Spankin' New Trailer Models
Featherlite has a new two-horse bumper-pull for sale in 2006, and a new version of the Clinton Anderson Downunder Edition. For ropers on a budget, the two-horse is all aluminum, has an aero-dynamic v-nose with a walk-through door, drop-down feed doors and noise-reducing rubber-coated tie rings. It can be pulled with an SUV, so it's great as a second trailer or for short trips. With a removable divider, it also works to haul your equipment, motorcycle, or furniture.
Clinton Anderson personally picked out the features on Featherlite's new Model 9406, in which the dressing room now includes a carpeted boot box and full-length mirror. The Featherlite Deluxe 100X living quarters package includes a new tin ceiling, oak crown molding, rope lighting and solid oak cabinets.
Also new for 2006 on Featherlite's standard models are optional Mocha Tan side sheets, along with the red, silver and black sheets currently available. And an enclosed hay rack pod is now optional on all trailers to offer more protection for hay and other items stored on top of the trailer.
At Sooner Trailers, the main focus continues to be on the safety and comfort of the horse, said marketing manager Kyle Golden.
"That way it's easier on the person doing the driving, if they're not worried about the horses," he said. "One of the main features that sets us apart is our exclusive slam-latch on the side wall between dividers-it's recessed with no sharp edges, so a horse won't catch it on the way by."
Universal Trailer offers no-money-down, same-as-cash, and deferred interest financing programs on all Sooner and Exiss trailers, and last summer gave rebates to AQHA members. The lower-cost Exiss trailers have many of the same features as the custom-built Sooners, with more models available.
Sundowner claims it has the highest-quality trailer made, so it offers a three-year hitch-to-bumper warranty and eight-year limited structural (transferable) warranty. Bloomer calls itself the world's leading manufacturer of custom and state-of-the-art horse trailers, and claims to be the only manufacturer using the heaviest-gauge aluminum in trailer designs.
Finally, watch this fall for a totally different design in 4-Star trailers. The company is changing the doors on the custom-built 4-Stars, as well as their shape and skins, to come up with a whole new trailer. The 2006 models will be available to order this fall and will be ready to go in December.
