maryann
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Jim and I have always pulled our camper and carried the minis on the truck in a mini hauler to the
shows. We found ourselves needing to carry more than four horses , but we did not want to give up
the convience of being able to stay on the show grounds with the horses.
We looked at horse trailers with live in quarters but the price was way out of our range. A couple members of our club had started using a Work and Play by Forrest River to transport their minis. We went to the
RV Super Store of Mocksville, NC and talked to them about their Work and Plays. They worked with us on
checking on strength issues and safety issues for the minis. My husband was going to modify it for the minis so he hit them with a barrage of questions about construction, and assembly etc. They were so wonderful to
find out the answers we needed. They ordered our Work and Play to our specifications. We wanted most of the space in the back for the horses with comfortable quarters in the front for us ,with a bed , dinette and full bathroom and of course fridge and microwave.. These trailers come in all sorts of sizes and configerations.
We took it to the Spring Fling this past week and spent 6 nights in it. It was wonderful. I highly recomend this trailer . Jim did the stall dividers which we can easily remove them . He also added the overhead cabinets and the drop down windows. He made a cart that sits right behind the horses that we roll on and off with show supplies. It is secured to the wall . We still have plenty of room to walk the whole asile behind the horses . I like it because I can easily get to each horse quickly.
The back part of the trailer is 17 foot long for the horses. We can carry 8 horses very comfortably. For this show we carried 5 show carts and 4 horses to the show , all in the back . Each time I would check on them they were just as calm as they could be. Its tall enought for the carts to stand up. After we unloaded the horses and carts we pulled the slant load dividers toward the front and cleaned out the trailer. We put a table in the back and had a wonderful "Party room" where we could make snacks and "Party" and converse with out friends. My grandaughter sleeps in the back on a full size bed that
raises to the ceiling and lowers . We packed harnesses and such on it going to the show and put an air mattress on it for her to sleep in at the show. The back is air conditioned and heated and has a generator that we can use on the road if we need to run air in the back for the horses.We also have two ceiling vents and 4 side vents. With all these conviences it is still approximately 25 thousand dollars cheaper than a horse trailer this size with live in quarters. I want to thank all the guys and gals at the RV Super Store of Mockville for helping us put our dream trailer together. It is much more convienent than I ever expected.
Below are some pictures of our new mini/people trailer. LOL
shows. We found ourselves needing to carry more than four horses , but we did not want to give up
the convience of being able to stay on the show grounds with the horses.
We looked at horse trailers with live in quarters but the price was way out of our range. A couple members of our club had started using a Work and Play by Forrest River to transport their minis. We went to the
RV Super Store of Mocksville, NC and talked to them about their Work and Plays. They worked with us on
checking on strength issues and safety issues for the minis. My husband was going to modify it for the minis so he hit them with a barrage of questions about construction, and assembly etc. They were so wonderful to
find out the answers we needed. They ordered our Work and Play to our specifications. We wanted most of the space in the back for the horses with comfortable quarters in the front for us ,with a bed , dinette and full bathroom and of course fridge and microwave.. These trailers come in all sorts of sizes and configerations.
We took it to the Spring Fling this past week and spent 6 nights in it. It was wonderful. I highly recomend this trailer . Jim did the stall dividers which we can easily remove them . He also added the overhead cabinets and the drop down windows. He made a cart that sits right behind the horses that we roll on and off with show supplies. It is secured to the wall . We still have plenty of room to walk the whole asile behind the horses . I like it because I can easily get to each horse quickly.
The back part of the trailer is 17 foot long for the horses. We can carry 8 horses very comfortably. For this show we carried 5 show carts and 4 horses to the show , all in the back . Each time I would check on them they were just as calm as they could be. Its tall enought for the carts to stand up. After we unloaded the horses and carts we pulled the slant load dividers toward the front and cleaned out the trailer. We put a table in the back and had a wonderful "Party room" where we could make snacks and "Party" and converse with out friends. My grandaughter sleeps in the back on a full size bed that
raises to the ceiling and lowers . We packed harnesses and such on it going to the show and put an air mattress on it for her to sleep in at the show. The back is air conditioned and heated and has a generator that we can use on the road if we need to run air in the back for the horses.We also have two ceiling vents and 4 side vents. With all these conviences it is still approximately 25 thousand dollars cheaper than a horse trailer this size with live in quarters. I want to thank all the guys and gals at the RV Super Store of Mockville for helping us put our dream trailer together. It is much more convienent than I ever expected.
Below are some pictures of our new mini/people trailer. LOL
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