Gooseneck Question
Hello to all. I am about to purchase a 2007 Keystone Lerado 29RG fifth wheel from a friend that has always used a Gooseneck Hitch. My truck is a 2015 Ford F-250 with a short bed, full fifth wheel/goos...
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Dtank wrote:
However, many construction folks *do* successfully use gooseneck hitches to pull trailers with heavy construction equipment.
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Heck yeah........see lots of that.
But those trailers have been gooseneck trailers....not 5th wheel
Gooseneck trailers are designed to carry HEAVY Loads
5th wheel........sometimes can't even carry designed loads
5th wheel frame structure (Lippert design)
Gooseneck frame structure
BIG Difference in design due to stresses exerted at hitch point
