About

eds-rig-on-the-beach-loIronhorse Trailers is located in Morrison, Tennessee, midway between Nashville and Chattanooga, and was founded in 2002 by Ed & Julie Heard, also owners for the last twenty years of Ed Heard & Associates, Inc., a management consultancy specializing in helping manufacturing companies make products better, quicker, and more economically.

After developing an interest in and buying a couple of motorcycles in the nineties, Ed & Julie, like so many others, bought a 6 X 10 box-type trailer to haul their bikes, only to find that towing it was not a pleasant experience. Thinking that more oomph was the answer, they added two progressively more powerful vehicles to their fleet before finally concluding, in early 2002, that trying to pull a 60 square foot barn door down the road with today’s vehicles is not very practical.

After a few hours on the internet, Ed & Julie discovered what appeared to be a good alternative, the Excalibur Sport Carrier™. But after a few more hours on the internet and the telephone, their initial elation turned to dismay. Not only was the Excalibur no longer in production, many of its owners complained about its distressing tendency to leak, the flimsiness of its side walls and the poor quality of its overall fit and finish. But all was not lost.

During their internet search, Ed & Julie also discovered a similar looking trailer called the Eagle being manufactured in Arkansas by Jerry and Kathy Smith. A closer look showed that with its 20 inches greater internal width, it could haul two dressers, and with its fixed, rather than hinged top, there were no leakage problems. After pulling one of the Eagles a few hundred miles behind a Ford Explorer, it was clear that it really did tow like a dream, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Shortly thereafter Ed & Julie bought the exclusive rights to the Eagle brand, the Eagle product line, a rudimentary Eagle dealer network, and the physical molds used to produce body parts, and founded Ironhorse Trailers.

Ironhorse Trailers now produces 2 distinct trailers, with a 3rd model in the design stage, and recently moved into a larger production facility located in Morrison, Tennessee.