It's an old two horse steel trailer with tack room and weights about 3,500lbs without horses 5,500lbs with. We had a '99 Suburban that we use but it is no longer an option. Fixing up the trailer is on my long list of things to do.

Other than basic maintenance I've added a few things as well as upgrading a few others.

Changes with towing in mind;
* Bought an Ultragauge to monitor engine temp (Very cool tool).
* Hot weather thermostat
* Slotted and cross-drilled rotors and ceramic pads (Powerstop)
* Reman calipers front and rear
* Stainless Steel brake lines including the two chassis lines
* Added Electric trailer brake set up from etrailer and a great Tekonsha brake controller

Maintenance history (in the last 12K miles 2 years)
* Head gaskets w/ARP bolts and replaced all rubber hoses
* Rebuilt front driveshaft with non- China parts
* All fluids w/Synthetic except transmission (still considering it)
* New pusher fan (works a LOT better when it's wired the correct way )
* Three Amigo's fix
* CPS

Need to do;
* Maybe an additional trans cooler
* Oil pan gasket
* Install the low coolant sensor I bought from down under
* Maybe the Evans coolant
* New shocks and springs (will call Lucky 8 for either HD or MD TF)
* Saudi spec grill since a deer cracked this one.

Now for the preliminary road test.

I went way overboard and bought a load distribution system and it just won't work with my set-up. The bars are about two inches from the ground and the extended length shank I needed wasn't very much higher. I will need to sell that whole setup. I bought a plain old ball mount with a 6" drop and took it for a spin. I am very surprised how well it works. I took it up some very steep hills and the revs were around 3,500 and a couple of times the Ultragauge went off warning of 4K. I actually passed a semi hauling a big dozer up a steep hill. Momentum will be important but it did very well. The engine temp didn't get over 206 with 90deg ambient temp and the A/C on. In horse show trim another 1000lbs will be added so I don't know how big a difference it will be.


Pardon the filthy Rover....