Safe to haul on a 20’ deck gooseneck trailer? Around 250 miles

[Landslide]

I can get this semi trailer for free but it has no undercarriage on it. I think it’s a 48’ long box trailer. I have access to a 20’ gooseneck trailer, think it’ll be safe to haul it on there? I have a magnetic battery flashing red led light I can stick on the back of it somehow.

I wish I could barrow a 40’ gooseneck flatbed. I could use it. I live under the true theory that if you have more storage room available, I’ll fill it up. I already have 4 and they are full of car… stuff.

This thing is 250 miles away and it’d be cheaper to just buy one local then pay to have this thing hauled up here.

 

[jeeptj19992001]

Take lots of pictures

 

[ToughBowtieTruck]

Nothing is ever truly free.

 

[MONSTERMUDDER]

The only proper way is the $30 a day tandem uhaul trailer chained up under it as the wheels hooked up to the cheapest converter dolly you can find behind the cheapest MDT on Marketplace.

 

[BigBurt]

Have you ever seen the BDL thread… you’ll have to do it at night, the pictures with the pissed off cops are always from the day time

 

[Jackie Treehorn]

Barge it?

 

[D Nelly]

48/2=24>20 so you're going to be super negative on tongue weight.

The real question is what would be the cheapest ballast to get everything towing happy

 

[Bogus One]

Fucking Retard...........
20' Gooseneck. Is that 20'of actual flat deck?
If so, you've got 28' hanging off the back.
How much weight you putting in the bed of the truck to compensate for that?

 

[Gbkeith]

48/2=24>20 so you're going to be super negative on tongue weight.

The real question is what would be the cheapest ballast to get everything towing happy

Junkyard antifreeze

 

[JR4X]

28 ft hanging off the back of your 20 footer. Probably at least 34 ft hanging behind the rear most axle. Ever seen the tail wag the dog? I think you’ve used up like 8 of your 9 lives already. I don’t think a 20’s gonna do it.

 

[V30crewcab]

you need to pull it up on the front of the gooseneck enough to balance it all out, then you're all good!!!

 

[45acp]

Put it in 4wheel drive because the back tires ain't gonna be on the ground.

 

[Bogus One]

"This thing is 250 miles away and it’d be cheaper to just buy one local then pay to have this thing hauled up here."

After going back and reading this, why are you even wasting our time?

 

[arse_sidewards]

Pick up a used 5th wheel for $200, stick the box on your GN backwards and couple the box to the 5th wheel on the truck using the kingpin.

 

[rockdog57]

I personally think that’s a great idea! Hell yeah! Take lots of pictures before and after the shit show.

 

[45acp]

Honestly I'd just load it perp and dickular. Run them tow mirrors flipped out, and don't stop at the drive through. It'll balance good.

 

[shortbus4x4]

If you did manage to get it on the road I think you'd meet at least one cop and that'd be the end of the trip.

 

[jeeptj19992001]

Honestly I'd just load it perp and dickular. Run them tow mirrors flipped out, and don't stop at the drive through. It'll balance good.

Maybe he has a dodge....the mirrors are always out

 

[Boss]

Cut it in half and stack them.

 

[Boss]

If you did manage to get it on the road I think you'd meet at least one cop and that'd be the end of the trip.

...as stated by another. Nothing is ever truly free.

 

[shortbus4x4]

...as stated by another. Nothing is ever truly free.

Maybe the cop would give him a full body cavity search.

 

[Gbkeith]

Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose.

 

[M92PV4U]

Nothing is ever truly free.

Nothing is ever truly safe.

 

[Jackie Treehorn]

Cut it in half and stack them.

Or stand it up on its end and avoid all the power lines.

 

[shortbus4x4]

Or stand it up on its end and avoid all the power lines.

And overpasses.

 

[PAE]

Buy a trailer cheap on ironplanet.com or trailerplanet.com hopefully closer to your location.

 

[speed bump]

You already have some semi trailers. Pull the wheel trucks out of one of those and put it under this one? Seems like it was some spring pins and 5/8 bolts on the one I have.

 

[Hooligan]

Yes, totally safe, no problems, people do it all the time.

C’mon, where are the “yes” people at. We need some action!

 

[Johnny Longrifle]

This is either a brilliant troll attempt by our resident peg leg, or dumber than anything Waterhead could dream up.

 

[Chicken Corners]

Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose.

Nothin', don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no-no