Who are the best made horse trailers??

I’d love to get everyone’s opinions rating the top horse trailer companies…I’m shopping for a new one, but only have limited knowlege (especially the ones from the south). I"d be interested in hearing your opinion of the top five companies in the country!!! If I knew how to make this thread into a poll, I would!!!

I have a Trails West trailer. They’re based in Idaho (I think), but one wound up in NJ somehow!!! It’s a very well made trailer. It’s a 2 horse, step-up, slant load, bumper pull. It’s also steel (I would have preferred aluminium), but it’s in excellent condition for 7 yrs old. Door and dividers are easy to operate. Windows open on both sides. Tack room has plenty of room for all of my junk…and it’s ALOT of junk!!!:smiley:

The only thing I don’t like about it is that there isn’t an ‘emergency exit’ in the front of the ‘stall’ area.

I think you’ll get a list of a lot of the majors, like Sundowner, Hawk, Trail-et, etc. There’s a smaller company, out of PA, called Collin-Ardnt that makes a wonderful trainer. Double-walled insulted aluminum, just like the Sundowner (and others) yet the price is better (not TONS better, but you might save a couple thousand on a brand new one). I bought one last summer – bumper pull, two-horse, extra tall with dressing room for $9500. It’s so beautiful, sometimes I catch myself just “looking” at it, like you would a new car. It’s worth looking into if you can find a dealer locally. I don’t believe they have a website (bummer).

Since you’re in Florida, you might want to look into the Sidekick trailer that’s made in Milton. You could even visit since you’re so (relatively) close.
http://www.sidekicktrailers.com/trailers.htm

Hands down the best is 4 Star trailers. Its the choice of all big commercial shippers. If we can put 200,000 miles on them a year, no doubt you will have a great personal use trailer. http://www.4startrailers.com/

Isn’t Jamco the equal of 4-Star? They’ve just opened a new plant somewhere in Middle Tennessee.
http://www.jamcotrailers.com/trailers/index.php

4 Star, hands down.

I’ve had 10 or 12 trailers over the years and won’t have anything but a 4-Star. Theres a number of commercial livestock haulers in this part of the country virtually all use them.

I have a Classic which I’m very happy with. I’m not sure they’re available in the south. I think they’re made in Idaho.

I have also heard lots of good things about 4 star.

When I was researching getting a trailer, I spent lots of time on the Horse Trailer World website. The forums there are filled with info. You kind of have to sort through and recognize the sales pitches. After a while it’s not hard to get a sense for who is selling and who actually owns a particular brand of trailer. It also gives you a good comparison for prices, what materials are used for what trailers, etc.

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Isn’t Jamco the equal of 4-Star? They’ve just opened a new plant somewhere in Middle Tennessee.
http://www.jamcotrailers.com/trailers/index.php[/QUOTE]

Was that a serious question? Equal? Not a chance in … Jamco’s quality is right down there with a equilite or trail-et. FRP single layer construction…no thanks. There is this one trainer with a 6H head to head Jamco, who you can always hear coming down the driveway into the show, all the partitions banging, walls flexing. She traded it in this year and ordered a 4Star.

The only trailer that I feel is in the same catagory as a 4Star and built for commercial service is EBY. Then Pegasus and Select trailers. All 4 manufactures offer Air ride suspensions. I looked all over Jamcos site… no option for Airride?

I don’t know if it is “the best” but I am very happy with my CM Saratoga

We are on our 3rd Collin-Arndt trailer, upgrading each time. I can’t say enough good things about them. Completely custom for a very reasonable price. The people are great to work with too.

I’ve looked at a lot of trailers, and the ones that impressed me to most were the Jamcos. I don’t know what the above poster was looking at, but the newer Jamcos I have experience with don’t have a bit of FRP and are solid as a rock and quiet as a mouse. Take a look at one in person and you’ll see what I mean.

Years ago we had a really big Featherlite, oversized 4 horse head to head/dressing room. Very nice trailer. When we wanted to have a custom trailer made we ended up with a 4 Star. The quality was equal to or superior to the Featherlite and the price was $10,000 less!!! The people at 4 Star were great to work with and the trailer was EXACTLY what we wanted/ordered. The delivery date was right on target, too.

4 star.

Just got through four months of shopping for a trailer and went with 4 Star.

Anyone had experience with Eby?

Jamco

I vote for Jamco. Our farm has three of them. The biggest has AIR-RIDE!! Super construction and very quiet. Also, not sure what the above poster is talking about. I’m very familiar with the other brands as well and wouldn’t want any trailer but a Jamco. Just my 2 cents.

Ebys are amazing. I want the deeeeluxe 3 horse side by side.

4 Star

When it comes to financing…a 4 Star trailer can be financed FAR longer than any other. The long term use of a trailer is what is considered and 4 Star out weights them all.