Gooseneck Questions
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Gooseneck Questions
So I managed to exceed my search limit trying to do some research, so I guess I'll just have to ask a bunch of questions. Background; my wife and I are getting more and more into the horse biz and are currently shopping for a trailer and a truck to pull it. I'm leaning towards a 3-horse, slant-load gooseneck. Granted, it has to be a big one since we have draft horses.
OK, so anyways, is a gooseneck the best way to go? Are they really that much more stable than a bumper pull?
As for the truck, if I do decice to go with a gooseneck, should I make sure that the truck has an 8' bed?
Thanks for any advice.
Micah
OK, so anyways, is a gooseneck the best way to go? Are they really that much more stable than a bumper pull?
As for the truck, if I do decice to go with a gooseneck, should I make sure that the truck has an 8' bed?
Thanks for any advice.
Micah
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Oh, and get the 8 foot bed, you never know when the extra room will come in handy.
Personally I had an auxiliary fuel tank in mine that enabled me to drive for two days before having to fill up. VERY handy when pulling the big trailer. You could pick and choose which station to go to because when the trailer gets huge like that you have to plan your route.
Personally I had an auxiliary fuel tank in mine that enabled me to drive for two days before having to fill up. VERY handy when pulling the big trailer. You could pick and choose which station to go to because when the trailer gets huge like that you have to plan your route.
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Actually, whether or not there's enough clearance with a shortbed depends mostly on the shape of the nose of the trailer. I pull a Circle D with a full nose that's slightly tapered toward the front and I can turn 90 degrees with no problem with my shortbed. My gooseneck ball is 2" in front of the axle, btw. There are trailers with extremely tapered noses that work with the 5 1/2' bed on the supercrew. The shorter wheelbase has an advantage in manueverability, the longer wheelbase has an advantage in room and slight advantage in stability. I'd personally prefer a longbed, but finding a used 3/4 ton supercab or crewcab with a longbed is tough (around here anyway).
Last edited by ramblincowboy; 02-13-2007 at 12:13 PM.
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My V10 has the 3.73 and I get along fine pulling up to 10K or so, past that 4.10's or 4.30's are a better choice. But then again, my V10 gets 14 - 15 mpg empty on the highway, depending on how hard I'm driving (I have gotten as much as 17). But mine's a 2 wheel drive supercab shortbed - bigger pickups prob'ly won't get quite that much. If you plan on running bigger tires you'll want the lower gears, too.
Not knocking the diesel's at all - they're great trucks, but you can buy alot of gas for the difference in price in comparable gas and diesel pickups.
Look in the FAQ's at the top of the superduty forum and you'll find which axle ratio corresponds with the code under "axle" on the gvw sticker inside the drivers door.
David
Not knocking the diesel's at all - they're great trucks, but you can buy alot of gas for the difference in price in comparable gas and diesel pickups.
Look in the FAQ's at the top of the superduty forum and you'll find which axle ratio corresponds with the code under "axle" on the gvw sticker inside the drivers door.
David
Last edited by ramblincowboy; 02-14-2007 at 10:41 AM.
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