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| which do you guys prefer to have? and if its mangers how wide do you like your trailer?  |
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Location: Oregon | I love my mangers. But only if the trailer is 8ft wide. Just in case a horse has to turn around they still can. My parents used to have a 7 foot wide with mangers, and it was TIGHT!!! Nothing bigger than a pony or a mini could turn around in it, and it even just looked tight trying to get into the trailer. Never was able to get my mom's horse loaded in that one - I think she felt too claustrophobic in that trailer. She'll get into my 8 ft wide with mangers no problem. |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Personally...I would go with a midtack over mangers but I think mangers would be your best bet for re-sale. |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | When we ordered our trailer we were going to get a midtack for extra storage and mangers no matter what. The dealer told us it was cheaper to get a bigger LQ than a mid tack so that's what we did. I have an 8' trailer. |
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Location: OREGON | I definitely wouldn't own one with mangers unless it is 8ft wide. I owned a 7ft one and sold it within a month, hated it. A mid tack or full rear tack (side or reverse load) is a must. Those little side tacks or partial rear tacks are not enought room in my opinion. 
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Location: OREGON | CYA Ranch - 2014-01-09 12:22 PM When we ordered our trailer we were going to get a midtack for extra storage and mangers no matter what. The dealer told us it was cheaper to get a bigger LQ than a mid tack so that's what we did. I have an 8' trailer.
I was quoted an extra 5k for a mid tack on a new trailer. |
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Location: Mi | I have a 8' wide with mangers.....LOVE the mangers! However now I wish I had a mid tack too. I have an 8' Short Wall also. Seems the more room you have the more stuff you manage to take with you and never use. |
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 Triple Extra-Ordinaire
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Location: Okla | I have both. I love the midtack, because if it is muddy. I can go in that door and shed my muddy boots before walking into the LQ. I also have mangers on 2 of my three stalls. the third stall has a generator instead of a manger. (I bought the trailer used, it had been special ordered originally) |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | It's nearly impossible to find a LQ trailer with a mid tack and no mangers (my parents had one, so I know there's at least one out there somewhere). I don't really like mangers, but buying used, I didn't really have a choice. |
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The Advice Guru
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| Trails west has mid tacks, love mine. I also have the normal back tack I store my hay in. |
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Location: Central TX | Both!!! I couldnt do without my bloomer for rodeoing. I have no idea where i'd keep everything. Technically I don't have a mid tack but I have a large rear tack...Could not do with the little side tack again!! |
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 Star Padded Honey
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Location: NW MT | I love both .... but on the width of the trailer/stalls, it depends more on the slant of the trailer. Some are more straight, so you want the trailer wider - if they slant more, they have more room. Hope that made sense! |
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Location: East Texas | Love having a mid tack. Way more room and much more versatile. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | Both! I have an 8' with a mid-tack that is a utility like area. Door from outside and one to the LQ. No door to the horse area I wanted that wall for shelves. The other walls have large hooks and I have a closet in the corner. I wish I could do with out the mangers. They are great for hanging hay bags over and for a small pail of water. I have very little wasted hay. I wish for a full rear tack and a side ramp load.  |
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 Always Off Topic
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Location: ND | mid tack is a no brainer for this survey..... |
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 Future Lottery Winner
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Location: True North Strong and Free | I would not buy a trailer with out the mangers but personally I would like a mid tack as well lol. |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | I would do both!!
Ours had mangers which I loved but our rear tack was so small that I was always wishing we had a mid-tack.
Our next trailer will have both, I want a mid-tack to serve has a mudroom so we are not tracking crap through the LQ. |
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| We have mangers and a rear tack, and we are able to pack everything we need just fine(right down to extra blankets, feed, and a small vet kit). I'd like a mid-tack, but Im pretty sure we'd fill it with things we dont necessarily need with us. |
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 Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | I dont like mangers I like the horse to be able to get head down to clear airway.. i also have to have 8 wide.. |
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Location: Lost in Texas | Bibliafarm - 2014-01-09 4:58 PM I dont like mangers I like the horse to be able to get head down to clear airway.. i also have to have 8 wide..
We have mangers and a mid tack. Our slants are extra wide. Even the 16 hand 1300# horse could drop his head down with ease. We have cameras in the trailer showing him eating hay off the floor going down the road. |
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Location: Way up North | I want one with the full rear tack all the way accross the back  |
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Expert
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| I currently have one with mangers and a side tack. Love the trailer but hate the mangers! I will never buy another trlr with mangers. |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | I'm trying to find a weekender LQ with a mid tack and no mangers....seems impossible!! But I would want mid tack over mangers...but mostly because I need room for rope cans and buckets because we rodeo a lot. And I like horse to be able to put head down. |
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 Certified Snake Wrangler
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Location: North MS | Just sharing a funny/paranoid story. At a fairly big horse show for the area I was driving from my trailer to the stalls carrying hay or something in the back. Driving by a trailer I admit I was staring thinking how cool and well organized the midtack looked. The lady was sitting beside the area (keep in mind I was driving in a horse area about 10-15mph I guess). The lady got up, closed the doors and locked them. I looked in my rear view and laughed. All I can remember is seeing 6 saddle racks in the center and bits/bridles hanging on open double doors. That lady thought I was going to go steal something! As if! I was just appreciating a cool trailer. I've literally seen two midtack trailers from a distance. I literally looked at her trailer for 3-5 seconds. We were in a completely NO crime area. People leaving bronc halters out, expensive magnetic blankets hanging on stalls. I didn't hear of a single issue all weekend but there possibly could have been something.
On the other hand I have a 7.5' wide trailer with mangers and totally don't have them organized appropriately. I'm needing to find a better spot to put blankets, hang bridles and such other than the small rear tack. I do love having more space though. 8' living area but the hubby had one rule- no horse stuff in the LQ. I can live with that! |
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Location: South Dakota | dhdqhllc - 2014-01-09 3:23 PM mid tack is a no brainer for this survey.....
I agree. I'm surprised they aren't standard. |
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Extreme Veteran
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| I love hearing everyone's input! I'm trailer shopping and I dont know what I want |
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 Friendly horse swapper
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Location: Buffalo, TX | I sell trailers and I also don't like mangers for myself.....so all of my LQ trailers have had mangers because resale really sucks on an LQ trailer without them...even if it has a mid tack....
I know a lot of people here would like one, and can't find one, but the majority of LQ buyers won't buy one without the mangers. I love a mid tack....you can't go wrong adding that because you lose all of your storage with the LQ up front and sometimes a rear tack and mangers just isn't enough space for everything, especially when you haul 4 or more horses....
With Platinum, a 2' short wall mid tack adds the extra length, a bulkhead wall, outside door, and some extra reinforcement and will run around $2500....you can definitely get that back on resale....I would go for the mid tack for sure....
One detail here....if you are getting a 3 horse, instead of doing the mid tack, go with a 4 horse and do a full stud divider and use that front stall for storage...there is much better (and much faster) resale on a 4 horse with LQ than a 3 horse.....I can't keep used 4 horse LQ's in here and get requests for them every day.... |
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Location: Washington | I would prefer mangers, have them now and wouldn't go without them! Our trailer is 8ft wide, I think that is the only way to go. Any smaller and the horses get pretty cramped, especially the bigger/longer bodied horses. |
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 She thinks a tractors sexy...
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Location: Texas | I just bought a new trailer this year. It is a 4 horse with 10 ft LG 8 wide with mangers. I love my mangers. I did not even look at trailers with midtack. Not because a midtack would not be great to have, but the added length was the problem. I don't have a lot of turn around room at my place. I wanted the space in the LQ, so you do what you have to do. |
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Cat Collector
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| I miss my trailer that had mangers, I love them, they are easy. I hate trying to hang a bucket and hay bag for my horses everytime i go out. Plus i miss the storage underneath. |
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 Elite Veteran
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Location: Kansas (but Great Lakes member since 1978) | IF I had the money I'd have a full back tack with at least a 2' short wall a nice large pod and no mangers. I'm short and can't reach the rings over mangers to hang a hay bag. I also helped a lady get a mare down from being hung up on a manger once and it was a very scary wreck… she had both feet over the rim and couldn't get down without me climbing in with her and prying her feet up. She panicked and really banged herself up pretty good. It was a very nice trailer and she had never done it before but you never know. Also when I'm on the road I have been known to take the dividers out and use the trailer as a stall. Nice to be able to pull over to sleep of a while and not have my horse cooped up when on long hauls when it's nasty outside.
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midtack or mangers?