Brenderup, the "Remarkable" Horse Trailer

"The easiest towing trailer I've used and that means better fuel economy." MrTruck.com

I give truck, SUV and trailer advice on my websites and the magazines my columns are in. So I'm careful about what I recommend. I was curious about Brenderup's, hearing about them in horse forums and seeing them at horse expo's. I called for the video, was impressed and then used one for a week and let other folks load and haul horses in them. My full review is linked below. Brenderup makes one and two horse conventional tow trailers. (tag-a-longs, bumper pulls) Even the largest one horse trailer comes from Brenderup. With and without dressing rooms.

Left picture is what I call the 27' short wall in a LQ 2 horse. Brenderup is working on new models. These are spy photo's with an 07 Avalanche, 06 Hummer H3, 07 Yukon and the wonderful 06 Jeep Liberty diesel that can go anywhere.
The more I learn about Brenderup, the more I get excited! How would you like a horse trailer that you can't feel behind you, cool and light inside, has no need for a trailer brake controller, no need for a safety break-away switch or the useless battery, no need for a weight distributing hitch and has a parking brake. I call it "remarkable." No it's not a new company from Oklahoma or China. They have been assembled in Texas going on 25 years, so they are not new, just undiscovered. Brenderup is the one of the most popular trailers in Europe starting back in 1954. This makes Brenderup as experienced as the oldest horse trailer companies started in the USA. Bet you didn't know that. I didn't. And they have a US Patent on the Baron Series. They do look different, but form follows function. And Brenderup is all about it's function.
The design of the roof and sides, make Brenderup aerodynamic. No not just a narrow nose, but as a wing, the shape directs the air  for easy towing. Everything about the Brenderup is designed for easy towing. The rear of the trailer slopes in to break up the vacuum behind the trailer. The tailgate door is adjustable for air flow so pressure and dust doesn't twirl around in the trailer. Even the axles have camber and caster like your cars front axle, to realign the trailer towing straight. The longer tongue, smaller tires, containment of the horse, give the Brenderup a balanced low center of gravity.

Your not going to believe the tongue weight. I have more tongue weight after a Vegas buffet. In Europe they have large horses and small tow vehicles and expensive fuel, so horse trailers have to accomplish special tasks. One of them is low tongue weight. In Europe tongue weight can't exceed 3.75% of the trailer weight. Yeah almost nothing. In the US we are use to 10-15%. Some of the heavier tongue weights for conventional trailers, has to do with position of the horse in a trailer. Brenderup designed their trailers to control the horses position with a 3 adjustment up and down chest bar and 3 position butt bar to match the length of your horses.

All this explains why a Brenderup can be towed with a "smaller than you're used to" vehicle. Since the most popular towing vehicle in Europe is a Volvo station wagon, imagine what you could do with a mid size SUV or 1/2 ton truck. A trailer that doesn't have a sway problem or a weight distribution problem for the tow vehicle, how unique. I've blamed tow vehicles often for how a trailer tows, but AB (After Brenderup) I'm re-thinking my position for towing problems. What we are use to, is more tongue weight needing more wheelbase of the tow vehicle to control it. My enthusiasm may seem hard to believe, I don't jump up and down for just anybody. Test drive a Brenderup and challenge my view.

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 All Brenderup horse trailer models have super head room for the horse. Letting the horse find balance and clear those sinuses. The windows are not beyond the horses line of vision, preventing nervous distraction from windows placed behind the horses head.

All Brenderup's have a 5' spring loaded solid tailgate ramp. 5' gives you a slight slope into the trailer and is long enough for all 4 of your horses feet to be on the ramp at the same time. This makes the horse happy, the ramps are solid and have 7 cheats. There are no gaps between the ramp and the trailer floor. Brenderup's even have tailgate jacks on each side for a solid ramp feel. You may only need these to train a horse that's' never loaded ramps. In my review we didn't even use them with inexperienced horses.

The construction is first rate. Torsion axles with shocks, so the suspension works more than the tires, instead of the other way around as with most trailers. Brenderup trailers ride well empty as well as loaded. In other words the horse is not part of the trailer suspension. The suspension is over built, with larger maintenance free wheel bearings, galvanized frame, axles and inside bottom panels. The windows are framed in steel and all the hinges are stainless steel. One piece laminated floor, one piece fiberglass roof, one piece SPC solid phenolic resin walls that are indestructible and they flex enough not to bruise your horses flank. Get the picture, it's not built from leftovers like RV trailers. The roof of Brenderup are fiberglass and reinforced fiberglass ribs for strength and no metal for a rearing horse to bang into.

The inertia brake system doesn't need a trailer brake controller. That saves you some money and hassle. These are the standard brake system in Europe. The brakes are activated by a surge type coupler, but instead of using hydraulics like a boat trailer, the coupler pulls a rod attached to all 4 wheels by cable. This is speed and load sensitive. The brake drums and bearings are maintenance free. Twin leading shoes in each drum, are bi-directional,  when you back up there is a 3% drag factor. The parking brake will turn the brake cam over center and lock the wheels from turning in either direction. Having a parking brake is great. Oh yeah, there are none of those pesky brake magnates in the wheels. All the things I hate inside the brake drums are gone. Great braking, it all seems to simple, but it works. No brake magnates, no break away battery, no trailer brake controller, no sway, nobody else does all that.

Smaller wheels, torsion axles with shocks, long tongue reaching to the front axle, all lead to a lower center of gravity. Low load height, and a solid ramp all add up to easy loading horses. Brenderup comes in several models, to fit all horse sizes and pregnant mares, even dressing rooms that grow. I enjoy towing trailers, I've towed over 1,000,000 miles back on the farm doing it for a living. It's just flat out fun towing a Brenderup, I want them to make RV's so I can live in one on while on the road test driving trucks

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