Gooseneck vs. Toy Hauler

[Lady4Fiddy]

Shaggin' Wagon! 

[Alkire193]

Mike, that is exactly what im talking about when I say gooseneck. I need a place to sleep and work and race from

[preddy08]

Mike, that is exactly what im talking about when I say gooseneck. I need a place to sleep and work and race from

You would need atleast a one ton dually diesel to pull that.

[disco]

If you do end up getting a larger truck, I'd shop by GCWR if you're going to pull something big.  Everybody drives around overweight anyway but that's your call.  *cough* been there, done that.  *cough*

By the book, my truck has a GCWR of 20,000#.  The truck itself is ~7100# empty.  Add four guys and gear so say 1000# and lets me pull 11,900#.  Now say I add an 45 gallon auxiliary tank at 400# (fuel 315, tank 85), four quads @ 1600#, everything just whittles away at your capacity. 

truck          7100     12900 remaining payload
gear/guys    1000     11900
aux fuel (dsl)  400     11500
four quads    1600      9900

[Alkire193]

F-650 Turbo Diesel with the motor from a locomotive fed on the tears of gingers everywhere?

[als660r]

Most enclosed trailers have a lower floor than a toy hauler so if you are adding living area to a enclosed there is not much room to add water tanks under the floor.
I brought an enclosed and added a counter with drawers on the front wall.
 

[XC_Raptor700R]

If you do end up getting a larger truck, I'd shop by GCWR if you're going to pull something big.  Everybody drives around overweight anyway but that's your call.  *cough* been there, done that.  *cough*

By the book, my truck has a GCWR of 20,000#.  The truck itself is ~7100# empty.  Add four guys and gear so say 1000# and lets me pull 11,900#.  Now say I add an 45 gallon auxiliary tank at 400# (fuel 315, tank 85), four quads @ 1600#, everything just whittles away at your capacity. 

truck          7100     12900 remaining payload
gear/guys    1000     11900
aux fuel (dsl)  400     11500
four quads    1600      9900

This is something very few people consider. I'm very surprised that the highway patrol doesn't enforce it. You can spot them on the road pretty easily, especially when it's just a 3/4 ton truck pulling a huge 5th wheel trailer.

[socalrappy700]

If you do end up getting a larger truck, I'd shop by GCWR if you're going to pull something big.  Everybody drives around overweight anyway but that's your call.  *cough* been there, done that.  *cough*

By the book, my truck has a GCWR of 20,000#.  The truck itself is ~7100# empty.  Add four guys and gear so say 1000# and lets me pull 11,900#.  Now say I add an 45 gallon auxiliary tank at 400# (fuel 315, tank 85), four quads @ 1600#, everything just whittles away at your capacity. 

truck          7100     12900 remaining payload
gear/guys    1000     11900
aux fuel (dsl)  400     11500
four quads    1600      9900

This is something very few people consider. I'm very surprised that the highway patrol doesn't enforce it. You can spot them on the road pretty easily, especially when it's just a 3/4 ton truck pulling a huge 5th wheel trailer.

They have been running checks on the highway heading to ocotillo wells and glamis.  Even if you've done mods to handle the weight they just go off the rating. 

[Alkire193]

I had no idea that it was a ticket-able offense to drag a load over what your truck is rated. So my 1500 pulling a gooseneck will probably get nailed? haha

[Gunz]

Funyun?

[Spartan]

He's hiding in the hauler

[Colorado700R]

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/rvs/1928768648.html

[disco]

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/rvs/1928768648.html

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Must have been sold already.

[Krandall]

Was a big enclosed for 6500. Looked like a steal of a deal

[Alkire193]

    Could have been parked in my driveway....