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Endricken
Explorer
Apr 16, 2015

Reese Goosebox and Lippert Frame Failure Report

After hitting an unavoidable (single construction lane) very large pothole in lonely west TX on I-10 west of Van Horn TX, (about 31,400 towed miles) last month, my truck’s transmission was partially d...
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Mile_High
Explorer
Apr 24, 2015
copeland343 wrote:
I know you will not agree that is just the way I see it.


I would agree if it made sense, but it doesn't. Without the gooseneck, the truck and truck frame attached to the hitch is taking the stress, with the gooseneck, the stress is on the frame of the trailer.

Including the hitch in the pin box relation is not correct. That would be like saying both systems ultimately get pulled from the bottom of the tires so there is not difference between the two.

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