Jmac

Anyone have some experience with this topic. I'm told you need 4' from the back of the cab to the front of the gooseneck trailer. Is there 4'? I'm looking to buy a large trailer for hauling produce from FL to WV. Anyone have some pics or experience? I don't want to crunch my cab on a tight WV turn in the mountains.
thanks Jamie

CD in NM

I bought an 'offset' for all my GN trailers, plugs into the vertical adjustable tube of the GN. Do a search for 'Pop Up Hitch', there should be a listing of the mfrs website, you will find the offsets there.

My 8' wide x 32' Custom Fab Aulm GN Horse Trailer with a large LQ has a tapered nose - 6' to 8' at the front bulkhead, it actually cleared the cab just fine, but the offset gave me more clearance, I figured more would be better.

CD

Jaxom

X2 on the tapered nose. I have a 8.5' x 40' 5th wheel trailer w/ a SuperGlide automatic sliding 5th wheel. Even w/ the slider I come SO close to my window it scares me. 1"-2" at times.

Jmac

I talked to a lady at the "Pop Up Hitch" company. She tells me I will need a 16" offset on the trailer I'm having built. She said it was specifically made for the megacab trucks. Are these offset hitches any more dangerous than a standard hitch? The guy I'm paying to run produce to WV says he doesn't trust it when loaded heavy, but he's an old dog that doesn't want to learn new tricks. Either way safety is my main goal. Any further help with this topic will be greatly appreciated.
Jamie

FunFinder5

Wow, I've got a B&W turnover hitch... I've seen options for a 4" or 8" offset but never 16" offset. Is this a custom trailer your having made? If so just have them build the neck longer and beef'er.

OR have your driver use his brain and don't turn as sharp and get himself into bad streets with tight turns. Tell him you'll take the cost of a new window out of his paycheck!

Jmac

No it's not a custom but b/c there is limited room in the bed of the megacab truck I'm really worried about not only loosing a window but crunching the cab itself. I've ordered the 16" offset, that (by the way) is very beefy. It weighs 73lbs!! I going to go with common sense and rely on the simple fact that the engineers that designed this coupler would not design it to be unsafe. 24K gross trailer and 6k tongue weight.
Jamie

bigdave

The problem with that type of hitch is that it moves the tongue weight that much farther back, but maybe your tongue weight isn't enough that it matters.

Jmac

No it's produce on the way to WV and Hay on the way back. both will be stacked over the axles mostly.
Jamie

CD in NM

According to PopUp - there is no difference in the weight placement because the BALL stays in the same place forward of the axle and the tongue weight is ON the ball the way the offset is designed.


CD

lawdog800

I pull a 40' Featherlite Race trailer with mine. I use a B&W hitch with their 4" extended ball (Reduces tow capacity to 20,000 lbs. I have no probles, but again it also has the tapered nose.

Chubby

Yes a tapered nose is the best.

Wilbur01

The tongue weight should increase by using the 16" extension. It is moving the axles back 16" from the ball. Still not a problem, just watch the design on the trailer so that other parts on the trailer don’t hit when making a sharp turn.