BUYING A TRAILER

Excerpt from Equipping Your Horse Farm   

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Physical Inspection

If a trailer sounds promising after the first two stages, you’ll want to make an appointment to look at it. Here is where you want to spend some time looking at details.

If you are buying a used trailer, take your tow vehicle along so you can hook it up to evaluate the hitch or bed height, assess levelness and to check the lights and brakes. Used trailers generally have no warranty so you or your mechanic should inspect the trailer carefully.