Gooseneck travel trailer!

I don't get it. What's the benefit? That took some time, effort, and expense to fabricate that for what gain?

IBcarguy wrote:
I don't get it. What's the benefit? That took some time, effort, and expense to fabricate that for what gain?

better towing

He liked the floor plan etc..
Didn't like bumper pull

So he converted it, for better towing

Looks like an extra fresh water tank mounted up there

X3 better towing

Hmmm, okay. I have a 5th wheel and before that a good sized trailer. I personally don't think the FW pulls much better, in fact it has an irritating "chucking" that makes me want my bumper pull back. Maybe a GN pulls better than the FW?

I have a friend who did that, but he extended the gooseneck far enough to fit a golf car sideways in front. It worked fine, but the setup was less than ideal for him, logistically , as he is paralyzed from the waiste down, so now he has a bus with hand controls pulling a trailer with the golf car.

MrWizard wrote:
He liked the floor plan etc..
Didn't like bumper pull

So he converted it, for better towing

Looks like an extra fresh water tank mounted up there

Thats a cooler - not a FW tank.

Wow, super convenient place for a cooler... :R

Never knew what chucking was until it was explained to me. I pull a gooseneck equipment trailer all the time and I think my gooseneck pulls fine. In fact I like his setup enough to copy it if I had a TT (which I don't). One thing about a gooseneck ball hitch is levelling the gooesneck is super easy. The hitch stem is adjustable up and down via holes in the stem and a bolt or in my case a lever secured with a spring clip. So long as I keep the 2 7/8" ball greased the gooseneck can articulate side to side on uneven terrain with no binding and no issues whatsoever and unhitching is a simple matter of pulling a lever and opening the jaws at the bottom of the stem which I can do from the ground standing beside the truck.

Pretty neat setup.

Yeah, it seem like if the industry went to GN's instead of fifth wheel setups it would solve a lot of the bed clearance problems that the tall new trucks create.