I’ve had to change tires twice with horses in it. Used my trailer-aid with no problems. Very stable. I won’t leave home without it.
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Yes. Many times.
Once with 3 year old on her first long distance trailer trip.
No problems.
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I just bought a back up camera to keep tabs on everyone in the trailer and it is IMPRESSIVE. 8-hour battery life, didn’t lose signal in its (admittedly short) maiden voyage. Huge piece of mind, and no electrical wiring needed!
My friend has a similar one she uses to both hook up and spy on the horses while hauling and it’s awesome. With the magnetic base she just chucks it up above the hay and it stays beautifully. I got a similar one for the same purposes and, while I can use it to see the hitch and it works wonderfully, my trailer is ALL aluminum so it won’t stay up in the horse stalls lol. I have to figure out how to rig a magnet so I can get it to stay up while I haul 
Use Power Grab Ultimate (in the red can), and a piece of carbon steel. Glue the steel to where to want to put the camera. Voila.
Edit: or screw the piece of steel up, same idea as with the D rings.
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@endlessclimb sounds like your trailer is the kind of trailer my trailer aspires to be one day! After this holiday weekend I’m bringing the sucker home and updating will all these great suggestions 
lol you don’t need to make it that complicated… You can buy a pack of steel plates with adhesive backing on amazon, look for phone/steel plate (for hands free devices). I have so many of those things stuck all over my trailer (along with rare earth 75lb magnets). Game changer.
For a back up camera, I have a garmin wireless BC40 on my truck, I liked it so much I tested it on the back of my BP trailer (I think it is about 33-34’ to the back of the trailer) and it got reception, so I bought a second one (you can switch between cameras on the garmin). Then I figured out a way to set it up IN the trailer and it mostly lives there, I’ll take it out when I get to wherever I’m going, but in general I usually only need the back up camera if I’m backing in to an area with a lot of trees, etc… Because it is a back up camera it doesn’t stay on forever, but long enough for me to check on the pony.
I’ve never had any luck with any adhesive in vehicles, except power grab. Even gorilla
glue cant do it. More than vibration I think the heat cycling screws it up. If you have a link to something that works, I’m all ears!
I’m with you on the heat issue… But trailers generally stay cooler, or at least mine does but it is fully insulated. I literally have about 15 of these up in my trailer… it’s a two plus one bumper pull but the front half is a tack room / trailer storage / converts to living quarters at CDE’s. So I actually use the steel plates plus magnets to hang up temporary drapes, as well as hanging a curtain across the back for the bathroom area, and to hang up a thousand other things. Pretty much I just slap up a plate whenever I see a need lol. I have only had one plate come off in two and a half years, and I’m pretty sure that’s the one that I put up without actually cleaning the surface first
Also at the price you can’t go wrong, you can always add a stronger adhesive later!
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I do this too, works great! White duct tape on a black bed and while I can’t see the actual ball I can get within 3-4 in before I need to get out and check.
There is no way I’d unload my horse anywhere but a place equipped to handle him should he chose to not reload.
Also, we don’t have Lucerne hay and I’ve NEVER heard to not feed a horse while travelling. Never heard of a single instance of choke while hauling, and a horse is LESS likely to come up with ulcers if he happily eats while travelling.
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Lucerne = alfalfa. That poster is located in Australia, I believe. Just different terminology.
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Ohhhhh ok. Well, alfalfa before a stressful event does help with ulcers, but I’ve never ever heard of hay while trailering to cause choke. In fact, one of my horses out on lease was a nervous wreck hauling with a lessor until I discovered she didn’t have any hay! Presto, horse now self loads and hauls happily. When I had her I had to remove her hay bag and push her off the trailer at destinations, even coming home, otherwise she’d stand untied and finish her hay bag before getting off. Bit of a princess.
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Honestly, I’ve never had any horse that would eat while being hauled, so I don’t bother putting up hay (but also, most of my trips are short - I’d probably hang one on a long road trip).
I have to drag my pony off the trailer too. Not because of food, he just would rather not get out. 
He loads great though.
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Or a brick on the brake pedal!
That’s kinda brilliant and I’m ashamed I never thought of that! 
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I use a section of 6x6 that is under the trailer jack when the trailer is parked to test. I found the weight alone wasn’t enough but could wedge the board between the pedal and the bottom of the driver’s seat to get enough force.
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