. I did get the height custom at 8’3", but I have never had a horse refuse to get in. It is open and airy and allows plenty of room for Warmbloods up to a Clydesdale. For my daughter when she was growing up the partition protection when loading made her able to help, but gave a “safe” spot to get horse secured in. I would buy another one in a heartbeat. I have never had a manger problem. They have all been content in it. I did sell a Trail-Et to get this one. I do not have experience with Hawk so I cannot comment to that other than owners of them seem very happy.
