LOL. nobody needs to get over anything . I dont know if you were pointing at me are Debra but dont matter, We all have our own opinions.  But you did remind me of someone on here {not you} a while back that was being a baby and she told a member to Build a bridge and get over yourself, I thought that was so funny that an adult saying something like that..

My last 2 trailers (including my current one) have had ramps and i love them. That said i also use my horse trailer for household things such as moving addresses and moving the lawnmower. Its alot easier to get a dolly into a trailer with a ramp then without one. All my horses load and unload great on it including my yearling. I have heard of one accident with a ramp but ive also seen horses fall under a trailer without one. So really its personal preferance

A couple of years ago I purchased a newer trailer -- with a ramp.... the previous trailer I owned did not have one - it was a 3-horse slant.  It was fine. All my horses stepped up and down just fine, but I downsized to a two-horse straightload because after knee surgery, a straightload with ramp is WAY safer for ME. I can 'send' my horses in much easier and unloading is easier and safer for me, too.   I have also been using this trailer to go pick up mulch for my lawn -- the guys at the store love it since it's easier for them to walk up the ramp to stack up the mulch -- and, of course, it's way easier for me to unload -- just pull my little wagon up there, pitch in some mulch and roll away down that ramp....  

I would buy one w/a ramp, but would NEVER have a ramp added.  I had mine added to it when I bought it as it didn't have one.  I absolutely HATE it.  It hooks closed different w/rubber/plastic AND gunk/sawdust/manure/etc. gets down in the litte like groove in it where it was added on, I absolutely HATE it.  You have to push/clean that all out before shutting it........If I knew I could sell it, I would have it removed in a heart beat!

My trainer told me about a friend of his that had sold his horse, big money too, 20k+ price range (that's big money to me anyway) he had the horse sold to the guy and went to get the horse out of the trailer, at the vet's,  it was a step down, he turned the horse around to walk out, horse stepped down off the trailer and bowed his tendon right there in the parking lot. Guess that's the place to do it if you're going to, at the vet's... but still... freak accidents can and will happen.. ramp or no ramp. I've heard of horses slipping off the ramp or unloading too quickly and falling off the side as well. So .... I just know I much prefer a ramp and as long as I can help it, I'll always have one on a slant load.  

That's another thing I love about our ramp---with my prosthesis it's much easier for me to get in and out and to the saddles.   (The horses know to wait for me cause it takes Momma longer to get up that ramp than Daddy!!!)

Ramps are so handy to have, helped a few friends move and boy that ramp was great, the dolly just rolled right on up the ramp.. LOL