We recently bought an incredibly expensive 28' Jamco all-aluminum gooseneck horse trailer. The missus was all for hauling the race car in it as well as the horses, but now she's having second thoughts. She's concerned about weight and securing the car inside.
Given my heaviest car is 2500 lbs and dropping, and that this is a 3 horse trailer, weight should be no issue.our horse is about 1,400 pounds himself.
As for securing thing, I would get some tie downs welded in.
What say you grm hivemind?
Only if the race car is a Mustang...
Well I don't know but I don't see why not. If one horse is 1400 lbs and the trailer can hold three horses you should have no problem hauling a 2500 lb car. Like you said just weld some tie downs in there. Should work.
I know a guy who built a hillclimb car specifically to fit in his horse trailer. (subaru powered open wheeler).
Works well for him...
Go for it. I would have zero concern. Other than crawling around in horse E36 M3 to get to the tie downs. I'd have some concern about that part.
Are you wanting to haul horse 1 trip car the next or haul a horse at the same time as a car.
For the first one I'd just add some tiedowns that don't interfere with the horse stuff. If its horse and car at the same time I would reconsider. Any mishaps during loading or securing the car and bad day for mr ed.
Definitely separate. We will also.be hauling other horses to and from shows.
The issue will be width. I've had several horse trailers and they tend to be narrower inside than a car hauler which makes for interesting things like, should you actually have a car narrow enough to fit, how do you get in & out. Plus there's the difficulty of going exactly straight both in & out.
I'd respond that now you have an awesome car trailer, why in the world would you want to let a nasty ass horse crap all over it?
but then again I hate horses
I would really be concerned about the width. I know my horse trailer isnt wide enough for a car but its only a 2horse slant load in the rear section. We keep the trailer pretty clean and I wouldnt want to lay down on the floor and secure a car anyway. Does the trailer have a ramp or is it a step in model?
Even if it was big enough there is no way my wife would let me put a car in her horse trailer anyway.
Spitfires are pretty narrow, I bet one would fit (body fits inside the bigger U-Haul dual axle enclosed trailer)
Width and loading. I have a buddy that uses one for a bugeye, but it's a bugeye-- it will fit in a pickup bed.
I recall he had some trouble arranging a way to get it loaded (horse trailers ride higher?) but don't know what he did. Other than that, he has living quarters in it, too, so once he gets to the track he is living large.
It's 7' wide. Two horse straight load, then a box stall, then a changing room.
Two ramps. One for the box stall and the main ramp for back.
Has rubber mats that cover the floor when the horses are in it and there are few things cleaner than her horse stuff. Anal would describe it.
I see no reason why it isn't doable. My only concern would be who shovels the poop out.
peter wrote: Only if the race car is a Mustang...
Why not a Pinto? Or a Maverick?
EvanR wrote:peter wrote: Only if the race car is a Mustang...Why not a Pinto? Or a Maverick?
Bronco? Colt?
Be very carefull that the horses can't injure themselves on the tiedowns. I'm actually planning on doing the exact same thing. and haven't figured out the best way to do the tie downs (I'm guesing recessed D-rings are the only thing that will work). Double check that the axels can handle the weight. I'm constatly amazed at how crappy trailers are specced.
In my case, the car should weight less than my horse so it's all good there. Do you have a link to the trailer you bought? I'd liek to check out some pictures and specs on it...
It's a Jamco Competitor II http://www.jamcotrailers.com/trailers/model.php?series=Classic&model=Competitor#
EvanR wrote:peter wrote: Only if the race car is a Mustang...Why not a Pinto? Or a Maverick?
Because a maverick is a cow.......
DaveEstey wrote: It's a Jamco Competitor II http://www.jamcotrailers.com/trailers/model.php?series=Classic&model=Competitor#
Thanks! I'll show it to the wife when I get home. Let us know what you decide on, your ramp solution, and pictures of it in car-carrying action.
egoman wrote: Because a maverick is a cow.......
Who are you calling a cow, tenderfoot?
slantvaliant wrote:
One of these things is not like the other...
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