Goose neck vs bumper pull

[bironacad]

I will throw in my two cents worth probably all it's worth having a twenty foot GN built as we speak or type had a hitch installed in my Toyota which has 5 and a half foot bed. 3400 dollars for trailer built to my specs. seems like a good price but watching videos on youtube is there much concern about trailer hitting top of bed when going thru a dip in road and how do you compensate for this. be willing to listen or read all advice thanks.

Can't see how this would happen, as the ball is locked to the hitch. However the guys that actually use a goose should pitch in here. By the way the trailers I looked at couldn't touch your price so I think you did get a great price.

 

[ovrszd]

Rocky, valid concern!!!! I pull my GN into some pretty unlevel and uneven spots. When turning and going thru a dip or over a hump you can tap the top of your bedside easily. When I'm in that position I'm looking out the back window of my extended cab, watching for this problem. Sometimes I've had to back up and take a different line. In areas where most trailer pulling happens, it's rarely an issue.

 

[aczlan]

Can't see how this would happen, as the ball is locked to the hitch. However the guys that actually use a goose should pitch in here. By the way the trailers I looked at couldn't touch your price so I think you did get a great price.

The problem is the "arch" of the gooseneck tongue hitting the side of the bed (or the tailgate) when the truck is at a different angle than the trailer...

Aaron Z

 

[bindian]

Short wheel base trucks have the problem of a horse trailer forward corner hitting the cab turning sharp when backing up. I was taught very young to buy long wheel base trucks. After all, your buying a truck to haul stuff my Dad would say.

If your worried about a GN hitch hitting your truck bed, you can extend the adjustable coupler. My old GN lowboy had a lockbolt and just a pin and clip to extend or retract the coupler up into the GN hitch. The coupler on my Top Hat dual tandem GN has a lock bolt and a jackscrew crank to adjust GN height above the truck bed or to level your deck better.
I like my coupler adjusted high enough so I can walk behind the truck with out ducking while the GN is hitched up.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Xfaxman]

I will throw in my two cents worth probably all it's worth having a twenty foot GN built as we speak or type had a hitch installed in my Toyota which has 5 and a half foot bed. 3400 dollars for trailer built to my specs. seems like a good price but watching videos on youtube is there much concern about trailer hitting top of bed when going thru a dip in road and how do you compensate for this. be willing to listen or read all advice thanks.

The only problems that I have had with the trailer hitting top of bed is with gooseneck horse trailers, but they have less clearance than a gooseneck equipment trailer.

I adjust the hitch to get at least 6" from the top of the tailgate to the trailer.

Note that there is more than 6" clearance with my deckover gooseneck.

 

[ovrszd]

Although adjusting the height of the hitch on the trailer will help some, you have to be more concerned with your trailer pulling flat when loaded. The axle oscillation on GN trailers is very limited. This is done to lower the deck all they can when building them. If you raise the hitch point too far your axles will be oscillated to the maximum or near that. Then when your axles cross unlevel terrain the oscillators will "bottom" out. Not good. When adjusting hitch height you need to be more concerned about where the oscillators are in their arc than how much bed clearance you have. Driver attention will overcome bed hitting problems.