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Pretty sure I just got a new tow rig!

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Both - I find this light to be VERY easy on the eyes.

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I was backed up to a building, so I couldn't really open the rear doors. But you get the idea for these flood lamps.
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Cool truck. Im courious about the sleeper. You said it had two beds. Are they stacked bunk beds? Never seen that. (Don't know much about big trucks)
 
WaterH said:
Cool truck. Im courious about the sleeper. You said it had two beds. Are they stacked bunk beds? Never seen that. (Don't know much about big trucks)
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Yeah, the bunks are twin long matresses. One is about a foot off the floor with storage under it, the other is about five feet up and folds down. I will try to get pics soon.
 
aczlan said:
What are you using for ramps? Will need some at some point for a trailer and want something beefy.

Aaron Z
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I friend of mine was getting rid of some military style footwalks. If you go back a page or two you can see them on the back of the truck. I am going to add some reinforcement to them for a buggy. With them supported mid span by the lift gate, I think a SXS or jeep will be no problem.
 
So, I want to do something kinda stupid kinda awesome, and I would like some input. I want to add a gooseneck hitch to the back of the truck. I have a white enclosed 34' gooseneck and I think it would be BADASS to be able to pull it. I could haul a metric shit ton. This truck is tagged for 80,000 lbs, and has the drivetrain to pull whatever I can dream up. Worst case scenario, what do you think the weight on the gooseneck would be? 5k? 10k? With the massive frame rails, I think it's definitely doable. Is there anything I am grossly overlooking?
 
Where exactly would the gooseneck ball be mounted?
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Have you ever looked at a modern day car carrier???
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Yeah, but that is a 5th wheel not a gooseneck. And the trailer is made to specifically go on that super low 5th wheel.

I know what you mean, that would be the ideal setup. But not sure how a regular gooseneck trailer would hold up if the mounting point was that low.
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Have you ever looked at a modern day car carrier???
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Presumably OP doesn't want to

1) modify the GN so it can't be towed by a normal vehicle

2) be dragging the landing gear on the ground.

3) use some goofy-ass 24" drop ball mount flipped over

And in light of that it kind of begs the question of where/how he's gonna set up the hitch.
 
MoparMan said:
Yeah, but that is a 5th wheel not a gooseneck. And the trailer is made to specifically go on that super low 5th wheel.

I know what you mean, that would be the ideal setup. But not sure how a regular gooseneck trailer would hold up if the mounting point was that low.
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I'd build or procure a gooseneck dolly and just pull it off a hitch.

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One of this style dolly trailer complete with air brakes. Remove the fifth wheel hitch and span the top of the chassis with thick C channel and plate to make a ball mount. Put it slightly ahead of the axle centerline to induce tongue weight and cruise on down the road. :smokin:

I built one for my buddy Eric so he could tow his 40' gooseneck trailer behind his farm tractor during hay season. Drive out, drop the dolly using the 3pt hydraulics and a quick release pintle hitch. Load up the hay rolls, pick up the dolly with the 3pt hitch and cruise back to the barn. Disconnect the dolly and drop the loaded trailer right on his dually. He thinks its slick as shit, im like why don't they make these for farm use???
 
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Yeah, that's not a bad idea at all. But it would basically be like pulling doubles, i.e. 2 pivot points. Would not want to try and back it up.

Sorry, wasn't try to say you were wrong earlier. But the way car haulers are set up is way different than the dolly set up you're speaking of now.
 
MoparMan said:
Yeah, that's not a bad idea at all. But it would basically be like pulling doubles, i.e. 2 pivot points. Would not want to try and back it up.

Sorry, wasn't try to say you were wrong earlier. But the way car haulers are set up is way different than the dolly set up you're speaking of now.
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I dont think backing up with a 10 wheel box truck and 43' race trailer would be easy anyway. Pull through sites only. :laughing:

About the car hauler idea. If he was willing to build a permanent frame section under the gooseneck of the trailer with a lower 5th wheel/car hauler hitch, it would be possible.
 
maybe cut the box back a little and have a short 4-5' flat deck back there with the goose ball right at the end of the framerails?
Just enough open space so you can turn and shit without mashing stuff.

it's usually way easy to cut them back, as they're all bolted together and the sides are just FRP
 
[486 said:
;n217861]maybe cut the box back a little and have a short 4-5' flat deck back there with the goose ball right at the end of the framerails?
Just enough open space so you can turn and shit without mashing stuff.

it's usually way easy to cut them back, as they're all bolted together and the sides are just FRP
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and then you get a patio off the back deck.
put an awning over it.
 
I wouldn't worry about getting the pin centered over the axles.

Why not?

You have 40K rears. Legally able to put 34K on them. Your front is legal up to 12.5K, depending upon the axle and tire specs.

Once you build out the box, your front will likely be pushing up against legal limits anyway. Putting the pin weight from the goose at the rear will alleviate a lot of the weight concerns over the front axle. If your wheelbase is, say, 264, and the pin weight is centered 132" behind the axle center, you will be losing 1 lb up front for every 2 lb of pin weight out back. If that goose generally pushes down about 4600 on the pin, you gain another 2300 in capacity up front. Its not like you're ever going to overload the rear of the thing, the front axle will always be your concern.

If this becomes an issue in the future, you can always eliminate the front drive and run rear only. This will shift the axle center rearward and transfer more to the front. I'd do this anyway if you weren't planning on coming in over 32K from the truck alone.
 
WaterH said:
X2. Are you going to shorten the box? The mount should really be centered over the tandems.
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Why, its a mdt/hdt it wont give a shit if its pinned back on the tail. We hang 20k on a pintle behind a singled pete, so why would a goose be any different.

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Somewhere around 37'. Made a lot of changes this year. The 5ton bed was swapped out for a rollback. I plan on making a goose hitch platform that bolts of the new air ride hitch in case i need to pull my goose.

Bed pulled back 3' so u can enter the back of the sleeper via tank steps and frame platform

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Track day in march before headach rack.

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Hitch shot, ignore the broken shock

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