Bison Stratus

Bison Stratus, it's a Big Horse Trailer.

Built like a tank for horses, I took a C4500 GMC to Elizabeth RV to tow the giant and it's super 12 ' slider. I first saw the Bison Stratus at the Horse Expo in Denver. A trailer this large, catches your eye. And after comparing trailers at the Expo, it was apparent after watching a few Bison's sell, that a Stratus Living Quarter horse trailer was $10,000 to $20,000 cheaper than other LQ's there. That's a lot of tomato's or a couple tanks of diesel.

The trailer I towed was the 8416MM with a 16' short wall, yes 16' with a 12' flush floor slider. The trailer is 42' long, 8 ' wide with 7'7" interior height in the horse area and a 7' ceiling in the LQ. The dry weight is 10,900 for this aluminum 4 horse, so I don't want to see you towing this with a 3/4 ton near me.

This is one of those trailers that you buy after you look at a dozen LQ horse trailers that can't beat the value. I pulled the Stratus through the horse countryside east of Parker. The GMC C4500 with the same diesel and transmission in GM HD 2500's, had no problem towing the Stratus. Pulling a large LQ trailer doesn't tow much different with or without horses. This combination towed well.

With over 100 horse trailer manufactures south or east of Colorado, a lot of them don't make it to Colorado. But we seem to be the place for large horse trailers. The GMC C4500 is the right truck for this trailer. It comes with a standard exhaust brake, and along with the Allison Automatic with grade shifting, it's a pleasure towing through our Rockies. The Monroe truck bed gives you a usable bed you are use to and has around 8 inches of bedrail clearance on most horse trailers including the Bison Stratus.

60-40 rear door, my favorite size. Give your horse a large target to load in. The rear doors will open individually which is unusual. So you can open the tack door without telling the horses they are about to unload. Each rear door has it's own rubber gasket where they join the tack divider.

Look at the size of the bed in the neck. The kitchen is just like most RV's. Big sink. We've all seen the great LQ conversions available that make you drool, but I think the best value for most of us is the factory LQ's like what I see from Bison. I'm predicting we'll see more horse trailer manufactures doing their own LQ's in the future.

Look at the flush slider floor, no trip up, I mean no step up to the sofa or dinette. Lots of room is a good thing. Building horse trailers in the middle of the largest RV manufacture region, just south of the Great Lakes, is another good thing. That's how you stay in touch with the latest and greatest RV innovations that work in horse trailer Living Quarters.

12' super slider and 4 windows. Like being at home on the road. Sure beats Motel 6 and port-a-potties at horse events. It's so nice having a LQ trailer with all the conveniences with you, turning horse events into family vacations.

Thanks to Elizabeth RV at www.ElizabethRVAuto.com ph. 303-646-8810