Sundowner Horse Trailer Owners Manual
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Sundowner Horse Trailer Owners Manual
So this email was brought to my attention from some friends of mine. Just thought I would post and share with you all and see if anyone has heard of this major problem with the sundowner trailers or has had any problems with theirs? Sundowner Trailer Proactive options I would like to bring to the attention of anyone who currently owns a Sundowner Trailer and/or is aware of the ongoing problems trailer owners are experiencing with the disintegration of the under structure due to faulty undercoating of all trailers manufactured between 1998-2008. If you did not know this already, please educate yourself, it could mean the safety of transporting your horse. Sundowner has not publicly recognized the problem; however, if called directly they allow as how they are well aware of the problem and that the individual dealers are taking care of the repairs.
Unfortunately the company is encouraging a sand and paint job to cover up the problem what is really becoming a structural issue. The dealers hands are tied.
There are no recalls as of yet and it is getting more and more difficult to get results that satisfies the safety issues of the trailers. It`s just a matter of time before there is a tragedy of a horse falling through the flooring of a Sundowner Trailer. These trailers are rusting from the inside out.
Take a good look at the underside of your trailer with a flashlight and specifically check the seams and corners. Peel back the covering that is under the mats. The company is clearly trying to put a band aid on the issue until such time comes as the warranty is void. The question is why we are waiting for someone else to suffer a tragedy before we make a bold move.
We, as concerned horse owners need to act collectively and present an argument that the company cannot refute. By contacting the Consumer Protection Agency we can bombard them with personal experience and letters of dissatisfaction. With enough names and testimonies we can make a difference. Go to and create your file with the agency. Make sure to reference Sundowner Trailer. For information on the company has reduced their work from approximately 600 to 200 over the past two years.
The Elkhart Office is closing. They are downsizing and cutting corners. If we do not act now we may very well be stuck with an expensive investment that is dangerous to use. Its a design flaw. Just got my trailer back from being inspected. The guy said that the undercoating on the bottom is flaking off like nobody's business and that the steel frame underneath is only 1/8' thick; he couldn't believe a company would manufacture a trailer that big (its a 3-horse) with such thin steel. He said that even if I have Sundowner sand blast and re-coat it (under warranty), it can only be done once since its such thin steel.
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After that-it will be useless. His advice is to dump it now.
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And, it has NOTHING to do with maintenance.the actual (aluminum) floor is pristine. Too bad the frame holding it up is a piece of crap. Very disappointed- off to try and trade it in for something else.
Me too I want to add to this thread and bring it back up to the top as this is a big problem for many. Sundowner Trailer owners have much to be concerned about. I have a 2 horse straight load w/dressing room that was manufactured in 1999 and I bought new in 2000.
I am an antique car restorer (hobbyist) and spend a lot of time under antique vehicles and am no stranger to a welder, rust and restoration issues. I offer this to give some credence to my analysis of this Sundowner Trailer frame rust problem. My original dealer, Orchard Trailers in Hatfield, MA, no longer carry Sundowner trailers. They have 'piles' of Sundowner frames behind their shop and are replacing frames on Sundowner trailers every month. The cost ranges from $7-$10,000.00 depending on the size and type of trailer. A basic 2 horse bumper pull with no dressing room is $7k to replace the frame and it goes up from there.
The problem details: Sundowner makes aluminum skin and floor trailers with steel frames. Indian wedding dvd cover template psd free download. The steel within the trailer was all powder coated by Sundowner at time of original construction. Powder coating is an excellent coating system (in my view) when it is properly applied. The emphasis here is 'properly applied'. My trailer has corrosion of the steel frame, complete failure of the powder coating, and is generally a total disaster on a trailer with less than 7,000 miles on it. The powder coating failed and as a result, the coating separated from the steel base exposing uncoated steel to the weather.
In painting terms, you'd say it looks like was never put in primer, but in powder coating terms I'd say that they had a combination of very low grade steel components, and a very low grade powder coating backed up by lack of preparation. Those to elements combine in an exponentially damaging way to have the failed powder coating now trap water, salt brine (winter driving), and dirt under the powder coating and against the raw steel setting up corrosion and failure of the frame at what I can only describe as monumental levels! Here's a photo of the 1' steel tube that houses my brake controller wires before I cut out this failed piece and replaced it all: s.com/photos/ BrakeWiresCondui t1.jpg Yes the only thing holding it together is force of habit and the wires which control the brakes of my trailer. Lovely - if the wires chaffe through, I lose the brakes in addition to the floor and horse! That photo tells you a lot and you can see the level of corrosion is extensive. Sundowner of course wants to hear or know nothing of this and while they are trying to offer a 'warranty' repair of these failures on any trailers which are within the warranty period, in my opinion the method of repair actually worsens and INCREASES the problem so caveat emptor there.