Posted 2006-02-26 4:02 PM (#37870) Subject: Chevy 2500 HD with a shortbed?
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Location: Casa Grande Arizona
I finally bought a trailer and I'm going to pick it up next week. I'm putting a gooseneck hitch in my extended cab shortbed PU. Is there a problem with goosenecks and shortbeds? I've seen others make comments in other treads. I'm going a long ways to pick up the trailer and don't want to find out when I get there that it won't work.
Posted 2006-02-26 4:10 PM (#37871 - in reply to #37870) Subject: RE: Chevy 2500 HD with a shortbed?
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Location: Northern IN.
Oh, no real "problems" persay, just gotta be quite a bit more carefull that ya don't turn the cab of the truck into the front of your wagon, that's the biggest thing. Some will argue that a short bed won't "handle" the weight as good as a long bed and the debate continues... BUT it will work and ya shouldn't have any problems when you go to get yer trailer, particularly if it's a fairly new one with an adjustable hitch. Up and down, NOT in and out that is, for those of you in Reo-Linda! LOL
Posted 2006-02-26 10:24 PM (#37889 - in reply to #37878) Subject: RE: Chevy 2500 HD with a shortbed?
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I have a 99 Chevy 3/4 4x4 Silverado LT with a 6.0 Liter; it has the extra-cab and a shortbed/standard box. I pull a 3-horse gooseneck and have no problems at all. I can put a full size mattress up in the sleeper above the gooseneck, but it is tapered, which I think makes it easier to handle with the shortbed. I recall reading that the full width nose style of gooseneck can make contact with your cab if you have the wrong set-up, but maybe that has more to do with the placement of the hitch combined with the width of the front of your gooseneck. *
Posted 2006-02-27 10:02 AM (#37909 - in reply to #37870) Subject: RE: Chevy 2500 HD with a shortbed?
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You did not specify what size the trailer was, if it is a standard 7' wide trailer with a slight taper in the nose abosolutley NO PROBLEM! If it is a full 8' wide with no wedge or taper to the nose there could be a problem turning. You can still do it but when turning dont pop out your rear window.
Posted 2006-02-27 9:21 PM (#37940 - in reply to #37909) Subject: RE: Chevy 2500 HD with a shortbed?
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In 10 years of pulling horsetrailers, going to shows, watching people park and maneuver at shows and dressage clinics I have never seen anyone hit their truck cab with their horse trailer. Where do you folks see these things? I miss all the excitement.
Posted 2006-02-27 9:31 PM (#37942 - in reply to #37870) Subject: RE: Chevy 2500 HD with a shortbed?
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I have a buddy (not a smart one obviously) that popped out not ONE but TWO rear windows with his 8' wide toy hauler and shortbed pickup. Like I said if there is any kind of a wedge or taper there wont be any problem. I know Exiss and Featherlite both built full 8' wide noses' in the late 90s in their LQs. Since the original post did not specify wether they bought a used trailer or new I wanted the poster to be aware of full 8' wide trailers.
Posted 2006-02-28 7:25 AM (#37959 - in reply to #37942) Subject: RE: Chevy 2500 HD with a shortbed?
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I don't know how they do it but I have 2 friends who have knocked out their back windows and one that scratched his but stopped before he knocked it out. One was a lady who knocked hers out with a 7 wide Sundowner of course she had also knocked off the air conditioner and messed up both rear fenders . If you are carefull you won't have a problem.