I didn’t care so much when I bought it, as I had one small horse and she rode in the box by herself. Now I’m selling it and think i’ll get a better price if I recreate the dividers. I’ve never had a trailer without a rear center post to which I could attach the butt bars, which puzzles me. It’s a Kiefer 2+1 goose if that matters.
Around here (Midwest) trailers are selling pretty high.
Check trailerworld.com for prices in your area.
Even so, if yours is aluminum, replacing that divider could get pricy & you might not recoup.
IIWM,. I’d sell As Is.
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This. I would be far less likely to buy a trailer with a DIY replacement job vs one without a divider (if such a setup worked for me). Lots of people out there with only one horse. If you purchased an official replacement and had it installed by the dealer, that would be generally fine with buyers - but very expensive. I’ve replaced butt bars (which I’m assuming you’d need to as well) and those alone weren’t particularly cheap.
Another thing to consider if you don’t have it is a head divider - a lot of buyers with two horses are going to be looking for that as well. If you’re going to replace things, you might as well do all of it.
With no center post, the divider usually has a ‘leg’ on the bottom that goes to the floor on the back of the trailer. Butt bars connect to the wall and then the divider itself. Some trailers don’t have the leg, just the divider, but this does make for a lot of rattling parts, IMO.
Edited to add: see if you can find a dealer or a shop that is ‘licensed’ or whatever for your brand. Call and ask about replacement options - shipping a divider will be freight and not cheap, so if they’re shipping a new trailer they may be able to work something out to get you a deal.
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sale it as Toy Hauler? Around here those command the same money if not more than horse trailer
back in the days when I had my construction company we used some horse trailers that were refitted into hauling specialized equipment such as concrete saws as we could put everything needed into the trailer including water tanks. And we could buy a horse trailer cheaper than a trailer designed for the specific need.
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Sell it without a divider. It would make no difference to me as a buyer. My horses all load well and are okay with each other. So having a divider or not isn’t a big priority. Plus most of the time I only haul one horse.
If someone really needs a divider they can get one. Or make one. I debated on removing my divider when I bought my trailer but it wasn’t worth the effort to remove. If a horse ever lunges against the divider they can pin you (slant load). So it is probably safer without but my horses don’t lunge.
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