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Location: Kansas and loving it | Anyone with knowledge about the brand of these trailers? Good, ok for the money?
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Location: Buffalo, TX | We used to be Integrity dealers...they actually have one of the best frames in the business with 6" I-beams under the trailer with a near indestructible floor...my only complaints about them was the way the dividers latched up, and that they aren't a riveted trailer like Elite, Platinum, etc., they use 3M bonding tape to secure the aluminum sides to the trailer....I hate that tape, it can come loose, but is easily fixed....plus the good ones started being made in 2004 when they started welding the doors and windows, so all of the 2003 models have the Exiss type flimsy windows with piano hinges....all in all, they are a pretty good upper middle of the road trailer...much better than Travalong aluminum (the steel Travalongs are ok).... |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | Thanks! There is a 4 horse integrity for sale and was wondering why a low price. |
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Location: Buffalo, TX | rockette - 2015-03-30 10:39 AM Thanks! There is a 4 horse integrity for sale and was wondering why a low price.
What year is it? Did you check the brakes? I would make sure all the panels are tight on the sieds, the brakes & lights are 100% and the welds are not cracked anywhere, adn the divider hardware is intact....if the dividers are sagging, Integrity does have a nut you can tighten on the top of them to level them back up....make sure it's at least a 2004 or nwerer too. |
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Location: North Dakota | My parents bought a new Travalong stock trailer around 2005. It's been a great trailer so far. Of course, it's mostly used for cattle so it doesn't get hauled the miles like a rodeo rig would, but it's still held up well. |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | It is a 2002. I have not called to ask, just trying to educate myself before trailer shopping. I have to sell my little two horse first. Thanks for your help! |
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| I bought a 2005 Intergrity trailer last summer and love everything about it, except I didn't pay attention to how narrow it is. Not even 7 ft wide. But overall, it is a great trailer! I feel it is a better quality than most, but not quite a 4Star, Elite, Platinum. |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | I have a 2004 3 horse Integrity with a weekender package and love it. Very sturdy. I would love to find a 4 horse with a full living quarters but they are hard to comeby since they no longer make them. |
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Location: Kansas | I have a 1995 Travalong stock combo 3 horse and LOVE IT!!!!! It's steel and not fancy but the back door opens all the way up, I can take the front divider out and haul 4 horses instead of 3 in a pinch, and the tack/dressing room is big enough to haul far more crap than any normal person would think of. LOL. I think last year I had 8 travel panels, 4 or 5 bales of hay and at least a couple 5 gallon water jugs plus my normal saddles, bridles, pads and leg gear in there when we went to Lincoln for BRF. My younger brother bought it for me for Christmas a few years ago and I don't know that I will ever want to "upgrade" from it. I have never had a horse refuse to load in it, even ones that haven't been hauled much. It's really open feeling and they hop right in. Did I mention I LOVE this trailer? LOL. |
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Location: Buffalo, TX | rockette - 2015-03-30 11:13 AM It is a 2002. I have not called to ask, just trying to educate myself before trailer shopping. I have to sell my little two horse first. Thanks for your help!
OK...the year is why it's priced cheap....except for the nice frame and floor, it's made like an Exiss or Featherlite......it was the first year they were built and they didn't have the bugs worked out yet...you will hate the doors and windows, plus there are some sharp edges on those that they did away with in 2005....plus, like someone said, they are narrow...I forgot that they used 96" axles instead of 102"...so that makes them around 6'6" wide inside...I haven't seen the trailer, but it sounds like around $10,500 for a 3 horse and $11,500 for a 4 horse... |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | Cindy Hamilton - 2015-03-30 3:40 PM
rockette - 2015-03-30 11:13 AM It is a 2002. I have not called to ask, just trying to educate myself before trailer shopping. I have to sell my little two horse first. Thanks for your help!
OK...the year is why it's priced cheap....except for the nice frame and floor, it's made like an Exiss or Featherlite......it was the first year they were built and they didn't have the bugs worked out yet...you will hate the doors and windows, plus there are some sharp edges on those that they did away with in 2005....plus, like someone said, they are narrow...I forgot that they used 96" axles instead of 102"...so that makes them around 6'6" wide inside...I haven't seen the trailer, but it sounds like around $10,500 for a 3 horse and $11,500 for a 4 horse...
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Location: Kansas and loving it | I see quite a few 4 horse trailers for sale. I am wanting a two horse as I am only going to be hauling one most of the time. I will be taking two for a couple of years until I retire the older horse. A friend suggested buying the 4 horse and hauling other people with me. But I think that is a mistake, I rarely go further than 50 miles for a jackpot and don't want to have to haul people with me. A large trailer takes more petrol to haul than a two horse. Right? |
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