Which Gooseneck Trailer?

   / Which Gooseneck Trailer?
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#51  
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.
 
   / Which Gooseneck Trailer? #52  
Nice trailer. Do you know the empty weight on it? What is the GVWR - 20k?
 
   / Which Gooseneck Trailer?
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#53  
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.
 
   / Which Gooseneck Trailer? #54  
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#.
 
   / Which Gooseneck Trailer? #55  
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.
 
   / Which Gooseneck Trailer? #56  
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. :)
 
   / Which Gooseneck Trailer? #57  
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.
 
   / Which Gooseneck Trailer? #58  
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. :)
 
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#59  
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.
 
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#60  
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.
 

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