Gooseneck vs. Toy Hauler

Started by Alkire193, August 21, 2010, 06:54:30 PM

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Lady4Fiddy

Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me! >:D

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

Quote from: Alkire193 on August 23, 2010, 10:29:04 PM
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.
Just a little 81hp trail bike.


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




mostly stock with a 12t sprocket of fury

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

Quote from: disco on August 24, 2010, 09:45:29 AM
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.
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socalrappy700

Quote from: XC_Raptor700R on August 28, 2010, 07:19:29 AM
Quote from: disco on August 24, 2010, 09:45:29 AM
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. 
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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

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disco

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Must have been sold already.
mostly stock with a 12t sprocket of fury

Krandall

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


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 :(   Could have been parked in my driveway....