Gooseneck trailer and utility body truck

super99

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Looking for a 1 ton dually to pull gooseneck trailer hauling tractors. Found a 2000 Ford F350 Super Duty, gas with a utility bed. It's listed on Rockford, Ill. Craigslist. It looks like a low sided utility bed and it has a turnover ball in it. Just wondering about clearance when turning on uneven areas, will the hitch clear the box? Comparing pictures of regular truck to this one, it looks like the bed is 4" or 5" higher. Any one ever pulled a gooseneck trailer with a utility bed truck?? Thanks, Chris
 
Just measure and compare. Dually side height to the other. A traditional utility bed is a good bit higher than a pickup. Flat bed with utility boxes added depends on box height. Many gooseneck trailers have an adjustable height hitch but trailer may be very unlevel if neck high enough to clear
 
It would depend on the trailer. Some have a higher arc to the hitch then others. Some seem to get really close to a pick up bed so I don't think that would work for you.
 
Use a dolly set up to pull the trailer and solve the issue. There is a guy up in ND that has something like that he uses to carry extra weight when he pulls some loads. I talked to him going down the road a few years ago up there. He also had a 3PT set up for towing equipment. This was all on the same dolly. Worked like a Joe dog on a detach only it became a bumper pull deal like those guys pulling trailers in transport. I suppose you could build a deal to hitch to the truck on the ball then hitch the trailer to that.
 

If the trucks cheap enough I'd pull the utility bed and put a flat bed on it.
I wouldn't want a bed with sides any higher than a standard bed, high arch necks are usually custom ordered and put a lot more stress on the drop tube to the hitch. The trailer floor needs to be level for the suspension to work properly so elevating the neck isn't a good option, especially on trailers with torsion suspension.
If you have any tight driveways you'll be pulling in and out of you don't want a high sided bed.
Most of the bed damage I see is from someone pulling out of a tight driveway and dropping one side of the truck off the edge of the road into the ditch line, when the truck tilts over the trailer neck comes down on the side of the bed, the longer the trailer is the more this becomes a issue.
 

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