grain truck or gooseneck

I posted this last week on the old truck forum but no responses. Not sure if this question has ever been asked here but what's the pro's or con's of a older 70's grain truck or a Gooseneck grain trailer. I've been looking at upgrading from my old 53 chevy with 14 foot box and was thinking of just getting a gooseneck grain trailer instead of another grain truck. Then I'd just use a standard pickup to pull the gooseneck and save on having to maintain two drive trains since I aleady have a pickup that will work. If anyone has experience with a gooseneck with tilt box or the gravity wagon style please reply.
 
Depends on how much grain your hauling, how far your hauling and the traffic. I've got a 16 foot gooseneck with an electric hoist that I built 3' sides for. I hauled 150 bushel 15 miles with it behind a 99 F350 7.3 diesel. Truck pulled it alright but stopping was another story. I got by but I wouldn't want to haul 300 bushel with a pickup. I went to 2 straight trucks and this year to a tractor trailer.
 
I would haul around 260 to 300 bushel about 95 miles to the seed cleaner and then about 100 to 160 bushel of cleaned grain about 300 miles one way. I'm also concerned of the braking issue. I'm currently looking at a gooseneck trailer/box with trailer brakes, maybe that will help. The trailer is a triple axle and has a box big enough for 335 bushel.
 
What have you got for a pickup? In the case you describe I think the trailer is your best bet if you have a ton truck in good shape. Otherwise I'd want a good straight truck, talking a nice low mile truck for a 300 mile haul.
 
what erick says. you dont want to exceed load limits, and breaking capabilitys on a pick-up. Thats going to be alot more easier to do with a pick-up than a straight truck. I have seen farmers pulling goose-necks with even a single axle tractor truck. I presume they are doing this to avoid pushing limits to far on a pick-up. Dependes on how many bushels you are going to haul, and if your going to push it to far all the time hauling as much as you can.
 
You'll have over 20,000 lbs behind your pickup by the time you get 300 bushels on board so your combined weight will be in the neighborhood of 28,000 lbs. This is a significant amount of weight for any pickup, especially for the distances your talking about. Just make sure your brakes are up to the task.
 
Hey Steve, Where you located?

I have a 16 ft dual wheel tandem gooseneck that is for sale. I pull it behind a GMC 6500. Has 2 1/2 foot sides, electric over hydraulic hoist, looks like new.
 
I would be lost without my straight truck. You are going to need a heavy pickup to take care of that weight. Straight trucks are built to stop that much load.
 
Well guy"s I went for a straight truck. The gooseneck trailer went for 4150 and a tonner truck would cost at least another 3 or 4 grand for a older used one. So instead I bought a 1969 chevy c-60 with a tag tandem. has a 5+2 speed trans and the 366. Found out driving it home yesterday the motor will need some work. Runs very rich and has 0 power. average speed was 35 - 40 mph with no load. May just throw in a 350 or a 400 that I have laying around. Thanks for the help guys.
 

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