I know I've mentioned this a couple other times in posts but haven't really gotten an answer yet.<br><br>Have any of you had anything to do with Exiss trailers?<br><br>I'm looking at an all alluminum 20 x 7 x 7 gooseneck stock trailer.<br><br>I thought they seemed pretty decent, and had a good price.<br><br>What does anyone else think?<br><br>What about C &amp; M??<br>anyone heard of those?<br><br>Same dealer trying to sell me the Exiss is trying to sell me a C&amp;M<br><br>thanks for the comments! 8)

I've heard from a few different sources that Exiss is like Featherlite, but better and comparable price. Then again, I was asking about horse trailers, but I would imagine the same would apply for you. I think I'm going to get an Exiss. I haven't heard about C&amp;M though, so I can't help you there. I don't know if this really helps you, but at least it makes me feel better pretending like I know something. ;D<br><br>-SFB

Exiss is a good trialer, my buddy has a three horse slant w/living quarters. My next cattle trailer will be a Wilson Brand 28'.<br><br>Waitin' on more business then I will brake down and buy another cattle trailer.

I kinda like the look of those Wilsons CH. They look rugged to me, I like the &quot;pot&quot; styling and design.<br>Some people say that riveted design is great some say it's the pits, I don't see why it wouldn't be good??? I'd like one of those, but we truck show horses as well. Those Wilsons seem much more like strictly a cattle trailer, and are usually only 6'6&quot; tall.<br>The Exiss we are pricing is 7'1&quot; or 2&quot; I'm, not sure.<br>I did feel the Exiss was a better quality trailer than the Featherlite (just my impression) I liked the Weld quality and close cross members.<br><br>The trailer I'm looking at is 20'x7'x7'2&quot; or so. Tandem 7000# axels.<br>What I didn't like is the white skin on the nose of the trailer. I'd much rather have natural alluminum, or black or preferably like past Exiss models Stainless Steel. I think that looks sharp.<br>I don't know why I don't like the white front, it just looks weird to me. But all the manufactureres seem to be going that way?<br>The Exiss seems to be a good price so long as you don't want any custom options or &quot;extras&quot; than they really put it to you.<br>I wanted one 8' wide, but it is just way too pricy. I also wanted a black nose with the stainless front paneland it was going to cost me an extra $2500 dollars!!<br>I guess if I want it I'll have to take the white.<br>The same dealer did price me basically the same trailer only a C&amp;M with the black nose and stainless front for a similar price as the Exiss. However I have never seen one of those trailers so I am leery.<br>

Ya I don;t care for the white skin area, and the Wilson brand is more my cattle, it looks like to much wind for horses.<br><br>I know of a few people running Wilsons around my area. That will be my next trailer. My Featherlite is a 95' model ad I will trade it in or sell it next year for a Wilson brand 28'

hey fellas, i live about 20 min. from Cresco, Iowa, home of the ever-so-fabulous featherlite trailer. I used to work there for about 1 1/2 years in the welding jigs. Iusedto like featherlite trailers, until i seen the ways that some of the guys do stuff half-aced because it will get covered up, or buffed out. or {don't worry, so and so will pass the inspection on that!} I personally would go with wilson for the money. they are huck-riveted instead of welded and give just a little where the welds crack over time. plus..if they make a gooseneck as good as they make a bullrack, i think that it would be a wise choice ,or if i had to go with a welded aluminum trailer i would go with a southern classic. ;) ;D

My featherlite 24' trailer is a 95' model, and the only thing that has happened to it is my slider door on the back door has a broken support bracket on the top which makes the door drop while in the closed position about 2''. I haul on avg 5 loads a week of feeder cattle with an avg weight of 500# about 23 head. It has been a good trailer, but I am ready for the Wilson Brand ;D ;D.<br><br>

I looked at Featherlite, Exiss, Sundowner, 4star and Trail-et before I bought my Trail-et.<br><br>The best built all Al I have seen is the 4 Star but the Exiss is not bad. It was the same price as my Trail-et but the Trail-et was better finished and is a mixed Steel frame with Al exterior, fiberglass one piece roof (that has never leaked) and wood floors.;D<br><br>A friend of mine just bought a 4 Star and very nice and safe.<br><br>Look under the trailer at the structure and weld quality and the choice will be very clear. Just get Cam latch rear door closers and not the Al flap type or a horse can just back through them. I have seen this happen on 3 different Featherlites not good for horse or trailer (hard to get the horse home when you can't latch the door.

These trailers are just like our truck, everyone puts out bad ones. As many trailer as these company make and sell there are going to be those that have problems.<br><br>My Featherlite 24' is a 95' model and after a acid bath is looks just as good as a new one, that acid bath brings the shine

The CM is a nice solid trailer as well. I am trying to deal on one right now, for horses that is. I'm thinking about trading my 02' 6-horse living quarters and getting an 03' CM 6-horse with an even bigger living quarters. From what I have seen the construction is very good, and the dealer who I have been working with is very competitive.

Exiss trailers are great trailers. The reason people tend to think of them like Featherlite's is because the original owners and creators of featherlite split off and started the Exiss trailer line. Much better quality if you ask me. Try looking at Cherokee or Adam trailer's too. Trails west makes an excellent trailer too. I am all about have a trailer stand up to the test of time, therefore i am sucker for Sundowner and Gore trailers. Just my 2 cents.

If I might jump in here. After some years in the horse trailer business I have found several good trailers out there, but your long term plans are what makes the difference. Alluminum trailers are fantastic in the short term but the safe life span on them is 7 years. After that statement there will be 100 people screaming that they have been using theres for years without any problems, I know this. but dependably after seven years they become a risk from cracking. <br> Steel trailers will last a lifetime but you can't keep them looking nice through all the surface rust. But above all they are dependable.<br> Exiss makes a good trailer but they are on the way up in the marketing world so even now you are paying for the name. <br> the best trailer I have found for the money is made by a little known company in Manitoba Canada. Norberts MFG. They put out a hand made trailer one at a time built to your specs for far less than any of these marketed trailers. the best part of them is that they have combined both the steel and alluminum to use the strengths of both. they are steel frame with alluminum skin. so every where it counts they are tough as nails. they are on the internet at www.norberts.com.<br> Always keep in mind that to become an authorized dealer for most of the advertised lines of horse trailers takes a minimum initial purchase $250,000.00. That means there is a hell of a markup to make that money back.<br> Sorry for the lengthy story, but if you seperate from your money as hard as I do this is an important decision.

one thing about uluminum and steel combined trailers is the 2 don't comply to well with each other , this is where oxidizing comes it to play , which im sure you all already know! even if you look underneath your featherlite trailers ,the frame work that holds the axles together is hucked to the framework of the rest of the trailer,,, but is first covered with a thick black wrapping of what is kindof like electrical tape before it is hucked tight against each other. this is to prevent oxidizing... there is also another steel trailer company just 7 miles from Elma here where im from that build to specs. just like 10 employees there{friend of mine owns it! ;)} and they ship out alot of trailers down towards texas and wyoming , you might of seen some of them , they are S&amp;S duraline trailers..if any body has any feedback on these trailers, negetive or positive, speak up! :)IM sure he would like to here on what people think

Hauling cattle for the last 5 years commerical and farming I must say that metel trailer do not hold up that long when used on a reg bases, the floor goes first then the sides start going out from the bottom working up. My All. trailer is a 95' model and looks new after a acid bath once a year. If you look go to cattle shows then you will see what kind of trailer people use. <br>I bought a 99' Gooseneck pipe trailer and it last 2 years before the floor supports started gettting weak and needed to be brace. Now on the other head I bought an 89' model back in 98 that was well taken care of and used about 5 times a year. To make a metal trialer last you have to clean it out after every use.<br><br>When I went to the Tenn State Fair this year there was over 500 head of show cattle and the trailers were parked in a fenced in lot, and out of 100+ livestock trailers I might have seen maybe 2-3 metal trailers.

don;t get me wrong!, i infact just looked at a 87 featherlite trailer today myself to buy. it is a 24 x 7 . i like uluminum, its just that some people just can' ;)t afford to spend the extra cash right then and there.

This is a great railer discussion!<br>Friday night I stopped quickly on my way to a Simmental sale and looked at a Wilson, (apparently a local Marina sells them ??? ???) I thought it was a nice trailer, I had next to no time, so I really didn't inspect the undercarriage or real structural components) Besides, I don't think that trailer will appease the &quot;Horsey Folk ::)&quot; around here.<br><br>Saturday went to look at a 4 Star, more money than the Exiss, less warranty and a couple inches narrower??? It didn't impress me that much but could have been worse I guess. They did offer financing one or two percent cheaper though. Talked to a Travalong?? (I think that's it?) dealer in MO yesterday as well. He tried to say that Wilson is one of the cheapest built trailers in the industry? (and I didn't even tell him I'd looked at one) he said that they all crack around the punchmarks (they have &quot;punched&quot; cutouts in the sides) and that the undercarriage and floor is very poor? I have a friend with about a 24' Wilson and likes it. He said he used to sell <br>4-Star but wouldn't reccomend them. He admitted he thought the Exiss was an excellent trailer but of course not uilt nearly as stout as a Travalong ::) ::) ::)<br>These traile guys are something else! What a bunch of backstabbing cut throats! Nobody has anything good to say about anyone elses product.<br>I'm going to price an Eby this week, I think they are an excellent trailer.<br>Right now I think the Exiss is leading the pack.<br>Good price, widest 7' (I need all the width I can get for my show cattle, I'd like 8' but they are just too expensive)<br><br>oh well, who know? It's all very confusing.<br><br>As for an alluminum trailer only lasting 7 years? Gosh, I hope not at that price! I'm hoping for 20. Exiss garuntess theres for 7. Theres lots of alluminum &quot;pots&quot; on the road that must be 30 years old. Our Home Made gooseneck is 14 years old!<br><br>

If Iam not mistaken most of this conversation has evolved around trailers built in Iowa of aluminum construction assumably for lightness. Kieferbuilt makes all the combos described in aluminum are known for quality and are built in Iowa perhaps one should take a look. People around here have opted away from Featherlite because floor design is not as heavy as Kieferbuilt, Wilsons are not popular because of price and the dealer is more interested in selling Pots/ sales commission is higher. Cattle pots usually are pretty tired after 7-8 years due to continous use as the trailer is the frame and all the weight is carried between the tractor drive axles and the trailer axles all the way to the rear. Aluminum goose neck stock trailers should not have this problem due to axle placement and unless your in business like Cattle Hauler a farm owned stock trailer would be lucky to 10k miles a year. The largest reason stock trailers become tired is lack of proper cleaning, between the nitrogen and acid in urine and manure this is the most corrosive thing other than road salt on under carriage. Those that wash regular know this but usually dont pull the matt(s) and rinse out everything that seeps down underneath onto the floor subframe where it sits and eats away. A stock trailer hot washed with a pressure washer after each use should last 20 years therefore making the investment worthwhile. PK

Ya' a Wilson Brand will not go good if I pull into a horsefarm, but 99.9% of my hauling is cattle. I may keep my Featherlite and buy another trailer which will be a Wilson

C&amp;M and Exiss both seem pretty good we show horses i own a sundowner trailblazer with full Living Quarters however a few of my buddies have aluminum Exiss trailers not the stock aluminum but horse trailers but they are pretty nice trailers i have pulled them before they pull really nice i think they are one of the best trailers for the money. Only seen C&amp;M but dont know anyone who has one!