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Featherlite
2H Straight Load with Walk-Thru Dressing
Room –
Very Clean, Well-Maintained and Affordable!
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As we mentioned in the teaser, this Featherlite 2H straight load with
walk-through dressing room just came in for us to show for the original owners.
We’re doing something a bit different with this listing. We didn’t show the
model year in the title. If someone were to tell you this trailer is a 2015,
it’s in such nice condition you would not be faulted for believing it. But we’re
not going to tell you it’s a 2015, because it’s a 1999. If you recall in the
introduction, we said this trailer is co-owned by someone who serviced horse
trailers for many years and it’s been washed and waxed at least once a year.
Contributing to the “looks newer than it is” appearance are the recent tires and
galvanized rims that look essentially as new. It pays to take care of your
stuff! This trailer is a great example. Personally, we’re fans of Featherlites
of the 1990s and early 2000s. We think they’re more solidly built than their
recent products.
We originally prepared this listing off-site while waiting for ice and snow to
melt and the initial dimensions were estimates. We've since returned to the
office and gotten out the measuring tape. We had to make some revisions, but
overall, our initial estimates on dimensions were pretty close.
We initially thought the horse area was 11' and the dressing room about 4.5'. We
had the overall length right, but it's actually 10' for the horse area and 5.5'
for the dressing room. That DR length includes the V-nose, which splits the air,
but it's broad enough to provide useful floor space as well. The DR has more
storage space than its 5.5' length would suggest, because it has a pair of
saddle compartments recessed into the back wall. We'll talk about those shortly.
Thanks to the generous dimensions and abundant natural light, your horses should
find the horse area quite inviting. There’s a large window beside each stall, a
window in each curtain door above the ramp and a good-sized drop-down feed door
with window near each horse’s head. There’s also a 2-way vent above each stall
for additional air flow. A lot of trailers with a walk-through DR have
partitions near the horses’ heads to create an aisle. This trailer had the
partitions originally, but the owners removed them almost immediately, giving
the front area a more open feeling and making it more convenient for working
with the horses. It’s a nice space; we agree with their decision. The walls,
stall divider and stall fronts are padded and the butt bars are padded as well.
The windows and pads are there for the comfort and safety of your horses. A
feature that’s there for the horse handlers, or more specifically, the health of
their backs, is the very effective spring assist on the ramp. This trailer earns
the much-coveted “lift it with one hand” rating from Susie, our resident
lift-effort judge. (See one-handed-lift picture below. After it’s up about 2
feet, we still recommend using both hands to be on the safe side, but it’s one
of the easiest ramps we’ve lifted in a while.)
A nice thing about the configuration of this Featherlite is that the saddle
racks aren’t taking up valuable floor space in the dressing room. As we touched
on earlier, they’re in compartments recessed into the back wall, keeping all of
the floor space open in the full height section. By our tape, those saddle
compartments are 32" deep. The owners removed the original glued-down carpet and
replaced it with an easily removable rug to facilitate cleaning. That oval
braided rug gives the roomy DR a nice homey feel. We almost expected to find an
overstuffed chair and a fireplace, but there’s a spare tire instead. Seems a
good tradeoff. But while there is no fireplace, there are bridle hooks, a
blanket bar, a clothing rod and some owner-added accessories.
With the main features covered, we’ll wrap by reiterating that it has an
aluminum frame, aluminum skin and an extruded-aluminum-plank floor. It has
recently-mounted radial tires (October 2019) on owner-added galvanized rims and
rides on independent torsion suspension. The running gear (bearings and brakes)
was serviced in late 2019 and the trailer has seen few miles since then.
With warm weather just around the corner (to use what must be a mixed metaphor),
shopper inquiries are already picking up. Used trailers are always in demand and
very clean trailers in particular find homes quickly. Beat the crowd, stop by
and check out this very nice Featherlite! Private Sale on display at
Traveled Lane. Asking $7900.
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