Gooseneck Trailer for m7040

[carlhwv]

That would be a hard reputation to live up to!!!!

There are a Gazillion manufacturers of trailers. Many, many small town welding shops putting them out. My GN is a Neal brand, ever heard of them??? Central Kansas company.

Here's a thread link to an individual that might be truly building the "best" trailer out there.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/371932-gooseneck-trailer-build.html

Man, he has real skills.

 

[ovrszd]

Man, he has real skills.

Doesn't he!!!! And he does it all with minimal equipment and shop space!!!! I'm anxious to see the finished trailer. Individual ideas like his might change the trailer industry. I can see a need for a trailer of this design. He puts a whole new meaning to "low deck" trailers.

 

[Fxfymn]

There are many, many trailer builders out there. Buy some steel, get a welder, boom you are in business.

Go with a well known builder that has a dealer network you can rely on. My low-boy was a Kaufman with no dealer support. I paid less at the beginning, but regretted it later. My present rig is a PJ. Well built with a good dealer network to support the product after delivery.

Some of the replies have confused GVW with net carrying capacity of the trailer. The GVW includes the weight of the trailer whereas the net weight is what you can carry. A 14K trailer that weighs 3K can only carry 11K.

You should know the weight of what you are carrying and make your choice based on that.

One other consideration is to make sure you have at least 16" tires. It easy to upgrade 16" rubber, not so much with 15". I know that the tires do not determine the axle capacity, but trailer tires are always a PIA and most builders put "just enough" tire on to meet the weight carrying requirement. In the end you may want to upgrade to a heavier tire to increase reliability and peace of mind.

Another consideration is 17.5" tires are much more expensive than 16" tires and may be hard to find if you need one on the road. Been there done that and that is why the new trailer has 16" rubber.

 

[ovrszd]

There are many, many trailer builders out there. Buy some steel, get a welder, boom you are in business.

Not even close. Probably not more than 3 or 4 posters on this thread that could build a useable trailer.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

I thought PJ trailers were great when I lived in NC. Up here in NH the "paint" starts to come off in massive sheets after a few years. Moisture gets under these sheets and rust becomes a real problem. Spent about a year shopping for a used GN equipment trailer and eventually stopped even looking at PJs. :confused3:

 

[LD1]

A 14K trailer that weighs 3K can only carry 11K.

Unless you put 2k on the pin and now your at a net carrying capacity of 13k

 

[ovrszd]

Unless you put 2k on the pin and now your at a net carrying capacity of 13k

Yep. And I believe for most of us TBNers, we'll exceed our trucks capacity pretty quick.

Not picking on him, but I'd wonder if xfaxman's pics hauling his Telehandler didn't do that??

 

[LD1]

Yep. And I believe for most of us TBNers, we'll exceed our trucks capacity pretty quick.

Not picking on him, but I'd wonder if xfaxman's pics hauling his Telehandler didn't do that??

The way he shows it loaded with the big one, in post 54 i think, where he says 3440# pin weight.

Looks like a ~00-05 ish model year 3/4-ton chevy. I could be wrong, but I didnt think they had that kind of payload capacity? If so, its right on the edge.

My truck has a payload cap of ~4500#. I know from hauling a few loads of sand and stone that it takes 4k to "just touch" the helpers. So the few times I have moved (short distances) my 18k backhoe or a buddies 17k D3 cat......I position the load so that I am "just touching" the helpers. And that puts right about 4k pin weight. With the 18k hoe and 6500# trailer.....that gives me ~20,500# over the pair of 11.2k axles. So I know I am good all around with a little margin for safety. Bout a 500# safety margin on the truck, and about 1000# safety over each rear.

 

[Xfaxman]

Yep. And I believe for most of us TBNers, we'll exceed our trucks capacity pretty quick.

Not picking on him, but I'd wonder if xfaxman's pics hauling his Telehandler didn't do that??

Yep, just a little over on the trailer axles, The truck is a Diesel, it handled it just fine.

I wondered if anyone would notice and comment.

 

[Xfaxman]

The way he shows it loaded with the big one, in post 54 i think, where he says 3440# pin weight.

Looks like a ~00-05 ish model year 3/4-ton chevy. I could be wrong, but I didnt think they had that kind of payload capacity? If so, its right on the edge.

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It is a 06 GMC 2500HD, empty, the scale showed 3200 pounds on the rear axle, so was about 600 pounds over the axle rating, but still within the tire's rating.