Going to be getting a rescue horse and trailer. and wondering how well my 05 supercab with the 4.6 will pull it.

 

Should pull it fine just make sure you have working trailer brakes and a hitch tat is heavy enough for the load. No bumper hitch

 

It didn't come with the trailer package but I'm going to be having a place that does hitches and sells horse trailers install the hitch with a trailer brake.

 

You will be fine. I pull a 2 horse trailer once a week and made a 3 hours trip on hilly western ky parkway with my 4.6 4x4 with no problem. Just I would suggest trailer brakes.

 

Assuming that you haven't hauled horses in the past, may I offer a couple of suggestions, if you already knew this stuff, please accept my apology.

When hauling 1 horse in a two-horse trailer, always put the horse in on the left side of the trailer. Doesn't matter so much on wide, concrete highways, but on narrow 2-lane roads with little or no shoulder, and especially on gravel and dirt roads--if you get off the edge of the road, the weight of the horse on the right side can pull the trailer down into the ditch.

Bad hauling horses are made, not born that way. Never forget you have an animal back there when starting, stopping and making right-angle turns. If you hear him scrambling around back there, take it as a possible sign that you're not helping him out.

I prefer not to tie them in, but I recognize that many people disagree with that. If you do tie the horse in, don't tie his head up so short that he can't use his head and neck for balance (the reason I don't tie).

 

You won't have any problem pulling it. My grandpa's 05 pulls a cattle trailer with anywhere between 1 and 8 cows about once a month. Plus flatbeds, enclosed trailers, and hayracks full of scrap

 

The last time I pulled a horse trailer it was with a 77 150 with the 400m, Never had any problems with that truck.