World's Smallest Gooseneck Trailer?

[dstig1]

49 1/2" x 11' Goose NeckTrailer

Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Makes no sense to me...

 

[HHR]

That would be great for hauling the Bobcat behind the Subaru Brat.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Actually looks weak to me in the neck area. I would not haul a lawn tractor on it.

Chris

 

[brain55]

Actually looks weak to me in the neck area. I would not haul a lawn tractor on it.

Chris

I'm sure someone will buy it and end up here. Posting that they want to haul their 6000 lb. mini excavator on it, behind their 1/2 ton pick-up, wondering if it will be okay because they are only hauling it 20 miles, twice a year, on flat ground.:laughing:

Brian

 

[Gary Fowler]

That is about the dumbest trailer build I have ever seen. Even if it was built strong enough to hold 5000 pounds, what could you put on a 4 foot wide trailer and why a gooseneck for that size trailer. He is going to have to look far to find someone stupid enough to buy that especially at that price. You can get a nice tongue pull 16 foot X 6' 4" wide with at least 3500# dual axles for that price. As for hauling a lawnmower, it isnt even wide enough to haul my lawnmower.

 

[mjncad]

My guess is the seller built it and found out it's a POS in the performance department, or he paid good money to have someone build it for him only to discover it's a POS and is trying to recoup some of the money wasted.

In any case I wouldn't buy it, and I don't know diddly squat about trailers.

 

[wedge40]

"A fool and his money are soon parted"
"There's one born every minute"

Wedge

 

[LRTX1]

A good friend of mine was a "mobile welder farm mechanic" retired now. He built a small gooseneck for his welder and supplies. I don't remember the dimmensions, I think somewhere around the 6' x 12' range. He pulled it with a chevy S-10, it did very well. Goosenecks of that size can be useful, not sure about the one posted though...lol

 

[wallace]

I see you guys find my trailer I built...:ashamed:

 

[Runner]

I'll just bolt that hitch to the roof of my Toyota Yaris and be good to go....

 

[Soundguy]

weird... with that width.. couldn't put anything but the smallest SCUT on it.

doesn't look to be setup for a motorcycle...

hmm.. maybee someone with a small pickup like a ranger or s10 needed a gn ????

soundguy

 

[clemsonfor]

I see you guys find my trailer I built...:ashamed:

hope your kidding!

 

[Soundguy]

almost looks like a small BP trailer that had the GN added on.

soundguy

 

[sandman2234]

Light duty trailer, for the lightest of work. I can see a pallet guy using it to pick up used pallets to take to the "we buy pallets" or maybe hauling a few sheets of plywood on it to do a home project... who knows, but the trailer isn't worthless, except to maybe somebody that owns a tractor, since it won't haul much in the way of weight due to the light duty axles setup and the suspect strengh of the gooseneck.
I can see somebody building it thinking it would do more, but I can't see me buying it to do less than what I need.
I really hope that was a joke when you said " we found your trailer...."
David from jax

 

[farmboy12]

I've actually considered finding a trailer like that for behind my S10. My S10 is an '85 4x4 with a 5 speed and the 2.8. It putts around the property doing small, odd jobs for me and whoever else. It also plays a bit too. I would want a trailer like that to throw some small stuff on, like a few bales of straw to go build a target for a bow. Or when we pick up sticks, it could hold much more than the bed of my truck. Maybe put a job box on it with materials for a project at the other end of the farm. Or picking up a go cart or dirt bike, or our little Craftsman without a mower when they run out of fuel and it's not the best to use our loader. Many reasons, but I would never take something like that on the road with my configuration...


Kyle

 

[dstig1]

Well since Wallace's location says PA, and the trailer is in Northern Wisc, I think it is fair to say he was kidding...

I just fail to see the utility of it. For something that small, why wouldn't it be bumper pull? Any vehicle that can handle a GN should have a ball on the bumper or a receiver, and that is a far more common thing (and easier to use, I'd say) - and plenty to handle that small trailer.

Go figger...

 

[rd_macgregor]

As for bolting this to the roof of a Yaris....it's sort of been done:
YouTube - 1974 Volkswagen Beetle & Camper - road test

A 54hp VW beetle was pretty gutless to start with; imagine what it would be like with that trailer attached!

BOB

 

[Soundguy]

Well since Wallace's location says PA, and the trailer is in Northern Wisc, I think it is fair to say he was kidding...

I just fail to see the utility of it. For something that small, why wouldn't it be bumper pull? Any vehicle that can handle a GN should have a ball on the bumper or a receiver, and that is a far more common thing (and easier to use, I'd say) - and plenty to handle that small trailer.

Go figger...

i agree... and truck capable of pulling a gn should be able to tote a bumper pull of that size.. even if it literally was a ball on the bumper.

as for hauling pallates with it.. yuck.. around here 16-20' trailers, stacked 10' tall and full all the way back are what you see on the roads around here..

can see somebody using it that does not have a full truck bed.. like a stepside ranger or similar that you can't put a sheet of plywood in.. but.. heck.. bumper pull would do that AND let you use the bed for cargo.. does make you wonder...

here's one.. how about a kingpin adapter for 5th wheel and haul it behind a semi-truck for the wekend warrior!!

soundguy

soundguy

 

[tcartwri]

Not only useless, but you can't haul much else in the truck box.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I agree its worthless. Even behind a S-10 or Ranger you could put about the same amount in the bed and even more with a bumper pull trailer. I would not use it around the farm because GN trailers take up so much bed space. You would once again do much better with a small BP trailer.

I think it was just someone goofing around with some stuff and made it or maybe a kids project in a welding class.

Chris