Posted 2016-12-10 11:07 PM (#168961) Subject: 2H BP help - New vs Used, Slant vs Straight, Hawk vs other
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I'm out to buy a trailer. I originally thought I wanted a 2H straight load but I have been borrowing a Royal T slant and the loading/unloading is so easy I'm considering a slant load. I'm in California. I have 1 horse just under 16H and a pony. I really only want to buy one trailer and be done, I don't have the budget for a new 4 Star or similar. The straight vs slant is getting to me (and I'm familiar with the pros/cons). Anyone familiar with the 2H slants from Hawk? Or any other helpful advice?
Posted 2016-12-12 4:09 PM (#168963 - in reply to #168961) Subject: RE: 2H BP help - New vs Used, Slant vs Straight, Hawk vs other
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Posts: 534 Location: Zionsville, Indiana
You will find that most manufacturers of slant bumper pulls or goosenecks will have stalls that are 39" wall length and will be 7' inside height. Many are custom built otherwise but that is the starting point. The standard for Hawk is 44" wall length and 7'4" inside height, a little roomier. Again, they will increase those measurements in a custom order. We are in an area where the predominant equine use is dressage, eventing, hunter/jumper. There are often large and extra large horses to be hauled, and the standard slants are very tight for them. We sell many more straight load bumper tpulls than slants, and more than half of those are warmblood sized (80" wide x 7'8" tall with 11' stall length) . Your pony won't care, but your horse might. Incidentally, the wall length in a slant stall is more than the perpendicular width betweeen dividers, and most slant stall lengths are measured from the front right corner to the left rear corner.
Posted 2016-12-15 9:57 AM (#168980 - in reply to #168961) Subject: RE: 2H BP help - New vs Used, Slant vs Straight, Hawk vs other
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Posts: 1989 Location: South Central OK
If you really are an over thinker then you know that the only constant will be your trailer. Horses happily come and sadly go over time, so get the most adjustable/convertable type of trailer you can aford so that you'll be ready for whatever is around the next turn. I find the straight load trailers to be suited to more things (sizes/types of horses) over time...I'm talking about nearly 30 years of use. I've still got mine and yes it's steel construction.
You can also unload each horse in the event of an accident (inside or outside the trailer) or pulling out one horse at a time for the vet appointments in a straight load style trailer.
2H BP help - New vs Used, Slant vs Straight, Hawk vs other
