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ball hitches, short bed hitches, 5th wheel
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Montana Tractors
I've owned several loader tractors
in my decades on the farm, backhoe business & custom haying.
Montana's have what I look, solid easy to maneuver tractor.
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here to answer those tough horse trailer & RV trailer questions,
save you money, & review new trailers, accessories &
hauler trucks."
Visit our new forum, as we search for the
"Truth about Trailers." Andrew Lyons, for
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Living
Quarters
Headquarters
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  On
the road repair welding. The
military has GOWELD and plasma cutters in many of their Humvees, tanks
and armored personal carriers. GOWELD
is very portable, the wire spool is in the handle. Just clamp
the cables to your trucks batteries, run the hose to a tank of
Argon gas or use coated wire and you're ready to weld anywhere.
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 USRIDER
Teams with EKU to Offer Animal Rescue Training Everywhere
in America thousands of large animals are transported through
our communities daily. They are moving over our streets, roads
and highways. Whenever a transportation emergency occurs, local
first responders are called. Without specific knowledge,
training and equipment, the possibility of the first responders
becoming injured is very real. 2 seminars scheduled for April,
open to the public, with emphasis on recruiting fire and EMT
responders, veterinarians and others. The training will educate
fire/rescue personnel, first responders, veterinarians and horse
enthusiasts about techniques and procedures to assist.....More.... |
 Trail riding and
Travel N Corrals go hand in hand. Easy to take with you, easy to
setup. Horses tied to a trailer for hours can cause problems.
Keep your horses relaxed in a roomy corral as you enjoy the
great outdoors between rides. Sleep well at night with your
Travel N Corrals placed where you want them and in plain site of
your bedroom window. If you go to high
school rodeo's, you will see portable corrals everywhere.
Families enjoying each other and security for the horses when
everyone is running.....
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Superchips Announces All-New Cortex
Vehicle Performance Programmer Line with a Two-Year Powertrain Warranty
The Superchips Cortex comes with
all of the same great features that Superchips’ users have come to love,
including programming up to three performance tunes to enhance power,
economy, and drivability. These features include the ability to save
factory settings; program for performance, towing, or economy; tune
transmission settings for improved drivability; read and clear
diagnostic trouble codes; adjust speed and RPM limiters; and recalibrate
speedometer/odometer for tire and gear swaps.
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 Finally
an aftermarket hay/cargo rack for all the extra space you're
looking for. And it bolts together. Easy to assemble, all
aluminum, extruded frame rails will fit most trailers of all
sizes. Comes with a ladder. Now you're ready for hay, generator,
water tank, tack boxes or anything else you need more room for.
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USRider Cautions Horse Owners about Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning.
Lexington, Ky., (Oct. 15, 2007) –
Two children and their grandparents from Tomah, Wis., were
killed by carbon monoxide fumes inside the horse trailer where
they were sleeping the night of Oct. 11. The family runs a
well-known Clydesdale horse-breeding operation called Clay’s
Clydesdales. They were in Madison, Wis., for the World
Clydesdale Show.
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  Logan
Coach raffles off Pink 2/horse trailer for Breast Cancer in
Vegas during NFR week. More
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Our
Cushion EZ Clean Horse Expo Tour started in Denver
Many
New Horse Trailer Products will be Introduced.
See Pictures
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 Highly Anticipated Sterling
Bullet™ Revealed
New Mid-Range Conventional
Truck Features Powerful Cummins Engine
Arriving at dealerships now.
INDIANAPOLIS - Sterling Truck Corporation
has a tough new vehicle in its lineup: the Sterling Bullet™.
This highly anticipated chassis-cab product was introduced today
at the NTEA Work Truck Show 2007 in Indianapolis. The Bullet is
the latest addition to the company's full line of Class 3-8 work
trucks and will be available at select Sterling dealerships now.
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2008
Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra 1500 Series Trucks Only
Full-Size Pickups With Top Five-Star Side-Impact Safety Rating
DETROIT, Mich. -
The 2008 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 Series pickup
trucks have received the federal government's highest
side-impact crash rating - five stars - making Silverado and
Sierra the industry's only full-size pickups to earn this top
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Heavy Duty Pickup
Trucks, New Race. The Year of Emissions.
 The
excitement builds with each jet ride to the next new truck media
launch, biggest year I can remember for major truck changes.
Most of it brought about by the new low emission laws for diesel
engines that began January 2007. GM totally redesigned the whole
truck. Ford has the most mechanical changes with a new nose and
diesel engine, Dodge changed the diesel for the new emissions
law and reintroduced it's chassis cab model.
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USRider Shares Tip with Horse Owners to Avoid
Lockout. With
advancing technology, life continues to become a bit easier.
USRider would like to warn its members about is the potential of
being locked out of a vehicle. This can happen when two very
common technological conveniences get too close – your cell
phone may scramble the electronics in your key fob. Instances of
this scrambling have already been reported with the....read
more...
USRider Reminds Drivers, Dangers of Using Cell
Phones While Driving.
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 GM
CELEBRATES ONE-MILLIONTH DURAMAX DIESEL.
DMAX Ltd., a
joint venture between GM & Isuzu Motors Limited, was established
as a diesel engine company in 1998. GM first introduced the
Duramax diesel in the U.S. in 2001 model year. GM’s heavy duty
diesel pickup market share has jumped nearly tenfold in the six
years Duramax engines have been offered.
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 Truck Accessories
from the Factory or Aftermarket?
We
can't resist accessorizing trucks to fit our needs as well as our personality.
It's common to spend another $3000 on accessories after we buy the
truck. Trailer hitches, brake controllers,
running boards, as well as performance mods to the engine and
transmission, add up quickly. Top selling accessories are....
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New Truck Repair Technology
comes to Horse Trailers
 If you follow
my articles, you know how big a fan of new technology I am. At the new
Transwest Truck Trailer RV facility, is an
awesome machine called a Road Simulator. Looks kind of like a dyno, but
does use rollers to test brakes rolling resistance and balance. Transwest uses it to test all their new horse trailers so
they are ready for your roads. It can find
just a torn axle seal leaking on the brakes. It would surprise you how
many "new axles" on new trailers are over greased, limiting your trailer
brakes ability. With the kind of traffic we
pull trailers in, testing brakes becomes routine. And worn suspension
maybe be causing your rig to ....More....
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As the
popularity of Living Quarters in Horse Trailers grows, they become more
like RV's, and 5th wheel RV's are converting to more gooseneck type
hitches. |
 Now
there's help for the short-short beds
towing horse trailers and racecar trailers. New from PopUp, the
SB116. The long short bed solution. It's "16" inches
of extension. Before you loose your pickup trucks rear window or
worse, check out the solution. Shortbed trucks are the most
popular. But the trailer manufactures don't know it yet. Finally
backup with the tailgate down and without hitting the propane
tanks.
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 Logan
Coach review, Logan built steel trailers and then in
2004 they added the XT & XTR aluminum skinned horse trailers as
consumer demand for aluminum skin trailers grows. I toured the
Logan factory, seeing new innovations I hadn't seen before. Like
the rod on the drop down windows that you can easily reach no
matter what your height is. Even the slam latches on escape
doors (right) are lower than I've seen on other horse
trailers....More... |
  Transwest Truck Trailer RV,
Visit our new facility on I-25. Large selection of LQ horse
trailers, Haulers and Toterhomes.
Super, full service shop, for trucks,
trailers and RV's. 15 paved acres of trailers & trucks.
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SUMMIT HAULER
 At
the All American Quarter Horse Congress in Ohio, I was doing
circle contests with the Freightliner M2 and the GMC Denali
Quadrasteer. Of course the Quadrasteer won. But when I shut off
the 4-Wheel Steer, the Freightliner M2 won. When means the M2
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Acres of Freightliner M2's with the
Summit Hauler conversion. You won't find a better
selection of hauler trucks for your
big trailers.
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website and inventory.. |
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 BrakeSmart,
the
BEST trailer brake controller is back!!! I haven't seen or
tried a better one & would be glad to review all challengers.
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 New
Hart, Cimarron, Logan Coach horse trailers. Large selection of Living
Quarter's. Large
selection of hauler trucks, Freightliner M2, Ford F650, C4500 & bigger.
Call for prices,
1-800-909-7071
Transwest (TrailerWest.com)
Horse Trailer Inventory,
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North
American Trailer Dealers Association finally gives the industry
some pull.
(www.natda.org)
hopes to enlist the estimated
7,500 dealers that sell light and medium duty trailers including
cargo, utility, horse, livestock, race cars, toy haulers and
various other trailers. The auto industry has NADA (National
Auto Dealers Association) and the RV folks have the RVDA
(Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association). Now the trailer
dealers have us and each other." Said Amy Rubenstein NATDA Vice
President and Co-Founder.
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Top Horse/RV Trailer, Truck &
Accessory Reviews and News |
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DualLiner... real truck bed protection
system by Mark
Simonds
 If
you’re a truck owner, you know the importance and value of
the bed of that truck. You can haul just about anything
from Grandma’s rocking chair to a load of gravel. The only
problem is that after a few months of use, the bed floor and
sides will start to show their age much faster than the rest
of the truck. Scratches, dings, and dents will eventually
appear... making the truck look older than it really is –
and more importantly....
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They are bold and sexy! I consider them the best
built mudflaps I've found. The new model has a polished aluminum yoke,
and heavy wall aluminum tubing. Still adjustable in, out and up, down.
Which is so good for my truck reviews which range from a tall H2 to a
Nissan Frontier. And I review new trailers too, any mudflaps can protect
your trailers from mud, that's a slow speed problem. But the damage
comes from....
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 Rollin’
Rollin’ Rollin’ … Keep that Trailer Rolling…’
By Stephen
Louie “Hosspuller”
One
of the worst things to happen with a horse trailer is a
mechanical break down on the road. If you have never been
there, thank your lucky stars. There are... reasons
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  First
look at the 2007 Silverado and Sierra.
The new GMT900 platform from which the 2007 GM SUV's where born,
was designed for the trucks first. We were at the GM media
launch to see the all new trucks. Details just
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 Stop
tire cupping, vibration and
premature wear on those expensive
truck, RV & trailer tires.
Centramatic automatic wheel
balancers have been saving money on
tires for semi-trucks for over
twenty years. Now you can
automatically balance your tires,
wheels, hub and rotors or drums
while you drive. A balanced tire
doesn't cub, vibrates less & lowers
the tire sidewall temperature from
less flexing, giving you longer tire
life. 5 year warranty, made in the
USA.
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  We
camp at Tiger Run in Breckenridge & Circus Circus Koa in Vegas. We installed
Power Vision mirrors,
Hell-Ya
Hitch Helper, Valley Odyssey
brake controller and Truck Bedz. An "off-road" toy
hauler that's made like a tank, you can get to the prime remote
locations for 4-wheeling or just a HQ for
outdoor adventure.
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Read my
Weight Distributing
Hitch article. WDH is common with RV
travel trailers as they should be will most
bumper pull trailers. This is an important
subject for trailer safety to have the best
control for a trailer that has leverage on
your truck or SUV .
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New Trailer
Safety brochure from
NHTSA:
Click here to order yours.
Remember my formula for pulling a trailer, that the
Truck or SUV's Wheelbase
+ Width + it's
Weight = degree of
Control of the Trailer. Safety equals
matching truck to trailer.
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  Tired
of your headlights shining in the trees? Stinger
Hitch Helper introduces a dually version.
Rated for 2000# tongue weight. Stinger Hitch,
simple to attach to your receiver hitch and then just add trailer or
cargo, what a difference it makes ! Great for those heavy slide-in truck
campers. Improve your truck or SUV's
handling. Stinger Hitch Helper use it when you need it. Take if off when
you don't. Feel safe again with this new load stabilizing helper.
See the details, pictures and video for safer towing and a level rig...
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NEW and Improved
You're going to love this newly redesigned
PopUp 2 Hitch.
Smoother acting and
trouble free. They've made the best hitch even better.
One pull of the handle to
raise the ball is all it will take to convince you that this is the
hitch you want. Simply pull the rod to raise the ball and push
to lower it from the wheelwell of
your truck.
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info....
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 Transwest
Truck Trailer RV,
selling Hart, Cimarron and Logan horse
trailers.
Whether you are
new to horse trailers & need some extra help
or you're a veteran and want the best
trailers, you owe it to yourself to visit
Andrew Lyons and his crew of horse folks.
Buy your horse trailer & truck together or
separate and get the right advice on
matching your needs the first time.
New &
Used Trailers--Trucks
made for Towing--Trailer
Repair & Upgrade--Truck Performance
Products.
Read more about where
MrTruck asks trailer questions.
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1-800-909-7071 email
alyons@transwest.com
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