If you can see daylight through it then yes water can get in.
Fiberglass will not be fixable if anything falls on it. You’ll have to replace. Plus it gets brittle as it ages
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I have not ordered parts from Equispirit but had a few questions about tires and the door above the ramp being open (with no horse in the +1) when I trailered for extra airflow. Both times they picked up the phone during business hours and I spent 45 minutes to 1 hour on each call. Lots of great info. It was clear they believe in their product and want to make owning their product a positive experience even if I bought the trailer used.
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If they pick up the phone they’re very friendly. It’s just that I’ve tried to order parts twice and they never sent me the emails/info that they said that they would. I combed through every folder in my email. Well, one time they did follow up via email…4 months later.
They also quoted me prices on the phone and Hawk sold those same parts to me for a bit less. Hawk just had an easier ordering process too.
I’ve no doubt that people have had good experiences with them and that they take pride in their product.
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I had a 2000 EquiSpirit too. Two horse bumper pull. It was made by Hawk, but all of the EquiSpirit trailers are made with certain features standard (padding, tack room fixtures) that are not necessarily standard with Hawk. And they can paint match to your tow vehicle, which I am shallow enough to get excited about. The only real problem I had as it aged was that some of the windows started to be hard/impossible to open. And the tack room door would pop open if I didn’t lock it. And the ramp was getting harder and harder to lift. Maybe hinges getting stiff, maybe me getting older 
Maybe both.
I decided to replace it when it was approaching 20 years old even though it was still serviceably sound.
I did look at other brands, but decided to go with EquiSpirit again. I ordered the new EquiSpitrit in late 2019 and received it in early 2020 before I knew I would not be going anywhere much that year. The 2020 is a good upgrade in several ways: The 2020 has full doors on each side in the back, and a shorter lighter ramp that folds up behind the doors. I can literally lift it up with two fingers. Game changer, for me at least! Also I got interior fans on each side to help keep horses cool in summer, which I don’t remember being an option in 2000 although I can’t swear to that. And some extra lights, inside and out. If this one also lasts 20 years it will be the last one I need, and I am quite happy with it.
Ramp springs do need to be replaced with time. I just replaced mine on my
1998 C&C. I didn’t realize how bad they were until I got it back.
I also have a 2000 Equispirit. It lived its entire life in New Mexico so no rust and in great shape. I had them replace the keepers for the doors, the tie rings and add interior fans when I bought it (they charge off a roof solar panel that trickle charges a battery in the tack room). It’s a great trailer and I’ve been thrilled with it.
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Thanks everyone! I decided not to buy this trailer. Another one came up that was a couple of years older and looked like it was brand new…frame was in incredible shape for 20 years! Both these trailers were priced around $10k. As I am not really trailering much, it just didn’t make much sense to spring for it. They are super nice trailers though!
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