My dog training truck...

[Ashby Kennels]

I looked at buying a dog trailer but I just couldn’t stomach the price and couldn’t find anything that was laid out like I wanted.
Bought an inexpensive enclosed trailer and did it up the way I wanted. It can hold up to 16 dogs, water, food and gear and I spent half the money than anything close. I do have a lot of time into it, but anyone that is in the dog business knows you never get paid for all of that.

How 'bout the grand tour? Any pictures of the inside? Very cool

[RangeViewKennels]

Thanks.
I'll have to take some.

[gitrdonebritts]

Annabella what did the flat bed cost i have a 4x4 s-10 about the size of your ranger and would love to put a flat bed on it and do something similar as you did, oh by the way that truck looks rellay sharp good Job !

Range, also sweet lookig trailer! i think with my Tax refund I'm gonna have to copy both of your desgins ! all i have right now is the wooden two dog box i built myself and two of those pastic crates.

[AnnabellaKennels]

You can checkout the flat beds here from Aluma LTD. The 66" X 86" model is the one that I have. It was $1650 and my neighbor installed it for me for free since I bought the truck from his car lot. One problem I am running into is the bed scrapes on the tires if I am really loaded down. I am looking into airbags or helper springs to get me some extra payload. I really don't want to lift it since I want the bed at a reasonable height for loading/unloading dogs. I still use the plastic crates when I am transporting more than 4 dogs to the pheasant farm or training grounds.

[gitrdonebritts]

The plastic crates are great in the summer or when i have my wifes SUV but in my 1500 pick up it crowded (they don't fit in the S-10) and i thinks it just too cold in the Illinois winter to have them in the bed. so i would like to have a setup like yours but maybe four boxes on each side and a Trailer like ranger built then i would be set for the up coming training season

[britguy]

Blue River Kennel,
What kind of station wagon do you have? I have been thinking of doing the same thing. I need to retire my Suburban. The Suburban is great and I have had a couple over the years, but need to go for more economy.