Gooseneck welded on pinbox

DSteiner51 wrote:

newman fulltimer wrote:
There is plenty of proof to prove the frame breaks just reading in this forum alone .i have inspected tons of broken frames caused by goosers

There have been several broken frames on these forums but none have been from gooseneck adaptors except one lately. Your last sentence, "i have inspected tons of broken frames caused by goosed" tells me this is a total lie and I'll challenge you to provide only three documented cases. I used to design and build both gooseneck and bumper pull trailers for farm and commercial use.

There have been several pictures and reports of broken frames on these threads and LOTS of folks claiming gooseneck is all wrong but like I said the data isn't there to prove it so. I even posted several times a picture of mine with dimensions indicating that a gooseneck should put more stress on the frame, yet the data just isn't there to back it up while there are a number of us who use gooseneck and now Reese even make a gooseneck hitch to replace the fifth wheel hitch.

Like I posted in one other thread, I've studied the fifth wheel and I think I know why they have broken some pinbox mounts but can't prove it so will wait to state what I've come up with until I can.

No question, a gooseneck applies more stress to the frame. If the frame was designed to handle it, you could be fine. Check with the manufacturer if it's not clear.

As far as the picture with dimensions, the dimensions shown tell you next to nothing. You need to know the distance between the frame attachement point and the point of rotationin perpendicular to the force applied when braking and accelerating (braking is likely the cause of most problems).