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Humeston, IA | Why do some gooseneck livestock trailers have a canvas top while most are metal? Cheaper? Be able to haul the occasional giraffe? Thanks! |
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South Texas | There is metal under the canvas, at least here. The canvas is there so the metal under it rusts out and you come back for another trailer. |
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SW, Missouri | Canvas doesn't rust and isn't as heavy. |
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NE Oklahoma | A lot of tarp tops here, cooler, lighter, cattle load better. |
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Eastern Half of Kansas | It's kinda a Oklahoma trailer thing, along with a rodeo thing. Dugan and Gooseneck were/are brands. We had one for 20-25 years, no canvas top, just bar top. Cattle won't load better in any other trailer. |
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NC | We never put the canvas on our trailers- only short trips so the sun isn't an issue. We always carried it with us in case we break down. Then when we sell the trailer we have a nice shiny top to put on it. I like it uncovered, the rain washes it out regularly and the floor keeps better. |
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north west arkansas | Most all trailers around here are canvas. I don't own any and don't like them but they are a lot cooler. |
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North Central Texas | Most all steel trailers here 24ft and over are canvas. More than half the 20ft trailers are. Load up and pull a 32 with a steel top then hook on a canvas loaded. No comparison. Tarps will last 10 years or more and definitely way cooler |
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sc ia | Wet the canvas down and you have air conditioning. |
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southern middle TN | Also quieter bouncing across the pasture. |
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Southeast Kansas | id like to have a canvas top trailer but have never been able to find one that isnt rear dual gates instead of one solid gate with a slam latch. Ive never had a trailer with double rear gates but they sure look unsafe compared to a single. |
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NE Oklahoma | I think you would like the dual rear gates.can be swung open to close the gap when loading |
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Southeast Kansas | thats true, just seems unsafe having to latch the gates together instead of being able to just slam the gate from a little bit of a distance |
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Oklahoma Panhandle | Some of them have slam latches on the double doors. Each door latches individually and then the other latch between the two is more of a safety and reinforcement. |
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Southeast Kansas | Id like to check into which brands those are, ill be in the market for a new trailer in the next year or so and it seems like you can get a bigger bar top trailer for the same money as a full top. |
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| I love my dual gates on my Gooseneck brand trailer. My is 24 foot long and pipe sides.
I like the fact when you back up to a loading area (barn or pen) , you can close up the gaps on each side of the trailer when you open your gates.
I would not have a single swing gate trailer, you got to back up perfect to load each time to not leave any gaps for cattle to get out from. |
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SW, Missouri | TWB - 6/20/2016 06:30
I love my dual gates on my Gooseneck brand trailer. My is 24 foot long and pipe sides.
I like the fact when you back up to a loading area (barn or pen) , you can close up the gaps on each side of the trailer when you open your gates.
I would not have a single swing gate trailer, you got to back up perfect to load each time to not leave any gaps for cattle to get out from. and I'm just the opposite. I will never have suicide gates on a trailer. |
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north west arkansas | I have one set and hate them. |
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Vernon County Missouri | x2. |
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Canvas covered livestock trailers-why?
