Best trailer for small 4x4

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pattinghamponies

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Hi,
I'm getting my first tow car soon. One of the smaller 4x4s (Skoda Yeti), as the big gas guzzlers just don't make economic sense as a company car. I only want to tow one horse, but will probably get a double trailer - partly I don't like the look of singles, and partly for the option of taking another small horse occassionally, or just putting t'other half's bike in!

Maximum towing weight of car is 2000kg.

So far I've narrowed it down to Cheval Liberte (newish with aluminium floor) or Equitrek Trail Treka M. I like the Cheval because they seem to get great reviews, and I like the idea of the posh suspension. But they do travel rearwards in the Equitrek, which I know is better. :confused:

Any opinions on these two?
 
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Read your own post again. You think you can get away with a small car because you only want to tow one at a time, but you will possibly take a friends horse at the same time...

You will be towing at the limit of your cars ability and that is dangerous for everyone. You need to have the power to pull up a hill and the brakes to stop hard - if you need to. You need the weight of the vehicle to make the whole rig stable.

There are no short cust when it comes to towing, I see people towing trailers with unsuitable cars and it makes me cringe. Please reconsider and buy the correct vehicle to tow the trailer.
 
Sorry if I mis-led. I really DON'T intend to take two, but you never know when you might have to - i.e. in an emergency. I do agree that you shouldn't be taking risks. The real option of the extra space is to have room for the bike (a bit lighter than a second horse, honest!), and because I always think single trailers look as though they'll blow over in the wind.

I don't have the option of a larger car. As I said this is a company car, so the boss has his input too!

Maximum towing weight of car 2000kg.

Weight of trailer (either) 860kg. Weight of horse 510kg (she was 502kg on a weigh bridge recently). Tack & hay, let's say 30kg. Total 1400kg. Well within both MAM of trailer and maximum towing weight of car.
 
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Thanks, looking at the questions there, these would be my answers:-

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1 - What licence they hold - B or BE
B+E
2 - Unladen/empty weight of the towing vehicle
1455 (kerb weight), 2075 (total weight - to incl driver & kit)
3 - GVW of the towing vehicle
Like you, not sure what this means!
4 - GTW and/or towing capacity of the towing vehicle
2000kg
5 - Plated MAM of the trailer or if no plate then the load rating on the tyres
2000kg
6 - Unladen/empty weight of the trailer "
840kg (Cheval) 880kg (Equitrek)

Total weight of trailer & horse
1350kg or 1390kg
 
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