Decided to go for broke--one ton flatbed truck for tractor towing

[farmboy12]

1*I'm wanting a 1 ton
2*I'm considering a 1 ton SRW pick up and replacing the pick up bed with a flat bed dump.


I can't use a gooseneck trailer because I want /need to be able to use the bed to haul and dump with at the same time I'm pulling the trailer.

You can use a gooseneck hitch on a dumping flatbed. They make some that are recessed into the bed and come with hinged covers so you can fill bed with material.


Kyle

 

[aczlan]

I can't use a gooseneck trailer because I want /need to be able to use the bed to haul and dump with at the same time I'm pulling the trailer.

You can use a gooseneck hitch on a dumping flatbed. They make some that are recessed into the bed and come with hinged covers so you can fill bed with material.

I think you missed where he says that he wants to be able to haul and dump at the same time (See the bolded line I added to the message you replied to above)

Aaron Z

 

[LBrown59]

You can use a gooseneck hitch on a dumping flatbed. They make some that are recessed into the bed and come with hinged covers so you can fill bed with material.


Kyle

1*I think you missed where he says that he wants to be able to haul and dump at the same time (See the bolded line I added to the message you replied to above)

Aaron Z

1*He indeed did.
I want to haul stuff on the bed and tow the trailer both at the same time.
Can'd do it with a GN trailer

 

[QRTRHRS]

You can use a gooseneck hitch on a dumping flatbed. They make some that are recessed into the bed and come with hinged covers so you can fill bed with material.


Kyle

That's the way the Eby bed was that I had. The lid was cantalvered so that it would lay right side up and flat on the bed. I have seen some beds where the lid is hinged and I did not care for the way that it was made.

The trapdoor size on the Eby was too small to use a gooseneck drop post with air bags for a better ride. That is something I will want the next time I buy a flatbed.

Re: dumping with a gooseneck. I have seen heavier class 4 and 5 trucks with a gooseneck hitch set up behind the bed far enough so that it could still raise. I guess that you could drop the trailer and dump your load. I would just as soon go with a BP.