O/T CLTX - horse trailer pics

CLTX - you asked for pics of my trailer so here they are. Its an Elite "Mustang" model, 3 horse slant with dressing room (short wall is about 3 ft) and rear tack. I have the dressing room set up for camping with a full size mattress in the nose. I purchased the horse head decal off Ebay and put it on the loading door.

Tack divider and saddle rack can be completely removed. Trailer is about 25 ft, weighs 5700 lbs. It is very well built. I looked at several different brands and the Elite was the best built. Its also the easiest trailer to pull.

The last pic is my homemade "anti-theft" device. Its a 1 1/2 in pipe "T" with a 10 inch nipple. I pull the coupler off and lock it in the shop. Then run the heavy chain through the hitch supports and then through the "T" and lock it. A thief would need some heavy bolt cutters to get it off and would need another coupler.



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Where do you put the hay? I guess my mind always goes to the hay. It looks like you have a lot of flexibility with that tack room to make it into whatever fits your needs.

Very nice! Greg

don't know about nancy, but hay usually gets stuck foward of the hitch, and after hooking the trailer there is room for a couple of bales between the hitch and the tailgate of the truck, as long as the trailer can swing free in a turn , 3 bales will last 3 horses 3 to 4 days, depending on quality of hay, the best hay we;ve found for traveling is the small cubed rebaled hay, the stuff is packed really tight and is good quality and easily fits in the truck with the trailer on

Sure is a nice rig,Nancy. See the old age is slipping up on one of you.Noticed step beside the door.
gitrib

Its actually quite a big step from the dressing room to the ground. Step stool makes it a lot easier.

If I'm going to be gone for a few days, square bales go in the back of the truck bed and the water barrel in the front of the bed. There's lots of clearance between the trailer and a square bale in the bed of the truck.

Thanks for the pictures. That's a very nice horse trailer. A thief will have to work to get that chain off. You are good to go for almost any occasion. C.L.

Thanks. I really enjoy this rig. The crank for the landing foot is so easy I can turn it with one hand. Its easy to hook up and drop off and it pulls easier than any trailer I've ever pulled, including my 2 horse bumper pull.

P.S. It looks pretty sharp hooked up to my Ford. Prolly should get some dark red graphics to match the trailer with my truck.

The day the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo opened, I saw a large gooseneck loaded with close to a dozen horses southbound on I-45 toward Houston. It was being pulled by a Chevy. I didn't see the model, but it was probably overloaded by the way it was handling. You will find that the gooseneck/fifth wheel will almost always pull easier than a bumper hitch similarly loaded. I pull a 33' fifth wheel RV and I was pleasantly surprised at how easily it handled, even in a strong cross wind. C.L.

That the way Nancy never admit anything.
gitrib

Great looking trailer Nancy, I see you can even cook for James, enjoy it!
Ron