winnebago Eze-haul gooseneck trailer help needed

Winnebago Eze-Haul gooseneck trailer

I have a Winnebago Eze-Haul, 3 axle Gooseneck grain trail with A frame neck and self contained hydraulics with a scissor hoist and would like to restore/repair it to original condition as much as I can.

The wooden floor and wooden bed sides went bad about 15 yrs ago because I had to let it set for health reasons.

I plan on replacing the wooden floor with steel and making new sides out of steel but use the Winnebago paint scheme

The guy I got it from put lights on it that I don’t think are original because he welded up holes in the bed frame where round lights should be.

What I need is a picture of All 4 sides of the trailer that I can then use as a guide to restore this trailer. Something I need regardless of what I do with this Trailer.

On another issue concerning this trailer…
I've been reading the comments about whether or not you need a CDL to operate a trailer like this.

Needless to say I don’t want the CDL hassle. The trailer tag says it has 3, 6000lb axles total GVW is probably 20,000 but its been awhile since I have seen the tag. (It may have rusted off by now)

The truck that I used to pull this thing with was a ¾, 4X4 ford that no longer around.

Since I want to use the trailer to haul grain I was wondering if I shouldn’t just bolt a gravity bed to the frame and forget about rebuilding the bed sides and floor.

I live in Illinois and our vehicle license requirement is a little different than other states but it’s been so long since I used this trailer I don’t know the current law.

Plus years ago we could pull trailers like this with tractors providing the combined trailer and load weight did not exceed the weight of the tractor by a factor 150%.

The tractor and trailer had to have working lights and if the trailer had brakes they to had to work off of the tractor pedals plus the trailer had to be licensed.

Any ideas or opinions?

The trailer is titled as a 3 axle trailer but I’ve often thought of putting 2, 7000 axles under it.

I’m sure there is some regulation for that as well.

Any thoughts?

Just my observation but if you are going to haul grain with it then you will inevitably want to unload that grain. I think you had the right idea when you asked about gravity bins. Just make them removable so you can use it as a flat bed also. You didn't give length or the condition of the existing hyd lift system. Does it need rebuilt also? As far as legalities? I wouldn't comment even if I knew.

In Il. if you just haul from the field to the elevator or your storage, you don't have to have license on the trailer or a truck. But you need insurance. We rebuilt a trailer about like yours only two 7000 axles. If you don't put the floor back with 1.5 in wood, what will you do with the 1.5 in lip you will have. We used treated lumber and self tapping screws. Drilling a small hole first made it a lot easier. The big job was getting the old floor out and grinding all the old screws off. We have hauled a little grain with it in the past, but it is real handy for junk, dirt, gravel, and etc. We built sides just 1 ft high, all you need for just stuff. In other words the hoist is the neatest thing about them.

That good to know Vic that I don’t need license to go from the field to the elevator just insurance.

I planned on putting a metal filler strip to bring the height of the floor to the top of the bed.

I was then going to use 1/8 tread plate for the floor.

The hoist is in good shape the pump may need to be rebuilt but that’s NO big deal.

Luckily or unluckily all of the wood as rotted off the bed floor so all I have to do is bare the cost of the steel for the bed and sides.

I just wish I could find a picture of this thing or maybe a flyer showing how the thing was set-up