The Merritt Lariat Horse Trailer is built for horse owners who demand durability, safety, and style on every journey. Whether you’re heading to a competition or a trail ride, the Merritt Lariat combines rugged strength with a classic cattleman look. Thoughtfully engineered for stability, it is built to handle any road while ensuring your horses ride in comfort and safety.
Merritt gooseneck trailers are engineered to deliver enhanced strength in the nose area, incorporating full-length Z-member supports crafted from high-strength steel for exceptional durability.
All gooseneck trailers come standard with a durable spare tire carrier and a 15,000 lb. landing leg featuring a high-speed crank. This heavy-duty landing leg ensures smooth and efficient trailer leveling, while the tire carrier provides convenient, secure storage for your spare tire, keeping everything you need easily accessible and ready for use.
The Lariat trailer tack room is equipped with a lockable door for secure storage and comes standard with ten bridle hooks, a blanket rack, and four saddle racks, offering ample space to organize and protect your gear.
Merritt Gooseneck trailers feature time-tested riveted construction, known for its ability to flex and adapt under pressure, ensuring long-lasting durability. The 6″ extruded side posts and 48″ wide .080″ aluminum side sheets provide a strong, resilient framework, offering both flexibility and strength for a trailer that performs reliably in any conditions.
All Merritt trailers are built with a welded steel subframe, designed to maximize strength, durability, and the overall longevity of your trailer. Our steel frames undergo a two-part painting process, providing enhanced protection against corrosion and electrolysis, ensuring your trailer remains reliable and resilient for years to come.
The safety latch keeps the full gate from swinging back at you when engaging the camlock. This latch can be opened from inside the trailer to prevent accidental lock-ins.
Upgrade your tack room with this option, increasing the standard 10 bridle hooks to a set of 18, providing extra storage for your bridles and gear.
Merritt’s nose window package is both stylish and operational for added ventilation.
Merritt offers LED interior lighting to make sure you can safely see when operating after dark.
The Lariat model comes standard with four removable saddle racks in the tack area.
The tack room door features a secure lock with a set of keys to safeguard your equipment. Inside, an LED light is installed above the entryway, providing bright, reliable illumination for added convenience.
A blanket bar is included in the tack area.
When a Gooseneck trailer is pulled across uneven terrain, the rear can drag, causing scraping that may push dirt and gravel into the subframe and damage cross members. To prevent this, Merritt welds a segmented skid plate across the rear of the bottom deck. This welded design provides enhanced durability and strength, offering superior protection compared to fastened options.
Popular among horse owners, our flat floors are designed for comfort and durability. Made from robust .157″ aluminum, they feature a .25″ offset humped corrugation that prevents sagging between cross-members, ensuring long-lasting stability. The smooth, reliable surface is perfect for use with optional rubber matting, offering enhanced comfort and protection for animals while maintaining the trailer’s strength and performance over time.
Every rivet is carefully bucked by hand, ensuring a smooth, seamless finish that enhances the experience of your livestock. The interior side walls feature minimal-depth embossments, preventing animal waste from adhering, making the trailer easier to clean and maintain. With no vertical posts to trap waste, the smooth walls offer better protection against animal bruising and reduce the risk of bio-security issues caused by waste buildup, ensuring a healthier environment for your animals.
