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Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo)

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D. Thomas [ Bea

12-29-2002 07:28:42




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one that has a deck that is flush with the wheel fenders ? The Econoline pictured here is close...I like the deck width here and would like to avoid an 8 foot wide deck completely over the tires, as it would then be too tall. But I sometimes need to load machinery with a forklift from the side and the fenders being higher than the deck is problematic with machines that have to be picked up from the bottom. Rolls Rite makes a similar gooseneck and their's has a better 'wedge shape at the rear (more like a roll back truck) for my forklift loading needs, but darned if their fenders don't poke up even more than the Econoline's. Ideas ?

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Rod MI

01-01-2003 14:53:42




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 Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC], 12-29-2002 07:28:42  
Hi I have seen smaller trailers that the bead whose hydraulic just like a elevator and you could lower it right on the ground and drive anything on it the frame I think whose C shaped and a very slick setup dues anyone now how makes them?



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D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC]

01-01-2003 18:05:31




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 Re: Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to Rod MI, 01-01-2003 14:53:42  
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You mean like this ? These guys even make a gooseneck version. The catch is the cost. A Lift-a-Load gooseneck trailer of similar capacity to the Econoline gooseneck tilt sells for about $17,000. In contrast, the Econoline, which is one of the better makes, sells for about $6,500....over $10,000 difference ! Non tilt goosenecks of even greater capacity can be had for as little as $5,200 from various makers.

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Rod MI

01-03-2003 23:56:09




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 Re: Re: Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC], 01-01-2003 18:05:31  
thanks that is it



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ID-Junker

12-30-2002 05:12:07




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 Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC], 12-29-2002 07:28:42  
Like This www.trailmax.com/Tiltbed/gtd-20-t.htm
This will show you a 24,000lb modle.



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D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC]

12-30-2002 05:30:38




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 Re: Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to ID-Junker, 12-30-2002 05:12:07  
Nope, that's a deck over the wheels type...as mentioned in original post I'm looking for one like in the Econoline and Rolls Rite photos...i.e. deck between the wheels but with flush to deck fenders. Interesting site though, I didn't know about Trailmax....I'll ask 'em if they do specials, thanks.



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redrev

12-29-2002 19:05:28




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 Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC], 12-29-2002 07:28:42  
I just used a couple of 3" think planks with beveled edges. I put the planks on the deck next to the fenders and drove over the planks without the overhang bothering the fenders. Worked fine!



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Dell (WA)

12-29-2002 09:07:20




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 Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC], 12-29-2002 07:28:42  
Thomas..... ....If'n ya likes the trailer, have the mfr modify it with "removeable" fenders so's ya can load it, then re-attache the fenders so's the road police can't pester ya.

I've seen a number of lowboy trailers with removeable fenders..... ....Dell



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Tom

12-29-2002 17:48:54




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 Re: Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to Dell (WA), 12-29-2002 09:07:20  
Do you need more than say mudflaps? There are heavy equipment trailers with the tops of all the tires exposed. Some the equipment being carried actually drive over while loading or unloading. Others the goosneck comes off and the equipment loads and unloads from the front.



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D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC]

12-29-2002 19:26:55




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 Re: Re: Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to Tom, 12-29-2002 17:48:54  
The trailers you describe are very nice but are generally for ~very~ heavy equipment and are too massive to be towed by a standard issue diesel pickup truck. I saw a semi yacht hauling trailer recently, which, for it's purpose had to be as low to the ground as possible. It's wheels were in a cutout section of the frame such that the tops of the tires were just even with the top of the frame. This sort of thing might work for one of these goosenecks, but I suspect the 9 to 12 ton trailer makers might charge the proverbial arm and leg to custom fab that cutout in the deck. But maybe not, I'll ask and see what they say.

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Tom

12-30-2002 18:23:53




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC], 12-29-2002 19:26:55  
I was using those trailers only to describe a type, wheels open on top, no fenders, why not for us guys who need only to carry a tractor? Seems to me we would get the width without the wheels extending even more, without too much more height. Just have the decd at about the same height as the tops of the tires, maybe tires a couple inches higher than deck, and drive over them.



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BFO

12-31-2002 17:37:45




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to Tom, 12-30-2002 18:23:53  
I've built quite a few deck thru trailers.they've always been my favourite.



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D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC]

12-29-2002 10:03:30




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 Re: Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to Dell (WA), 12-29-2002 09:07:20  
Now that you mention it, I vaguely recall seeing removable fenders too. But seems like the ones I saw were usually on single axle types and made of plastic. Might be an expensive custom fab job to do a triple axle situation in heavy metal but it's something to inquire about I suppose. I could see the possiblity of a bolt on fender but it needs to be done such that it can be removed and reinstalled in a flash without tools, otherwise it becomes too much PITA to mess with.

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D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC]

12-29-2002 07:41:29




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 Re: Tilting gooseneck trailers..anyone make (photo) in reply to D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC], 12-29-2002 07:28:42  
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Here's a photo of the Rolls Rite..note the gentle leading edge of the rear lip...dunno why Econoline does their's the way they do, fine for tractors of course, but a problem for industrial type forklifts.



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