|
|
Regular
Posts: 57
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. Thanks, Chad |
|
| |
|
 Veteran
Posts: 246
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
Edited by Broken Bit 2006-02-26 4:13 PM
|
|
| |
|
Regular
Posts: 57
Location: Casa Grande Arizona | I guess it isn't a shortbed but a standard bed. I still call it a shortbed. There is only two sizes. Long and standard. Later, Chad |
|
| |
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 565
Location: Michigan | I have a Curt, turn-over ball GN hitch in my "shortbed" 2500 HD Duramax. No problems, none at all. You'll be fine with that set-up. |
|
| |
|
 Extreme Veteran
Posts: 385
Location: washington | 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. *
Edited by cowgirl98034 2006-02-26 10:26 PM
|
|
| |
|
Member
Posts: 23
Location: St.George, UT | 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. Mark |
|
| |
|
Veteran
Posts: 202
Location: North Texas | 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.
Edited by arroyoseccofarm 2006-02-27 9:27 PM
|
|
| |
|
Member
Posts: 23
Location: St.George, UT | 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. |
|
| |
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 379
Location: Columbia, TN | 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. |
|
| |
|
Expert
Posts: 1719
Location: PA | I know someone who did it. But most of the people that I know use long beds to haul with to avoid it. |
|
| |
Chevy 2500 HD with a shortbed?
