2000 Sundowner 7204GNST 2 Horse Trailer with 4 ft Dressing Room

Description

Tall Interior, High GVWR and the Sundowner Steel-and-Aluminum Recipe

Two numbers make this 2000 Sundowner 7204GNST worth a second look. The first is 7 ft 5 in of interior height, roughly 22.25 hands, which is noticeably more clearance than the standard seven-foot trailers that dominate the used two-horse market. If you haul a warmblood, a tall thoroughbred or anything that habitually raises its head when the road gets rough, that extra headroom changes the trip.

The second is an 8,750 lb GVWR. Plenty of two-horse trailers stop around 7,000 lbs, which sounds fine until you add two full-sized horses, saddles, a couple of water jugs and a bale of hay. Against an empty weight of 3,400 lbs, this one leaves real margin for the way people actually pack.

The construction is Sundowner’s long-running combination of a steel frame with an aluminum skin: a strong structural core with an outer surface that does not rust, which is a large part of why these trailers are still on the road decades later. The 4 ft short-wall dressing room provides proper storage for saddles and gear, and an escape door gives a safe way out of the front of the horse area once the first horse is loaded. A manual jack keeps hitching simple, and a spare tire is included on 3,500 lb axles with 15 in wheels.

Specifications

• 2000 Sundowner 7204GNST, two horse
• Steel frame with aluminum skin
• Dressing room with 4 ft short wall and 4 ft long wall
• Two horse capacity with escape door
• Outside width 6 ft 9 in, inside height 7 ft 5 in (22.25 hands)
• Box length 15 ft
• Empty weight 3,400 lbs, GVWR 8,750 lbs
• 3,500 lb axles on 15 in tires
• Manual jack and spare tire included

Steel-framed trailers of this vintage reward a careful look at the places water collects. Once it arrives, take the mats up and go over the floor, check the frame behind the fenders and along the lower rails, and distinguish between cosmetic surface rust and anything that has started to scale or flake. The aluminum skin will look better than the steel underneath it, so judge the trailer by the frame.

Then confirm the practical fit. Your tow vehicle and hitch need to be rated above the 8,750 lb GVWR rather than above the empty weight, the brake controller needs setting up for the axles, and tire date codes matter more than tread depth on a trailer that may sit for months between trips. Measure your horses against the stall length as well as the height, since a 15 ft box with a 4 ft dressing room leaves a defined amount of stall.

Atlas delivers free to any address in the Lower 48 and charges a flat $550 for Puerto Rico, usually 4 to 10 days after the bank transfer clears. There is more in our two horse trailers category, and the shipping policy sets out exactly how delivery day works.