Be careful with that 3 point gooseneck ball set up. My cousin's husband lost his life driving a tractor and gooseneck trailer loaded with hay, very similar to what you got photographed in the picture. Only difference was, maybe a slight difference in trailer or tractor size, and he was hauling big round bales.
Is what happened was, he was hauling hay home from 3 to 4 miles away. Not far, and on a good wide road. Road had a slight curve in it. Nothing sharp. Just a gradual curve in the road. He was just about through and around the curve, probably about to the point where things were going to start straightening out, trailer upset the tractor. Basically just put it on its side on the far bank of the road ditch. The guy happened to be between the fender and the steering wheel at impact with the ditch. Impact caved the fender in, pinning him between it and the steering wheel area. He was found dead at the scene.
Near as anyone could figure, tractor upset because of the weight being up to high on the 3 point (gooseneck ball being above the axle height of tractor). Momentum of trailer weight going around the curve simply put the tractor on its side. Occupants of a car that had just met him prior to him reaching the curve, said he didn't seem to be going all that fast. Road was one of those wide county roads that you don't have to slow down/get over to meet somebody on. So, it'd be a fare assumption that he didn't increase speed for the curve. But apperantly, he was going fast enough for bad things to happen.
It just turned out to be a real bad deal. Had around 100 head of stock cows. This happened in the fall, and hadn't started feeding hay yet. Kids were little. Relatives lived far enough away that they couldn't take over his operation. All his cattle and hay had to be sold. It just wasn't good AT ALL, all the way around.
I guy can make something work, sure enough. But keep safety in mind. And be careful.
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