Cattle Trailer Recommendations

[brushtrooper]

I would try to get one that is primed and powder coated. I sell the GN/flatbed/and cargo trailers. The brands of utilities I carry come powder coated which holds up pretty decent but for few extra dollars you can get it primed and powder coated which to me is well worth the money. When I order for stock I always get them primed/powder coated. That may or may not be an option on the cattle trailers.

[wickll]

I purchased a Parker Performance a couple of years ago. So far it have been very good, and has a lot of little features that I like. Safety latches, lever to easily open middle gate from inside, grease fittings on hinges, etc.

[Bumpy]

Check out Galyean trailers. Don't personally have one but see quite a few of them being pulled around our part of the country. Look to be well built trailers.

They’re all The new rave. My cattle buyer has one. Minus that brand I’d go with the gooseneck brand. Buy from the place in Alto they’re the cheapest.

[brushtrooper]

To the OP, why the change from aluminum to steel? We recently got a Featherlight all aluminum.So far I really like it, 1/2 ton friendly for my father and good to go behind my Nissan XD and the F250. I guess I am curious if there is a fault/problem I need to lookout for?

[tobyb2007]

I now have and have had gooseneck in the past. When I first got my new one the last cut gate was tweaked where you had to push in on the top to latch it in the open position. Also the safety latch on the rear butterfly gates did not line up and it was a pain to latch it. I took it to gooseneck and had them fix those issues and haven’t had any since. With that being said I will look real hard at galyean and possibly delco next time but wouldn’t be afraid to buy another gooseneck.
Several years back I was walking through exhibits at fort wort rodeo and CM was there with a stock trailer. The boards were about half red from overspray and there was no paint underneath them so I would scratch them off your list if it were me.

[fbchunter]

I like the looks of the Delco premium trailers. They are pricey

[Lonestar_HOYT]

If I was buying a steel trailer it would be an Easley. They build them in Anson, they used to be built up in the Panhandle. They make a **** nice trailer.

[Randy]

Look at Reyes trailers as well, they are out of Canyon. They are similar style to a Easley or Big Bend.

Lots of good trailers mentioned but the only one listed I'm not a fan of is Neckover trailers. The ones I have pulled didn't seem to distribute weight very well. Seems like their axles are too far back not to mention they pulled like sleds.

[softpoint]

Epoxy primer and top coat. Stock trailers need to be washed out after every use, of course, but a good paint job to begin with is the life of the trailer. If I were to buy a new stock trailer, I would pay extra for epoxy paint on it.

[Tejas Wildlife]

Yep

Look at Easley or Big Bend Trailers if you are going with steel.

Why do you want to go back to steel. It is hard to beat an Elite trailer. No matter which steel trailer you go with you are always going to have to contend with rust issues sooner or later

We have run an aluminum cattle trailer for 13 yrs now. No problem and NO RUST!

[Dushon]

We have run an aluminum cattle trailer for 13 yrs now. No problem and NO RUST!

Always heard aluminum wouldn’t hold up if you got off the roads with them? Don’t matter because I’ll never be able to afford one haha


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[Arrowthreat]

Thanks for all the good reviews guys. The reason for not going back to aluminum is how much of a pain ours was to clean out, and the price. We used our last aluminum trailer for hauling horses and cows. This will just be a cattle trailer. The steel stock trailers are a lot more user friendly for hauling cows from what i've seen.

I'm really interested in the Performance trailers since they're the only ones I can find that powder coat their stock trailers.

[Dushon]

Thanks for all the good reviews guys. The reason for not going back to aluminum is how much of a pain ours was to clean out, and the price. We used our last aluminum trailer for hauling horses and cows. This will just be a cattle trailer. The steel stock trailers are a lot more user friendly for hauling cows from what i've seen.

I'm really interested in the Performance trailers since they're the only ones I can find that powder coat their stock trailers.

Galyean does also.


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[Arrowthreat]

I'm gonna give Galyean a call. I Can't find anyone who sales them locally though.

[brushtrooper]

One thing that I have not seen anyone reference is the brand of axle used. I would stay away from Lippert axles under any trailer. I would really look for a MFG that uses or gives you the option to use Dexter axles, whether spring or Torsion. Many of the GN trailer MFG’s are starting to go with Lipperts, my guess to save money. In my experience lipperts are junk and I would not use them in any application above a 3500lb. I can tell you that they are a PITA to deal with on warranty and replacement part availability is challenging at times, many cargo trailers and a lot of RV’s use them. Dexter parts are everywhere