Gooseneck/bumper pull

Bronco72 · Jan 9, 2020

jeeptj99 said:
Mine told me DOT tickets are expensive and straps are cheap hahaha

****, you should see my dad strappin stuff down. If he evan does it. the straps he is using are so shitty he mite as well not strap it down. I mean like 3 or 4 knots tying them to gather. No hook on one end so it tied to the trailer. Or no ratchet at all just the strap with a loop tied in it so u can double it back and you know really get'er good and tight lol. I have seen him haul cars home with a rope tied to the back and a come along on the front. No ****

Hillbilly Beast · Jan 9, 2020

Bronco72 said:
****, you should see my dad strappin stuff down. If he evan does it. the straps he is using are so shitty he mite as well not strap it down. I mean like 3 or 4 knots tying them to gather. No hook on one end so it tied to the trailer. Or no ratchet at all just the strap with a loop tied in it so u can double it back and you know really get'er good and tight lol. I have seen him haul cars home with a rope tied to the back and a come along on the front. No ****

Did he learn that from Weird lol

Bronco72 · Jan 9, 2020

Hillbilly Beast said:
Did he learn that from Weird lol

i mean its possible

crawler 129 · Jan 10, 2020

Bronco72 said:
****, you should see my dad strappin stuff down. If he evan does it. the straps he is using are so shitty he mite as well not strap it down. I mean like 3 or 4 knots tying them to gather. No hook on one end so it tied to the trailer. Or no ratchet at all just the strap with a loop tied in it so u can double it back and you know really get'er good and tight lol. I have seen him haul cars home with a rope tied to the back and a come along on the front. No ****

reminds me of my dad . :drinkers:

here's to the good ole days.

scooter60 · Jan 10, 2020

Here is a pic of a buddies setup. I'm not condoning this at all but he likes it. We added air bags to the rear leafs of the Tundra to help support the weight before he bought the camper. He said the camper company wouldn't sell him the camper unless the truck had the airbags installed first. The Tundra seems to do fine with the load. Not sure what the Taco weighs but it has to be over 5K.

MattyB4x4 · Jan 10, 2020

As with most threads on hardline, a thread that was somewhat decent was quickly derailed by a few dudes having a group makeout session right in the middle of it.

OP, do whatever the hell you're gonna do. You asked for opinions, got them, then had a reason why your truck could do whatever it was you're asking to do.

tonybolton · Jan 10, 2020

MattyB4x4 said:
As with most threads on hardline, a thread that was somewhat decent was quickly derailed by a few dudes having a group makeout session right in the middle of it.

OP, do whatever the hell you're gonna do. You asked for opinions, got them, then had a reason why your truck could do whatever it was you're asking to do.

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smbroady82 · Jan 10, 2020

Bronco72 said:
****, you should see my dad strappin stuff down. If he evan does it. the straps he is using are so shitty he mite as well not strap it down. I mean like 3 or 4 knots tying them to gather. No hook on one end so it tied to the trailer. Or no ratchet at all just the strap with a loop tied in it so u can double it back and you know really get'er good and tight lol. I have seen him haul cars home with a rope tied to the back and a come along on the front. No ****

that seems brilliant , good way to get someone killed

TBItoy · Jan 10, 2020

ol farmer types will pull a tractor and baler onto a homemade gooseneck with housetrailer axles and just put the tractor in low gear, then head out over Monteagle.

meanwhile, I've got axle loops and cross binders and can barely make it across town without losing the rig off the trailer...

MattyB4x4 · Jan 10, 2020

This tractor identifies as a 3/4 ton tundra.

smbroady82 · Jan 10, 2020

MattyB4x4 said:
This tractor identifies as a 3/4 ton tundra.

Zjman · Jan 10, 2020

MattyB4x4 said:
This tractor identifies as a 3/4 ton tundra.

**** dude that made me lose my ****

Bronco72 · Jan 10, 2020

smbroady82 said:
that seems brilliant , good way to get someone killed

It aint for lack of trying lol

jeeptj99 · Jan 10, 2020

smbroady82 said:
that seems brilliant , good way to get someone killed

That too.

Bronco72 · Jan 10, 2020

@jeeptj99 i mean he puts them in park how much more do you really need?

slravenel · Jan 10, 2020

Bronco72 said:
@jeeptj99 i mean he puts them in park how much more do you really need?

not sure if serious....

xjmarc · Jan 10, 2020

If you go enclosed gooseneck and have a short bed don't be a dumbass like me and put a big ole dent in your cab, just glad I didn't hit the window. In my defense it was my first time pulling a goose and it was 40' long and I was on back roads.

Markrobinson · Jan 11, 2020

I'm no towing guru, but here's my $.02:

When I bought my Titan XD, I considered the Tundra because they will do about the same work, but on paper the XD should be more truck.

I managed to bend the frame pulling a bumper pull dump trailer full of gravel. Could have happened to a bigger truck I suppose, but it happened to my "barely enough" truck.

Moral of the story: when this truck is fully depreciated and it's time to get a new one, I'll be getting a REAL 3/4-1 ton truck so I can pull 12k at ~70% of its capacity, not 100%.

Sawzall · Jan 11, 2020

Not all 3/4 tons are up to the task of heavy trailers. A guy came to look at my 38' enclosed gooseneck that I was selling with a 03 Ram 2500 4x4 with a Cummins. The truck did't have factory helper springs like some 3/4 tons do and the trailer squatted the truck horribly. He would have needed air bags. The guy that bought it had a Ram 3500 SRW and the trailer put it on the helper springs like it did my Chevy without much squat at all.

A heavy bumper pull trailer can definitely cause frame damage:

yjwrangler95 · Jan 11, 2020

I have both, a gooseneck and a bumper pull. They both have their place. I will state that a goose pulls and handles much better than a bumper pull in my opinion. I currently use an 18 foot bumper pull to tow my jeep, the goose does a lot of farm duty. Its not a large goose at 27 feet, but being a deckover it weights 5600 empty. Its hard to be beat a properly loaded bumper pull single hauler, you dont' get stuck worrying with other peoples ****. One good reason to have a goose is not everyone will ask you to borrow it...........good luck.