Thoughts on single trailers?

[I See Clover]

I'm looking to buy a trailer soon and wanted your opinions on the ifor williams single (think it's the 403). I've only the one horse and she fairly small (around 14.1/14.2hh), so thought it would be more economic.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Love mine its great, its an old model 401 I think?

Travel my ponies in it fine, lots of room wither side for tacking, brushing getting past etc and super easy to tow as is not as wide as a double.

 

[magichorse]

I have an Ifor 403 and love it. Its much easier to tow than a double as it is not wider than the car. Also had more options when choosing a towing vehicle as max laden weight is obv less than a double. Also like the extra space it allows around the horse.

Would highly recommend. The only problem I had was I had to buy new as second hand in my area were like hen's teeth! The only 2nd hand I saw was only a few hundred less than a new one, so they must hold their value!

 

[hudsonw]

I had one and loved it...it's easy to tow as you can see down the sides. You can tow with a smaller 4x4 or large family car, it's easy to move on the ground, even with one person, my horse had more room but still supported and I sold it on Ebay for only a couple of hundred less than I paid for it... Downsides are obviously you can only take one horse (if you have 2 or mates to go out on a hack with) max height of a horse would be 16.2hh so no good if you have a big beast!
If you can afford, go for a new one (I had the limited edition black and silver one) as the dealer might do you a deal...mine chucked in a wheel lock/clamp thing and a few other bits

 

[Batgirl]

Used to tow a lovely rice single, was easy to tow and selfishly means I was never tapped for lifts!

 

[Oberon]

I have a 401 (with no front ramp) as my towing vehicle is an X-trail.

It's my first trailer (had a lorry before) and I am so impressed by it!

It's only as wide as my X-trail, so very easy to manouvre. Very easy to tow and you don't get the dreaded sideways drag on the M6 when lorries pass you

My horse is 16.1, draft and he fits in fine. I prefer for him to be nice and central rather than on one side of a double trailer.

As I am not very good at reversing yet - I can manually move it when I need to

And I am not tempted to offer anyone a lift due to it being single

I'd love to upgrade to a 403 when funds allow.

 

[I See Clover]

Used to tow a lovely rice single, was easy to tow and selfishly means I was never tapped for lifts!

Lol, my thoughts exactly!

 

[I See Clover]

Do any of you find the single trailers too lightweight compared to the doubles?

 

[Pat10]

I have the Ifor single F/R ramps etc. (the one before this current version). It's lovely to tow, even with just a 'family car'. My only gripe is that you have to transport everything but the horse in the boot of your car, and there's nowhere to put a poo-ey skip.

...and no - I don't find it too light with a horse in it. Hate towing empty, though.

 

[I See Clover]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Didn't expect them to be so positive! Probably won't be buying transport for a few months yet, but the single trailer is at the top of my list. Thanks again.

 

[posie_honey]

i cant get my head round them - they look too top heavy lol!
i use a 505 with no partitions - in terms of weight its about 1600kgs in total with horse - you can de-rate to that level if you want so its legal to tow with a truck that only tows 2tonnes etc (its uaully plated at 2.2 tonnes)