Trailer warning, this could happen to you

[Too many Kubotas]

I like my bumper pull trailers way more than a gooseneck. They’re way easier to hook up for the main reason. I can’t load the bed for the second reason.

Not sure how a bumper pull would be easier to hook up.

Between the mirrors and the seam in the middle of my flatbed I can see if I'm correctly positioned side to side. Then it's guesswork for the last two feet or so, and the auxiliary tank doesn't help, but I rarely miss by more than one or two inches lengthwise.

To me it's much harder to hook up a bumper pull, partially because I'm almost completely out of practice doing that. Maybe once a month on average, and that's with smaller tow vehicles.

Also, for me the ability to have anything on the bed is irrelevant. Never had anything on it in eight years and that's not likely to change. What will change is that I'll make a minimalistic bed for the 3500, basically a gooseneck hitch, fenders, taillights, and a couple of toolboxes. That's all I need and want.

 

[4570Man]

Not sure how a bumper pull would be easier to hook up.

Between the mirrors and the seam in the middle of my flatbed I can see if I'm correctly positioned side to side. Then it's guesswork for the last two feet or so, and the auxiliary tank doesn't help, but I rarely miss by more than one or two inches lengthwise.

To me it's much harder to hook up a bumper pull, partially because I'm almost completely out of practice doing that. Maybe once a month on average, and that's with smaller tow vehicles.

Also, for me the ability to have anything on the bed is irrelevant. Never had anything on it in eight years and that's not likely to change. What will change is that I'll make a minimalistic bed for the 3500, basically a gooseneck hitch, fenders, taillights, and a couple of toolboxes. That's all I need and want.

I have a backup camera for the bumper hitch ball. If I pulled the GN very often I’d add a second camera but for now I’m backing blind when I hook it up. I only have to run the jacks on the BP trailer the bare minimum to get it to clear the ball. With the GN I have to lift it another 6 inches or so since the ball is recessed in the bed. I also have to get on the bed to latch the ball and hook the chains where the BP doesn’t require that. I also have to get out of the truck before even starting and open the cover in the bed.

 

[RayIN]

Many "silicone's" will cause corrosion, they have an acetic acid base that citrus smell that you smell while working with it. A latex caulk will not cause corrosion

Yep, a "neutral-cure" silicone is best for most applications, vs the cheap stuff.

 

[nisaacs]

Okay, I give up. After thinking about it for days I still can't see how those two trailers would somehow be less useful if they were goosenecks.

I have a little bumper pull flatbed similar to yours, never use it. Okay, three times in 15 years, but the gooseneck version gets lots of miles on it.

My point wasn't about how useful a gooseneck trailer is. They have there place too.

My point was, they didn't have to be, to be desirable/useful.

Just about any reasonable tow vehicle will have a receiver from the factory. Not so with a gooseneck hitch. Dump trucks, SUV's, pickup with a camper or ladder racks, tractor, even ATV can tow a bumper hitch trailer. Gooseneck, not so much.