Which Gooseneck Trailer?

[Lineman North Florida]

Nice looking trailer.

Thanks, I really am pleased with everything about it and the pierced frame with low profile deck is a bonus, and the powder coating looks so much better than regular old black paint, I just hope it ( the powder coating ) holds up. Charlie.

 

[bdog]

Nice trailer. Do you know the empty weight on it? What is the GVWR - 20k?

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Nice trailer. Do you know the empty weight on it? What is the GVWR - 20k?

They claim somewhere around 8k but I don't know for sure till I put it on the scale, they claim it's a 24.9k on the GVWR.

 

[ovrszd]

They claim somewhere around 8k but I don't know for sure till I put it on the scale, they claim it's a 24.9k on the GVWR.

If it's using a pair of 10K axles how can it be rated larger than 20K?

My 28+4 20K dual wheeled trailer with Hankook 7.50x16 14 ply tires weighs 6800#.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

If it's using a pair of 10K axles how can it be rated larger than 20K?

My 28+4 20K dual wheeled trailer with Hankook 7.50x16 14 ply tires weighs 6800#.

Like every other pissing contest it's all how you measure. The manufacturers who "cheat" assume the tongue weight in their numbers.

 

[ovrszd]

Like every other pissing contest it's all how you measure. The manufacturers who "cheat" assume the tongue weight in their numbers.

That's what I thought was going on.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

It's not "wrong" but I'm suspicious to say the least. It makes it tough to compare trailers but atleast you can just subtract the trailer weight and know what your payload can be.

 

[ovrszd]

It's not "wrong" but I'm suspicious to say the least. It makes it tough to compare trailers but atleast you can just subtract the trailer weight and know what your payload can be.

Yep. My first concern is weight on the tandem. Secondary is how much weight you gotta put on the tongue to haul whatever it is you are trying to haul without overloading said tandems.

So to me, a 10K tandem is a 20K trailer.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Yep. My first concern is weight on the tandem. Secondary is how much weight you gotta put on the tongue to haul whatever it is you are trying to haul without overloading said tandems.

So to me, a 10K tandem is a 20K trailer.

I feel the same way, but I was asked what the GVWR was and I got it right off the sticker, I am satisfied that it will haul more than I will be putting on it, for that matter I probably could have got by with a 14k trailer but I am kinda like a big kid and wanted a little better toy and they made me a deal that I couldn't pass up, actually cheaper than most 14k trailers around here.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Yep. My first concern is weight on the tandem. Secondary is how much weight you gotta put on the tongue to haul whatever it is you are trying to haul without overloading said tandems.

So to me, a 10K tandem is a 20K trailer.

I feel the same way, but I was asked what the GVWR was and I got it right off the sticker, I am satisfied that it will haul more than I will be putting on it, for that matter I probably could have got by with a 14k trailer but I am kinda like a big kid and wanted a little better toy and they made me a deal that I couldn't pass up, actually cheaper than most 14k trailers around here.