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Location: texas | So about 2 or 3 years ago I was begging my parents to get me a trailer so we could go were ever we wanted without having to pay money to be hauled somewhere. and of course they said no we don't need a trailer. I let it go until my mom started agreeing with me and thought we needed a trailer as well. one day I was being picked up from the barn and they had this tinyyy little trailer and of course I was excited but the thing was TINYYY! and the steel wall had a huge crack in it on two places. my parents told me the inside of the trailer caught on fire while they were looking at the trailer....AND YET THEY STILL BOUGHT THE DARN THING...it is a single axle 2 horse, straight load, no tack room no padding and it had NO lights on it. my parents not being horses people payed 2000 for the piece of crap. so my horse doesn't fit in it....we have to squeeze him in their and he is terrified to get in it bc of how tiny it is. I feel soo bad and now im trying to convince my parents to get another trailer and sell the other one. My dad fixed it up really well!! he put a lot of lights on it he reinforced the wall in like 4 spots and hand made a wooden saddle rack(that hardly fits in the little cubby) I found like 50 trailers that are CHEAPER than the one they bought and WAYYYYYY better but they said no bc the trailer we have now is fine...but they don't know that its not fine bc my horse cant fit in there. with him in the trailer and the door shut and locked the door bulges out a lot bc he cant scoot up anymore. and I even told them these trailers are cheaper and we could just resell our trailer for $2000 since it was fixed up.now its a decent trailer but my horse is just too big. they said no no no no. any ideas to persuade them to get a new trailer??? sorry for the long story lol |
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| Take the divider out and it will give him more room. I hauled mine around in our hog trailer with no top until I was able to buy my own. I would have loved to have a HORSE trailer. |
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Location: texas | streakysox - 2015-03-14 9:33 PM
Take the divider out and it will give him more room. I hauled mine around in our hog trailer with no top until I was able to buy my own. I would have loved to have a HORSE trailer.
the divider cant be taken out:(:(:(:(:( |
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| If it is truly to small for your horse thats not good, but be thankful for what you have and remember its not what rig you drive up in but what comes out of it. |
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Location: texas | Itsme - 2015-03-14 10:16 PM
If it is truly to small for your horse thats not good, but be thankful for what you have and remember its not what rig you drive up in but what comes out of it.
yes ikk. im VERYYYYYYY thanlful that they eve got me a trailer. I tried not to seem selfish and snooty when posting this. but the trailer is truly top small for my stout gelding. honestly I don't even want a huge rig hahaha |
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Location: Oklahoma | I would see if there is anyway at all you could have someone professionally take it out. I'm sure it can be done, but will cost money. |
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Location: home for the winter...what a dumb idea | My parents would never have bought me a trailer. I had to save my penny's for years to buy one . I had to buy my own truck to pull it too. Save your money buy your own. I mowed yards,sold tackRode horses babysat 3 boys 4 days a week. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Mmmm, now you should not be saying this about your parents, you have your horse and a place to keep it and I'm sure your parents pay for all the boarding fee's. And in another post you said that your parents didnt have the money to buy you another horse, so be thanking your parents for what you have now, if they dont have the money then find a job and start saving up for what you want. |
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Location: texas | Southtxponygirl - 2015-03-14 10:34 PM
Mmmm, now you should not be saying this about your parents, you have your horse and a place to keep it and I'm sure your parents pay for all the boarding fee's. And in another post you said that your parents didnt have the money to buy you another horse, so be thanking your parents for what you have now, if they dont have the money then find a job and start saving up for what you want.
I do! I literally thank them every day!!:) but I found trailers that are cheaper than the one we have now so we would actually be MAKING money if we sold ours and bought a different one. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Ashlen1515 - 2015-03-14 10:41 PM
Southtxponygirl - 2015-03-14 10:34 PM
Mmmm, now you should not be saying this about your parents, you have your horse and a place to keep it and I'm sure your parents pay for all the boarding fee's. And in another post you said that your parents didnt have the money to buy you another horse, so be thanking your parents for what you have now, if they dont have the money then find a job and start saving up for what you want.
I do! I literally thank them every day!!: ) but I found trailers that are cheaper than the one we have now so we would actually be MAKING money if we sold ours and bought a different one.
LOL, Well I hope that you can get a different trailer that your horse can ride in later on. You seem like a good kid so maybe offer to get a job and pay for half and the parents pay the other half. Are stay put for awhile no barrel races and sell your trailer and you will work to make up the difference in the price of a newer trailer if more money is needed.  |
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| Rodeo_cowgirl - 2015-03-14 10:29 PM
My parents would never have bought me a trailer. I had to save my penny's for years to buy one . I had to buy my own truck to pull it too. Save your money buy your own. I mowed yards,sold tackRode horses babysat 3 boys 4 days a week.
I had to save for mine too. My first trailer was an old canvas topped single axle one horse. I thought I was really up town. You really appreciate things more when you worked and paid for it yourself. |
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Location: texas | Southtxponygirl - 2015-03-14 10:50 PM
Ashlen1515 - 2015-03-14 10:41 PM
Southtxponygirl - 2015-03-14 10:34 PM
Mmmm, now you should not be saying this about your parents, you have your horse and a place to keep it and I'm sure your parents pay for all the boarding fee's. And in another post you said that your parents didnt have the money to buy you another horse, so be thanking your parents for what you have now, if they dont have the money then find a job and start saving up for what you want.
I do! I literally thank them every day!!: ) but I found trailers that are cheaper than the one we have now so we would actually be MAKING money if we sold ours and bought a different one.
LOL, Well I hope that you can get a different trailer that your horse can ride in later on. You seem like a good kid so maybe offer to get a job and pay for half and the parents pay the other half. Are stay put for awhile no barrel races and sell your trailer and you will work to make up the difference in the price of a newer trailer if more money is needed.
I offered to pay half. they still said no. but this trailer will do for right now. the vet said hes suppost to get a little bit bigger lol. hes 7 and still growing a little bit..weird. and yea I work around the barn a lot to pay off some of my boarding and what not. im getting a job in a month. I already pay for my tack, part of his feed (ricebran and salt.   |
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Location: Arkansas | I think her point is for her horse's comfort and safety, not what the trailer looks like. We were uneducated when we purchased our first trailer, and so it wasn't long before we sold that one and got our current one. (Size of our horses vs size of the trailer was one of our problems also. We have 2 big boys that are 16.3 and prob 1300 lbs each, so size matters!!) |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I knew a little girl that was horse crazy and she had a horse, parents could not buy a trailer to haul her to our small rodeo that we had every weekend, but she begged and begged her daddy to buy one so she could go run barrels, I remember when I first met her they drove up in a old truck with a horse on a flat bed trailer that her daddy built for her so she could come and run barrels. The trailer had wooden rails on it, but good lord that horse could have come off any time, but every saturday they come to the rodeo and she was proud as punch to be there with us, they used this trailer for maybe a year are two then daddy saved up enought money to buy a real trailer not a fancy trailer but a safe trailer..
Every once in a while I would go pick up her horse and the little girl so that she could eat out with us after the rodeo and not worry about her horse sitting on the little flat bed trailer. Awww the good old days, this little girl is all grown up now, boy I miss her and miss the days when we were all simple. |
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Location: Arkansas | You sound like a good girl and I'm glad you have been able to pursue horses even in a non-horse family. Kudos to your parents for helping you with your horse dreams. I have a feeling things will work out---with the trailer and with Mojo's "issues" when he's stalled! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Ashlen1515 - 2015-03-14 10:57 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-03-14 10:50 PM Ashlen1515 - 2015-03-14 10:41 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-03-14 10:34 PM Mmmm, now you should not be saying this about your parents, you have your horse and a place to keep it and I'm sure your parents pay for all the boarding fee's. And in another post you said that your parents didnt have the money to buy you another horse, so be thanking your parents for what you have now, if they dont have the money then find a job and start saving up for what you want. I do! I literally thank them every day!!: ) but I found trailers that are cheaper than the one we have now so we would actually be MAKING money if we sold ours and bought a different one. LOL, Well I hope that you can get a different trailer that your horse can ride in later on. You seem like a good kid so maybe offer to get a job and pay for half and the parents pay the other half. Are stay put for awhile no barrel races and sell your trailer and you will work to make up the difference in the price of a newer trailer if more money is needed. I offered to pay half. they still said no. but this trailer will do for right now. the vet said hes suppost to get a little bit bigger lol. hes 7 and still growing a little bit..weird. and yea I work around the barn a lot to pay off some of my boarding and what not. im getting a job in a month. I already pay for my tack, part of his feed (ricebran and salt.
I like hearing that you do help pay for tack and feed, thats a good start And I bet you will get a nicer trailer sooner then you think so hang in there  |
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Location: Florida.. | Your parents are trying and everyone on here is applauding you for complaining... you are 15.. you have a horse and a trailer and a trainer... I think they are doing a good job to try to make you happy.
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| If the middle divider doesn't slide out they cut out pretty easy. That should give you enough room so he isn't smashed against the door. . A lot of times parents do the very best they can. Save every penny you have for an upgrade . How did it catch fire? I was soooo lucky my mom and dad got me a trailer. It was a XL 2 horse straight load with yes the cubby tack room.. Granted it was bigger than your trailer but I feel your pain. With a little strategic training horses learn to like them /tolerate them fine |
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Location: Where I am happiest | If it's a steel trailer any welder can remove that divider. That will allow your horse to stand at an angle so it will give him plenty of room. It wont cost very much for getting that divider removed. It is less then an hours work with a cutting torch. |
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