Horses For Sale In Iowa

A leading name in the business of manufacturing horse trailer is the Company Featherlite. Since the early 1970s, they were technical quality of their brand of horse trailers in El Reno, Oklahoma. In 1988, the company had successfully achieved a turnover of twenty million dollars a year with a staff of seventy-two persons. Today's society has evolved to become an industry leader with sales in the U.S., Canada and other parts of the world.

Recognizing the potential of society, the family bought in 1988 Clement. Conrad Clement became CEO and along two son, Eric and Tracy moved the company in Grand Prairie, Minnesota. They continued to produce excellent quality vans. Over the last twenty years the company has expanded its range and now produces vans in both standard and also takes custom orders. They have a wide range of other types of trailers too. They then moved the headquarters in Nashua, Iowa, where the main plant is located. They employed 460 workers at the time of the move.

When the vans were all steel it became evident visually, after years of wear, they are more "pretty". The steel will corrode and eventually rust. While still functional, they do not adequately represent the quality of horses show that they carried. In the late 70s in the early 80s Featherlite aluminum substituted for the construction of horse trailers.

Aluminum has many advantages such as lightweight steel for easy towing and fuel economy. No paint required and no rust are other attractive factors. Although the sale price is higher, people welcomed the change. Then, over a decade of negative use of all aluminum began to appear. Parts of the vans deteriorated faster than steel. Separators can shear, even in a minor accident and hurt your horses. Now Featherlite uses a combination of steel and aluminum.

The models available are bumper pull, gooseneck and those housing. A model is built specifically for high horsepower. The two basic models horse seems perfect for a newcomer to the show circuit. The type of hitch is bumper pull, he is 6'7 "wide by 10 feet in height with 40" wide and 7'6 "high stalls. Each has a drop feed door and a window Outdoor. It is covered by one year limited warranty 8. additional safety features include rubber material on the walls and floor mats, rubber 3 / 4 "thick in the area on horseback.

At the other end of spectrum is a 8581 model that includes housing with amenities too numerous to list. It has a gooseneck hitch, is 8 'wide and is available in different lengths. There are options from February to June with horse stalls are 40 inches wide. Each stall provides the combo flows door and windows. The walls are covered with rubber mats and rubber 3 / 4 "thick. Inclined elevator hydraulic option and an 8-year limited warranty on structure are some other features. Safe horse Featherlite Trailers is the first concern and appearance is secondary. You will notice that these are high quality trailers at once functional and aesthetic. You can be as proud of your trailer you're Featherlite horse inside while riding in the showgrounds in any case.'s family or employees and the horses arrived in excellent condition, relaxed and ready for competition.