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| Ramp. Will never go back to purchasing a trailer without one. So so much easier on all horses regardless of their age with backing out or stepping in! |
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 Bulls Eye
Posts: 6443
Location: Oklahoma | I like a full width rear ramp behind full height rear doors. I had a ramp with dutch doors above it and never liked it. Current trailer doesn't have a ramp. Ramps are much easier with mares and foals, but you have to allow yourself room to put it down. Also, lifting it gets heavy. |
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Location: Here | Tatum2 - 2015-07-21 10:12 AM Ramp. Will never go back to purchasing a trailer without one. So so much easier on all horses regardless of their age with backing out or stepping in!
Even with it bouncing under a baby's feet when they step on it? |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | you should check out the Easy Lift Ramp that 4-Star does.... my 7 year old can lift it with no problem. |
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | TwistedK - 2015-07-21 9:13 AM I like a full width rear ramp behind full height rear doors. I had a ramp with dutch doors above it and never liked it. Current trailer doesn't have a ramp. Ramps are much easier with mares and foals, but you have to allow yourself room to put it down. Also, lifting it gets heavy.
That is the configuration I prefer! I will never have another horse trailer without one. I do however still teach my horses to load and unload in a step up just because.
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | I prefer no ramp. |
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Location: Here | total performance - 2015-07-21 10:21 AM I prefer no ramp.
Whew... Me too I have no trouble getting horses to step up But that Thunking noise and bounce of a ramp, mine don't like |
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | My new trailer doesn't have a ramp....and when I get my pennies saved back up, I will add one. I loved my ramp, yes, even with babies. I think it lessens a horse's anxiety about backing out once they get used to it. Plus there is no danger of a foot sliding underneath the trailer when they step out, or if you have to unload on concrete. I miss my ramp! |
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| Our current trailer is our first one with a ramp. I love it! Ours flips up behind full doors and is very light and easy. I like the extra protection if we were rear ended, the horses like it and I can finally reach the top saddle rack!
Only con is when I just want to grab something fast out of the rear tack, but it's not bad. |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | Ramps are the shiz! My trailer has a ramp under two dutch doors - which isn't my favorite, but I love the ramp. I'll never own another horse trailer without one. My horses will still load/unload onto a step-up because they semi-regularly ride in our stock trailer, so they stay nice and versatile. |
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Location: Kansas and loving it | TwistedK - 2015-07-21 10:13 AM
I like a full width rear ramp behind full height rear doors. I had a ramp with dutch doors above it and never liked it. Current trailer doesn't have a ramp. Ramps are much easier with mares and foals, but you have to allow yourself room to put it down. Also, lifting it gets heavy.
I think ramps are dependent upon your own likes. I love mine, but I am short and stubby so being able to walk in with my horse into the trailer is wonderful. P.S. Twisted K , I have that trailer with the top dutch doors and love it! |
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 The Color Specialist
Posts: 7530
Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | I prefer no ramp. |
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 Witty Enough
Posts: 2954
Location: CTX | I love our ramp. So much easier on the horses, most off all my old mare, to get in and out. I just step on it right before them, and there is no bouncing.
Also, I can reach the top saddle rack in my tackroom now... lol... I'm short...
We have the double doors, with a full size ramp that folds up behind it. No problem lifting it by myself.
I won't go without anymore. |
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Location: Cypress, Texas | no ramp, ive seen way to many accidents. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | RhinestoneCowgirl(: - 2015-07-21 11:14 AM
no ramp, ive seen way to many accidents.
How so? Just curious. I've never used a ramp before. My horses load/unload well from a step up but if they preferred the ramp I'd be down to get one. |
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Namesless in BHW
Posts: 10368
Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | SG. - 2015-07-21 10:22 AM total performance - 2015-07-21 10:21 AM I prefer no ramp. Whew... Me too I have no trouble getting horses to step up But that Thunking noise and bounce of a ramp, mine don't like
Mine now 2 yr old when she was a yearling a friend of ours was over and I was going to do some trailer loading lessons. His trailer has a ramp and she wanted no part of that scary thing. Load her in our 6 horse step up and she will load everytime. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Ramp. I had one for a long time, then had a step up for a long time. And that last trailer had blocked axles, so it was a BIG step. I went back to a ramp 2 years ago and will never be without it again. It's easier on all of them, but especially the oldies.
It actually saved my horse's life right after I got it. He couldn't pick up one of his front legs because of a severe shoulder abscess that had become a systemic infection (we thought at first he had pigeon fever but it was apparently from a bite or something), he had to crab walk sideways to move, and there was no way to get him into the step up. I had just bought this trailer with the ramp, and it was hard for him to load, even with it.
The only thing I would change is to put the rear tack door on the side so I wouldn't have to put the ramp down to get to it. I love it for the horses tho. And it has good springs on it, so it's easy to lift. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 629
| No ramp here |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I've had both... I prefer a step up |
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