Fautras Trailers - what happened???

[flyingfeet]

Just doing my nightly humming and ahhing over lorries versus trailer with living

The fautras website has the big sign:
"Due to circumstances beyond our control Fautras Horse Trailers Ltd is no longer operating in the UK you can continue to contact the network of individual dealers."
http://www.fautrashorsetrailers.co.uk/

So what happened folks?

 

[scotsmare]

Oh, that's unexpected!! I never really saw very many of them going about though so maybe sales weren't high enough?

 

[Calvo]

ive always wondered that as well......

 

[SilverSkye]

You can still buy them from dealers over here this lady has some in...... http://www.point2pointtrailers.com
Wonder if you just cant buy direct??

 

[SilverSkye]

If you are looking at trailers with living i saw one of these http://www.titantrailer.co.uk/ at a show and it was lovely.

 

[Calvo]

what does the titan trailer look like inside? was it roomy?

 

[SilverSkye]

I asked for a tour of it as i am nosy and have to say i was very impressed with it, it is very basic in the living not sure if they have options like equi treks? but plenty of space and the horse area was very roomy. It looked really well made and have to say it impressed me more than the equi trek. However i have no idea what they cost it might well be a fortune!

 

[Calvo]

hmm sounds good.. think Ill look into the titan one

whats the biggest size horse that can fit in? 16.2hh?

 

[the watcher]

The smallest is 1624kg unladen - add in your horses and water etc, and it is going to need something quite substantial to tow it!

 

[flyingfeet]

Same as the equitrek 5* - if you want to have 2 horses on board, you are into Land Rover territory to have something that can tow 3.5tons.

 

[Tiggy1]

They look fab but would probably need a tank to pull them

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

My longwheelbase Landy has towing weight of 3.5tons so anything below that kind of meatiness wouldnt hack it...def tank territory!

 

[Imke]

Have a look at the Bockmann horse trailer range. They are FAB!

 

[37Tiger]

I understand one of the agents a a big fall out with Fautras, and polietly told the world !
They operate in the UK i see Tally-Ho, Appleyards & JSW all sell Fautras