It may not be possible to have Ainsworth Trailer Repair of Denver to check out a used horse trailer before you purchase it, but afterwards you should certainly have us go over it for you. If your “new” horse trailer needs a roof repair, or a deck repair, you’re going to want to know that before you depend upon it to carry your precious cargo.
Trailer roof leaks can be difficult to detect or to trace, but we are experts at it. More than most enclosed trailers, horse trailers tend to be used seasonally. This can mean long winter storage periods in harsh conditions if the trailer was parked outdoors. A new deck in a weathered horse trailer may point to a leaky roof, and should raise some questions that Ainsworth Trailer Repair of Denver can answer for you.
When It Comes To Horses, Deck Integrity Is Everything
A horse trailer in need of roof repair can lead to rot in the wooden deck. If the trailer looks, or is old, and the deck looks new, you should have questions about the circumstances. Whatever you are told, you should still have us inspect the deck of your used horse trailer to ensure that the deck is still at a standard worthy of your horses. Unlike machinery or tools carried on wooden decked trailers, horses both weigh a lot and they put down that weight at four small focal points on the deck with each step. A high quality horse trailer deck should have wooden planking that isn’t significantly gapped in any dimension, has no buckled planking, and the wood should be in no way free floated. Wooden boards flex, and they flex the most in the middle of their spans. The wood deck should be adequately supported by cross members beneath the deck to limit the deflection of the boards under load.
There have been many sad tales of horses having to be euthanized after getting their hooves caught between sprung planks in horse trailers that were either improperly free floated, or in most cases, improperly repaired following water damage from a trailer roof in need of repair.
Don’t leave your horse’s health, and maybe its life, to chance. Have your used horse trailer inspected and repaired to OEM quality standards, or to even better than new standards, at our conveniently located Denver shop. We offer free quotes on any sized job.
