classicpotatochip - 2014-05-31 5:25 PM Not in a million years. We live on the road in my 5th wheel. The horses come too, and I make trips cross country to get them when I relocate. There's no way I would risk my horses in a camper. Any camper. I can barely bring myself to leave my desktop computer in my camper when we haul it, just knowing the ickle pieces it will be in if the trailer rolls. I have a 60,000 dollar jobby that is pretty much a mansion. My hubby has a smaller toy hauler to take his Harley in. It's pretty solid, but no, just no, not my horses!! It's a lot of work to have horses on the road when you have a separate hauling rig, but 5th wheels shatter when they get hit. They're harder to maneuver, harder to stop, easier to blow over, plus they have entirely too much motion when in transit. I've been tempted by the motorhome/bumperpull trailer idea.

goldcard - 2014-05-31 8:26 PM In answer to you question about how I have my trailer set up: I decided to design my dream trailer. I ordered a Platinum (They are a WPRA major sponsor so that was the final reason for going with them.... that and the fact they are very well made). In order to fulfill our retirement dream of driving the Alaskan Highway our trailer can haul a canoe and a 4 wheeler.... it only took a few minor changes to accomplish this and still be a top of the line horse trailer to finish out our rodeo days. It is a 4 horse reverse load - in order to have a double door option without having to have a "mid-tack". The 4 wheeler can load in the side because of the removable center post. The extra large back tack has a back door that is 45" wide in the middle... inside between the tack room and the horse area is another door - not as wide because it wasn't needed for our canoe - that is centered. Our canoe is a canoe/kayak hybrid and is long enough that it needed to also be from the horse compartment front to just inside the tack area. I did not have mangers as I never want my horses to not be able to put their heads down whenever they want as I don't tie them in and haul for long distances at a time. This extra room in the 8 foot wide trailer allows the bigger John Deere Buck to fit in. Sometimes when I haul a long distance I remove the partitions and let my barrel horse use the whole horse area as a stall. I've done that a lot and on the winter runs its way easier than having to load and unload on ice and such.... I can just pull in and rest if needed and my horse has a stall. I have a door from the horse area into the bathroom in the LQ area. If you'd like to see it go to my Facebook page and take a look. It's not done as I just went up to Duba's yesterday to pick out the interior goodies and lay out the floor plan... but you can get an idea of the door set up and the integrated pod on top that will also include a generator on the back. I had the extra large tack area because I carry everything in my trailer and don't unload any of my tack.... if I did that I'd always forget stuff. Margo Ransom P.S. Duba's Trailer Sales in Chambers, NE were awesome in helping me get the trailer all designed and making sure it was right. They are doing the LQ interior and I have to admit it will be fantastic and they let me go wild with my choices.... lots of choices. All in all it's not cheap but much more reasonable than I even thought it would be. Yes, ordering a custom trailer takes time but in the end you get exactly what you want and you'll never regret spending the money wisely the first time and not having to regret that you did. Getting something that you are settling for just ends up costing you more money in the end.... I speak from experience. No matter what brand you get or who you have do your living quarters.... don't skimp on quality. By the way, I have have been hauling a 1996 Sundowner that is still in great shape and still going down the road with no repairs except a new tank underneath when I hit a cone in road construction during a storm and replacing the pull out step when I hit a hidden rock in tall grass at a rodeo trying to park. I also have a very friendly banker.