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| I'm looking to upgrade from a bumper pull to a gooseneck with a small living quarters. The trailer I'm interested in is an older Featherlite. I have a short bed 3/4 ton hd and wanted to know if I had to be concerned with the trailer not having a tapered nose? Is there a special hitch that I can have installed so it wont interfere?
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Location: Decatur, Texas | B&W hitch has something called a 4" ball extender that shows to work with short bed trucks. I think they have a website as well. Try to google it. |
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Location: Minnesota | How wide is the trailer? If it is only 7 feet, you should have nothing to worry about. If you can, hook it up and try it out. |
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| I sent a question to b&w, thanks for the tip. Unfortunately I don't have a gooseneck hitch installed so I can't try it out :>( |
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | http://mrtruck.net/popup.htm |
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Location: Ohio | http://www.popuphitch.com/sb1coupl.htm They make a 9" and a 16" extension. I have a 9" that I used with my short-bed F350 (2005 model). It is actually still on the LQ eventhough I now have a long bed.
Edited by barrelhorses 2009-06-15 9:09 PM
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Location: West Concord, MN |  Popuphitch.com works great |
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| Yes! The Pop up Hitch extender is the way to go! I have the same as you, 3/4 ton shortbed, no angle full front gooseneck. Works fabulous!!! AND the cable to open the ball without crawling into the bed is a major +++++++. can u tell that I love it?
Not too expensive either :)
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Location: Florida | We have the B&W turnover. It seems to stand up to its reviews. I also thought I needed to worry about the short bed so I bought the overpriced 4 inch drop back. I used it once. Basic weight distribution Physics came into play. I did notice a difference in the squat of the truck. I took it out and used the ball that came with the hitch ever since. If you want mine you can have it for half price plus the freight. |
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | Originally written by brendaclemens on 2009-06-16 7:31 AM
Yes! The Pop up Hitch extender is the way to go! I have the same as you, 3/4 ton shortbed, no angle full front gooseneck. Works fabulous!!! AND the cable to open the ball without crawling into the bed is a major +++++++. can u tell that I love it? Not too expensive either :) How do you go about hooking/unhooking your safety chains if you don't have to crawl into the truck bed....? |
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| Thanks everyone for the replies. I thought it wouldn't be a problem but have heard horror stories in the past and didn't want to buy an "accident waiting to happen". |
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Location: WI | Originally written by retento on 2009-06-16 6:58 AM How do you go about hooking/unhooking your safety chains if you don't have to crawl into the truck bed....? Our friend has the same setup and doesn't "bother" with the chains and the breakaway.  |
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Location: Ohio | The cable is a nice feature....but I ALWAYS climb up in the bed and hook/unhook the safety chains. They are there for a reason. Safety is way more important than convenience. |
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| I just lean over from the back end of the bed, grab the chains off of the king pin ledge and snap snap..hook then into the loops on the bed floor. I could reach the ball hook up before like this, but do not have the leverage or strength to pull the pin/push the pin for conventional hook up...pop-up makes it easy. Now, If I have my tailgate on...I have to crawl a bit...but since I have dented up two gates in as many years...it is usually off! |
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Location: Holly Mi | Has anyone used the 16" Popup? I have the 9" and my trailer will still hit the truck if I turn too sharp. The truck is an 04 dodge 3500 SRW quadcab. The trailer is an 8' wide Adam it is tapered some maybe down to 7'-7'6". Thanks Mike |
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