New Gooseneck

[Hay Dude]

10-4 I don't blame you on wanting to haul as much as possible with fuel prices what they are and as long as you have the room to get it into places no problem, what I have found is a lot of driveways have a nice 16' gate no problem except there is little to no setback off of the road and it's literally impossible to get a long gooseneck in , sometimes I just use my 20' bumper pull in those cases as it follows the truck better in a tight driveway, but it in no way handles the load or rides as good as the gooseneck does.

I have to deliver hay frequently between pillars at the end of farm driveways and my 38,500lb, 35’ long GN is about as big as you want to try on them. Just delivered a load to a guy raising beef and I was off the driveway with trailer tires on the grass.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I have to deliver hay frequently between pillars at the end of farm driveways and my 35’ GN is about as big as you want to try on them. Just delivered a load to a guy raising beef and I was off the driveway with trailer tires on the grass.

Delivering hay to a new place or customer can be a pain , you can ask ahead of time . Can I get a long gooseneck trailer into your place? and it's almost always yes of course, I come in and out with my horse trailer all the time, then you get there and you have to try to figure something else out and you find out that their horse trailer is a 12' bumper pull.

 

[Hay Dude]

Delivering hay to a new place or customer can be a pain , you can ask ahead of time . Can I get a long gooseneck trailer into your place? and it's almost always yes of course, I come in and out with my horse trailer all the time, then you get there and you have to try to figure something else out and you find out that their horse trailer is a 12' bumper pull.

The story of my life! Got to the point where if theres any question, I don't pull in until I’ve walked the driveway & turnaround.

 

[5030]

Why I quit delivering long ago. They want to buy rounds, they can come here. Besides with fuel what it is, delivering can be costly.

 

[Hay Dude]

First thing to fail will be the floor.

5030 always kicks in with positivity. It just brings the thread to a higher level.

 

[TimberFarm]

5030 always kicks in with positivity. It just brings the thread to a higher level.

The old saying:
"It takes all kinds to make the world go round"

 

[Bearsixty7]

The old saying:
"It takes all kinds to make the world go round"

I've always countered that with,

No, It takes "MOST" kinds to make the world go round, not all!

 

[Hay Dude]

Why I quit delivering long ago. They want to buy rounds, they can come here. Besides with fuel what it is, delivering can be costly.

Delivering the hay to the customer is a 2nd chance to make more money.
Once on the hay
Twice on the delivery.
Also there’s a third opportunity to make money: bring tractor and stack in their barn.

The cost of fuel is always factored into the delivery price, whether it’s $2/G or $5/G, just like a farmer like myself, prices the sale of feed hay, fuel or any other input cost drives the price.

 

[4570Man]

There are a few times that I would like to haul a tractor, topdresser, and a skid steer in one load.
Lately we have been taking 2 trucks and trailers to most jobs. Just today I burned $200 of fuel in my truck pulling my 28' gooseneck, and the other truck was on the job too with a borrowed 27+5 trailer.

My employee says he is comfortable pulling any length trailer I would get.

Anyway, I appreciate your input. Thanks.

I agree with wanting to haul stuff together but isn’t a 14k on the light side for doing that?

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I agree with wanting to haul stuff together but isn’t a 14k on the light side for doing that?

The trailer I am considering (see my link in post 16) has a 25,900 lb GVWR.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I ended up buying a used 40' TopHat trailer with 2 - 12K axles. It has fairly new 14 ply tires, deck, and springs. It is actually a trailer that my son-in-law had purchased new in 2014. He sold it to a guy who sold it to a company who I bought it from.

TopHat is the brand that my local dealer sells, so I'm confident I can get parts easily.

I almost bought a newer trailer a few days ago, but when I looked at the VIN on the title, it was not the same as the VIN on the trailer, so I backed out of the deal.

I'm glad/lucky, because the trailer I ended up with will fit my needs/wants better, and was less money.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Sweet, What is the weight of that trailer?

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Sweet, What is the weight of that trailer?

The GVWR is 25,900. I'm not sure the weight of the trailer, but I would think I could carry about 15-16,000 lbs on it.

So, a skid steer at 9000, and a tractor with loader at 6000 and one implement on the tractor, I should be close.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Yeah, my trailer is a 25+5 with 2-10k axles and it is heavy built with 14" I beam frame instead of 12" etc and it weighs a little more than 7k , the sticker on it says the GVWR is 24,900 but the way I always figured it was since I had 20,000k worth of axles minus 7,000 lbs for the weight of the trailer that left me with 13,000 lbs of capacity to be legal and while I am not always legal I try to stay close because I know I put some of that weight on the pin. If your trailer is 40' I bet it's pushing 9k weight wise.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

This is why I wanted the 40’ trailer. I plan to go weigh this load at a local rice farmer just to see where we are at.

 

[nisaacs]

I will guess 35k.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I'm going with 30k.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I will guess 35k.

The truck weight like this is 15,370 lbs and the trailer axle weight is 20,000 lbs for a total of 35,370. This would probably be the heaviest I would ever load it. But I still need to shift some of the weight to the trailer axle, which I think can be done.