Dispute over private trailer sale

[SantaVera]

I must say if I was buying a second hand trailer and the seller said it had had a new floor recently I would believe them and think it ok,that said I also would hope that they would offer the receipt for me to see.

 

[AmyMay]

I must say if I was buying a second hand trailer and the seller said it had had a new floor recently I would believe them and think it ok,that said I also would hope that they would offer the receipt for me to see.

There’s no ‘hope’ about it when work is claimed to have been done. No receipt - work not done

 

[Melody Grey]

There’s no ‘hope’ about it when work is claimed to have been done. No receipt - work not done

And to what standard?! There’s a world of difference between a professional job with warranty and an amateur job that could be absolutely anything.

 

[AmyMay]

And to what standard?! There’s a world of difference between a professional job with warranty and an amateur job that could be absolutely anything.

I absolutely agree.

 

[SantaVera]

I trust people, maybe I shouldn't.

 

[Polos Mum]

Can I ask what difference it makes what surface the trailer is stored on? Presuming the wet grass isn't long enough to touch the floor ? Thanks.

I've no peer reviewed science to prove this but things stored on grass seem to rot more than on concrete / tarmac (trailers, chicken runs, tractor kit etc.)
I imagine it because moisture is constantly evaporating up from soil / grass in a way that it doesn't from a solid surface. So a trailer on grass will have a damper more humid environment under it, more than the same trailer on concrete.

 

[MissTyc]

I know your were wrongly sold but surely you would check it properly before putting your own horse in it, last time I bought a horsebox I got someone to get underneath it and we pulled all the mats back on the floor to check before I put anything on it.

Unfortunately you can't trust anyone these days sorry you have had to go through this though must have been very scary

So true. When I sold my horsebox I actively encouraged the buyer to have a pre-purchase. It ended up costing me £3,000 off the asking price because OF COURSE he found things to fix, but I said to the buyer that while the horsebox had been good to me and well-maintained with evidence, I would never forgive myself if it decided on her Day 1 to become rotten in some capacity. So everything her inspector who came from a reputable horsebox builder noted, I took off the price, and was then pleased that it was the same guy who picked it up and she did indeed have that work done. I can't understand when sellers lie and I am so sorry it happened to you OP, I really couldn't sleep at night as a seller if something like that happened in a vehicle I just sold!

(though I would also add I once had to have a floor redone within 2 years on a different horsebox as the first job, while expensive, simply wasn't very good - thankfully one day when I loaded my horse and I noticed him take weird sidestep like it was natural to him and realised my "new" floor had a springy spongey bit. The dude who did the floor blamed the weather,etc, and I cut my losses and went to someone else.)

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

So true. When I sold my horsebox I actively encouraged the buyer to have a pre-purchase. It ended up costing me £3,000 off the asking price because OF COURSE he found things to fix, but I said to the buyer that while the horsebox had been good to me and well-maintained with evidence, I would never forgive myself if it decided on her Day 1 to become rotten in some capacity. So everything her inspector who came from a reputable horsebox builder noted, I took off the price, and was then pleased that it was the same guy who picked it up and she did indeed have that work done. I can't understand when sellers lie and I am so sorry it happened to you OP, I really couldn't sleep at night as a seller if something like that happened in a vehicle I just sold!

(though I would also add I once had to have a floor redone within 2 years on a different horsebox as the first job, while expensive, simply wasn't very good - thankfully one day when I loaded my horse and I noticed him take weird sidestep like it was natural to him and realised my "new" floor had a springy spongey bit. The dude who did the floor blamed the weather,etc, and I cut my losses and went to someone else.)

I wouldn't trust anyone I would get a floor checked, I hired a 3.5 ton lorry once picked it up and Louis wouldn't go on it which was weird always loaded on my old box and strange boxes, eventually got him on and it was like he had a panic attack and was doing like a piaffe with his feet really unhappy.

I took him off and when I had a proper look at the floor all the rubber mats had come loose and had sort of bubbled up in lumps, he obviously could feel it unstable under his feet and panicked, after that I check everything my horses go on meticulously and I only travel mine in friends boxes that I really trust.