What type of trailer do you use?

Dan

I don't have a pick-up or flatbed truck for a gooseneck. I do have a 2-1/2 ton truck though! Here is a picture of a couple of my tractors loaded up.

The trailer has a 25 foot deck and a 5 foot dovetail that cranks up to make a 30' flat. It is equiped with a pinle hook. Since we could get a lot of weight on the hitch I have a receiver rated for 16,000 pound tongue weight.

Dave Olson

Could you send me more pics of the trailer. That is almost exactly what I am going to build.

Dan

By the way, if you have ever driven down I-95 in North Carolina with two tractors on 14k gvw trailer, in 95 degree heat, you'd know why I love the 8 tires instead of 4. Busted 3 in one day.

And another thing, I have never pulled it, but a friend of mine has a gooseneck with 3axles under it, and he wishes he had bought one like mine. If he could find anyone around here to buy his, I'm sure he would purchase something different next time.

What not too buy is a tri-axle tag trailer as they will reverse load hitch weight and no you can't load tongue heavy to stop it. There is no load sweet spot like on a tandum. I have not tried a GN tri-axle but I expect to see the same problems but just not as bad of a problem.

When considering a GN hitch, the flat plate hitch will cause the truck frame rails to flex. There's not enough hieght on the flat plate design to stop this from happening. Is this a problem? Apparently not as lot of GN use this type of hitching. It is a problem for me as I tend to keep my pick-ups for ever.

Buying trailers is just like buying trucks, always buy more than you need.

T_Bone

Do me a favor and measure from your pin to center of your axle. Then give me your overall trailer length.

I'm curious :)

T_Bone

Thanks but I didn't mean for you too run out and measure it pronto. I always enjoy hearing about others ideas as I'm sure others do also.

I was currious if the design stayed with-in my 2/3 rule and it's close, 73%. I find alot of the 5th wheel and GN trailers using 70% to 75%. That would make them pull best.

On my tag tri-axle I'm changing it too a reverse GN and was planning a 70% length. The trailer was used when I bought it and I didn't see any excessive tire scrub.

I did a pull of a 14x75ft mobil home for 800miles one time and that was your pound of lead to pound of feather feeling for sure. Colorado used a 12ft roadway from center line to edge of pavement and hearing the snow reflectors hit the side of the MH was hard to get used too. Then it was alittle unnerving climbing two lane grades.

On one grade a 6%, I sent my pilot car ahead to block traffic on top of the pass so I could use both lanes for the corners. I gave him specific instructions to use his vechile accross both lanes to stop traffic.

He didn't think that was required so I'm doing a tight right hand corner and the back of my trailer is 12" from the right gaurd rail and my tractor was in the burm on the left side lane when I looked up and seen a 18 wheeler heading for me. My tractor was just center lane by now so I figured to keep going with my door open as I'm doing about 5mph in doubble lo-gear and thought if he hit my trailer it would be about a 500ft ride down a mountain.

He see's me and hits his trailer brakes and pulls to the shoulder burm but forgets about the rock overhang and trailer sheet metal is flying off in every direction. As he slides past my cab I'm looking in my mirror watching my rear trailer top as he clears it by about 4". He never even stopped and neither did I. Ohhh the good times :)

T_Bone

T_Bone

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