As an engineer who lives among farms, everything he says stands on engineering principles! Some of the best product developments in history don’t come from teams of engineers and marketing experts, but from those in the field seeing a need. My only question is what keeps the front and back “halves” from twisting and thus putting stress on the pivot pins and pivot frames? Good job!
As an engineer minded person. It's a goose neck trailer, not a 5th wheel trailer. The front is a ball the ball joint can't transfer a twisting force from the truck to the trailer. Most of the force is up (the weight on the tongue), forward and backward force (stopping and going), and a minimal left and right (a rough road bouncing side to side, driving on a side angled road, or driving in a tight circle). That side to side force would try to torque the hinge setup. But maybe the ball and the hinges are so close to being on the same plane that it's almost a yaw force and no roll force.
@@elmeradams8781 🤣 sorry but I disagree with you hypothesis it sounds good on paper and looks good on your computer cad but I have to say that engineer's only see it the way I just explained it. In the field or job site or pulling trailers if it doesn't have a torque tube it will twist
@@scottbaker4314 oh we've had loads of issues with diamond c. Never a frame break, but we've broken about all the leaf springs (they are probably covid leaf springs though) i think all the hydraulic tanks cracked, our guys have bent the crap out of the doors on the dump beds, the latches on the front storage have been replaced many times... But for the price, we'll keep buying them.
Stan I have had gooseneck trailers for 40 years. I had ONE that cracked the front hitch tube. It was more the fault of a poor weld. Gooseneck trailers will "buck" IF not loaded right. I have been installing air ride kits on my tow trucks the last 25 years or so. That pretty much took the bucking out of the picture. We pull 40-50K between our gooseneck trailers each year. I also have torque tubes in all of my longer flat bed trailers. That is a tube welded laterally down the cross members from the hitch to the rear axles. That stops side to side walking/bucking. I think this trailer would help bucking some but would have a lot of wear points plus a weaker hitch in general. Plus you have a compressor to keep working on the trailer.
Suggestion, tie the trailer to the trucks onboard compressor if you have one for the air bags. My trucks factor air compressor and bags are always working.
@@johnirwin1837 that is exactly how I rigged my truck and trailer to work with a shop air hose quick connection to supply the small air tank I mount under the trailer to me it's simply set up the way semi tractor trailer are they've been doing it that way for a reason
Not to mention how much heavier the tongue of that trailer is now. All that boxing and suspension system adds weight. Those trailers were meant for highway use anyway, not severe off road service.
I pulled a 6,000lb PJ deck-over for most of a decade, usually somewhere between 14k and 18k GVW. That was first behind a 2011 3500HD Silverado and later behind an F550. It would beat up the driver, even if the weight was perfectly positioned, which it never really was. A shock-absorbing coupler helps, but honestly... If you're breaking the frame of a trailer in less than a year, you're either abusing the hell out of it in ways I can't imagine, or you have a shitty trailer.
Don’t know the brand but old gooseneck on farm being pulled by a tractor loaded with 20 round bales about 30k and it never broke. 😂 his sales pitch is weak. (Of course I was barely doing 10mph)
With you on that one. Overloading, and abuse is what causes things to break. The float ride is definitely an interesting concept though. Their video of it at work was unimpressive though. Looked like a lot of maintenance points with potential failures. I’ve only pulled low deck gooseneck semi trailers, so I can’t relate to this configuration’s ride limitations aside from the notion that every operator has the responsibility to not abuse the equipment by not following load distribution protocol, or overloading it.
That was interesting. I used to drive trucks with air-ride suspension. Seems like they applied the same technology and repositioned it 90° to a vertical position to achieve this. Thanks Stan.
I pull a gooseneck everyday nearly and I have never had any stress fractures. And its not like I don't carry a load bc we carry a cat 304 mini ex and a 262 skid steer together or 2 case straight mask forklifts.. I can't say that I would trust this trailer with the trips I take. Your depending on a hinge which to me says more maintenance to the trailer along with the bags are exposed to UV rays. How long before a stressed bag pops. I am on the fence with this one and will stay in my comfort zone with dependable trailers. If you don't want to break trailers use the proper rated trailers. Farmers are know to load trailers that aren't rate "if it'll ride put it on it". Know wonder they breaking trailers at 3 -4 months. Thanks for the video and your content
About 30 years ago I worked for a house mover and was driving a single axle flat bed with a 5th wheel trailer. Had H beams we used for cross beams along with a bunch of cribbing. The beams were long enough we had them loaded them up over the hitch and the cab a little ways. Going down the 4 lane I heard a loud noise and a jar. I slowly backed off the gas and looked all around and when I looked out the back window the round pipe of the hitch was a lot lower and not connected to the portion that was still on the ball. I realized the hitch had broken and was resting in the trough of the bed. I feathered the brakes so the trailer wouldn't lockup and jerk it off the truck. When I got stopped the landing gear pads were skipping on the gravel of the shoulder. When the boss realized I wasn't behind him he came back and wondered how I got stopped with the trailer still on the truck. Ya the beams were about 2 inches off the cab.
I like the concept. I recently purchased 2 gooseneck Shocker Hitches, 1 for a 31' flatbed and the other for a 4-horse trailer. The designer of this trailer skipped over why a hitch mounted shock absorber is a bad idea (unless you edited that out). The last 3 miles to our ranch is a mile of poorly maintained washboard covered county road and 2 miles of private gravel which pounds the crap out of me and my truck when I am hauling about 16+K of alfalfa and grass bales per load. We shall see how the Shocker Hitch works out next year. BTW, I bought both of my gooseneck trailers used and have been abusing them on these roads for about 5 years, I have yet to break a trailer. I have never even heard of anyone breaking the frame of a trailer (short of really over-loading them). I imagine this trailer here is über expensive as well.
Can’t wait to have a reason to own a gooseneck! I’m definitely in for this one. Couple changes if these guys happen to see this: get a heavier duty compressor, add a storage tank and use pressure switches to maintain tank psi. Bags will fill faster than the straight compressor can do, and maintain pressure if you have a control valve that senses height or distance, similar to a height control valve like a semi has on the rear axles. Full fill and dump bypass valves would be great, and heck!! Since you’re half way there, give that trailer an air ride suspension!!! You’d have a stellar product with all that!!
Main thing I see is they can overlap the upright beams like scissors so it doesn’t look that bad and it would not make the neck longer than a regular trailer
This is a game changer for us ag guys, this will make it easier on the truck, trailer, driver, load and like he said it will help with braking. Thanks for making this type videos it really helps see whats out there
It is neat. After selling and haling trailers for over 20 years the only cracked frames we have repaired were over loaded or not loaded properly or the wrong truck for the trailer or just a tired old trailer. This is just going to add weight to the trailer lowering the amount you can carry. I wonder if there is any pumping affect from this. A much simpler solution would be a good working air ride on the rear of the truck. Our 2015 dodge 3500 with factory air night and day difference and we haven't had to work on it yet. I do wish them luck.
2:50 I believe the failure mode you are referring to is called fatigue failure. Steel in general has very good fatigue life, where it is infinite provided the peak stress is less than half of its tensile strength for a repeated load. My guess that in instances of very high repeated loads (hauling on uneven surfaces) the fatigue life becomes finite and thus visible cracks appear after 6-9 months of use as stated by the gentleman
Hmmmm, owned a trucking company for 35 years. Pulled goosenecks for 25 years and NEVER cracked a frame. Buy a CHEAP trailer and yes I'm sure they crack from poor steel and designs. You get what you pay for! If this was a real problem WHY are full size semi trailers not built like this? Also, he is COMPLETELY wrong about transferring weight to the front axel. If the suspension is properly designed the load stays the same between the axels unless one is TOTALLY bottomed out.. 35% to 45% better towing? He must only tow wore out, misaligned, poorly designed pieces of junk....
Proper testing and engineering tests were done on these I would bet that they have the research to prove what they’ve said but like anyone else they’re trying to sell their product however it seems like a good idea to me but I obviously don’t have as much experience as you guys.
I've been trucking for thirty five years and never seen this problem either. I'm sure it actually works well but not really needed and probably quite expensive.
Gooseneck trailer get beaten up pretty badly especially with a rigid frame. The more rigid the frame (holding more weight) the bigger shock that goes through the entire vehicle & trailer. Well trucks always have better dissipation of shock due to body mounts and shocks on the truck but the problem is the like he said the connection point of the trailer. Ive seen some of the best name brand gooseneck trailers with frame fractures within the first couple weeks after manufacture. No matter how many welds later they continue to fracture. Airbags have been proven to save heavy equipment and I'm looking forward to trying this product. Great catch
Currently have a 20+5 gooseneck load trail and a 20ft gooseneck cattle trailer pulled with a 2005 F-250. We do not have a factory style ball in the bed for this truck. We use a cheap bolt in style plate in the bed with a ball. We do not haul the weight that some may on the deck over. However with the cattle trailer we have had some stress cracks on the front along with our ball bending at the plate. Granted it was a cheap and I would never recommend this plate to anyone but I can see where this would help smooth the shock of hauling moving weight with the cattle trailer. I'd be interested to see the price jump compared to a conventional style.
Stanley, That Float Ride trailer looks awesome! I drove a gooseneck for my boss hauling 10000 lbs. oil filtration rig and they could give you a beating just driving. That looks like it would be so much better on truck, trailer AND driver all around. Super duper cool! thanks man, you da best!
I worked for a local water department for 20yrs and had a Ford f-650 pulling a cat backhoe on a gooseneck trailer. It will beat the hell on you pulling it back and forth. That is interesting! But they still use lumber and doesn't hold up long. They need to come up with composite decking for equipment trailers. You can put steel decking on them but weighs alot.
I would be concerned about the affect that the movement would have on the stability of the rig. If you have any cross movement it could cause a fishtail effect.
The first cushion hitch that I know of in production was the Cat 651b scraper. Construction companies used to keep major parts in stock and that eliminated that problem. There are some design differences that they might want to take a look at that could possibly improve stability and possibly reduce weight. Overall a great idea and good build 👍
I cand def see that being a game changer in gooseneck trailors I've cracked 2 tongues hutting where a culvert has been replaced and crappy road patches.. bet that pulls like a dream.
I have been running a shocker since 2017 on my 40 foot gooseneck and I have had zero issues with it. I have no stress cracking anywhere but I tow strictly on the highway not on back roads. I have the deck off of it right now doing a deck replacement and I have been doing a inspection on everything I usually can't see.
TFL Truck did a test on this trailer a couple years back, proved to reduce transfer of load vibration/shock to the truck 5 times less than any other goose neck on the market. I don’t work for the trailer company, hell, I don’t even own a trailer much less a truck lol. Idont got a dog in the fight, but I don’t landscape, operate any heavy equipment, yet I watch this channel and TFL Truck to keep abreast of all the latest technology. Cuz, I dunno, it’s cool.
Floteride trailer is an interesting concept. Looks like an improvement to the gooseneck trailer design. As long as the attachment pivot points are heavy duty enough
@@Dirtmonkey "no base plate" forget it. Also worse thing ever in a towing head unit is 4 wheel drive. Dualies for anything off road to include the trailer is actually a no no to me as well. *WAY* better off adding an extra axle and proper suspension than adding extra tires as the latter is an expedient not a solution. One interesting example of this is a massive piece of Caterpillar mining equipment used I've seen anyways in Tasmania. "That is a proper solution to combined on-off road work." Lumber equipment from John Deere and there is a crazy Canadian Company that does this is another example. So is a snowmobile trailer interestingly. Never really understood why they don't make these trailers wider and well over the tires...plus a side ramp is always an added bonus as well. A tag axle on the head unit...i used to have one on a Class B Freightliner I drove and that was State of the Art even by today's standards. Had my air brakes fail once on that truck...lowered the tag axle which provided just enough roll to push the truck the 100 meters or so to get into the shop. Anyhow don't know of any dual axle pickup trucks made at the moment...none actually let alone 3 axle with a tag axle which is normally reserved for a dump truck or concrete mixer...but again these are made for highway work mainly just like my Freightliner was. Cab-over is really nice too...good luck finding that tho! Ford makes an F750 for a while now which I've never driven but sure looks good. Nothing compared to that Freightliner tho. I would never drive a super duty size truck without air brakes... *EVER.* (glad hands) Not if you plan on hauling skid steers etc. for site work. Take one look at a US Army Truck or the even more amazing US Marine Corps 7 Ton and they've all been built that way for a reason. Same goes for logging equipment. Interesting idea here tho.
Air bags are awesome! I've been sold on them years now helper air bags to full air ride suspension. I've converted two Ram 3500 trucks and overloaded them for years they ride Cadillac smoth down the road no squatting no blinding people with your headlights while towing a heavy trailer.
I have also stopped using ball hitches in the bed and switched over to fith wheels and replaced all springs with air ride system and its amazing I'll never go back to springs and traditional gooseneck ball hitches ever again the main concern i have with the system shown here is added weight over the drive alxels for those who are pulling under 26,001 gvw in 2500 and 3500 or Ford 250 and 350 single drive the way I see it is if you set you truck and trailer up similarly to the way tractor trailer rigs are set up just sized for the application you can drop dead weight and get an awesome quality of ride out of your set up and extend the service life too
Neat idea. I've pulled a lot of gooseneck trailers and this looks like a good idea. I think his comments on tearing their trailers up was a little inflated. I would question their drivers and application to tear them up that fast. I wonder what this weighs. It looks a bit heavy and detracts from the bed length. Good concept but needs some more time in service to know if it's a good value.
American ingenuity, solving problems for truckers! This is a man who had a legitimate problem, and had to find a permanent solution since it was costing his company money from the downtime while it's being repaired. And that's money lost in their business. So it totally makes sense to really solve this with damping and absorbing both vertical and horizontal energy.
This make me look at gooseneck trailers in a whole new way. Stan, thanks for all these videos, trailers, equipment and tools, makes for educated decisions
I have pulled Gooseneck trailers for over 35 years I have never had a problem if you load the trailer right and have your truck setup correctly there is no issue
I run a 25 and a 40 foot gooseneck trailer and never had any problems that i would need something like this. Only time the frame had been twisted was when we was unloading and dropped the load on the end of the trailer at the very back but we took it to a trailer shop and hey straighten it out and reinforced it. My concern is what if one of the bags blows while under load or both, then you have a real problem or if the air system fails. It's just more issues to deal with in my opinion.
Yes we have a 26 foot flatbed triple axle gooseneck which is a smaller one but it still is heavy and can be very rough. Even our gooseneck stock trailer is rough
My only concern is hitch weight there’s over double the the steel on the front of that trailer compare to our trail tech so behind a one ton I don’t know but behind a 3 ton it would be sweet
I pull a gooseneck every day. Both a 40ft equipment hauler “12t” and a 25ft tilt deck.”30t”. The main problem with a gooseneck, is Louisiana roads😂 they get to jerking back and forth on our terrible roads, and eventually will crack the necks out. And or worse. This is an amazing idea.
I run a 30' 14GN trailer for hotshot and was told to watch out for broken welds between the upright I-beams and the gussets. Thankfully I have seen none in two years. I think a big problem is that so many guys load too much on the tongue. So many times I have to stop fork lift drivers from loading me heavy on the tongue. "That's where everybody else loads it" from the forklift driver tells me people just don't know how to properly load trailers. My trailer is designed for a 15 - 17% tongue weight and I try to maintain that no matter what I'm hauling. When I get it wrong and am a little heavy on the tongue, I get absolutely pounded going down the road. So when the gentleman talked about guys who would rather dig a ditch, I think I know why. And those bridges with the prestressed concrete arches that get trucks bouncing from one end to the other will make you say real bad words! It's a pretty cool concept, but in reality it's too much weight added for the function it serves. Before I figured out my target load center, I was thinking about buying a shocker, but not now. Big Tex certainly is not a top of the line GN trailer nor is a 14GN a heavy duty trailer but I've not been able to break it yet. And yes, it's been well overloaded a few times!
On the nose. A properly balanced and loaded trailer shouldn't beat the driver up going down the road. Thats true with conventional trailers, goose neck, and class 8 5th wheel trailers.
Hard wired or wireless to work front of trailer up or down from inside of cab , To keep moving quicker over R . R . Track . Bless ya'll from hooterville, n.c.
I own a transportation business and I started off hauling house and pole barn trusses all day every day from 24 foot all the way to 60' trusses that were wide loads. The trailers I've used the whole tim withstood over a decade of abuse without ever needed a structural repair
Stan when you go from polling a Air ride trailer to pulling a spring ride you realize that you get jerked with every bump in with that spring ride trailer. Especially with the bridge approaches in a semi. This is more noticeable with heavy loads.
Hi Stanley the trailer sounds like a good idea but there is a lot of steps just to hook and unhook and more stuff to replace that's just what I thank and as always have a good great day.
The main thing that sticks right out to me is my use of a gooseneck is to haul my tractor and my mini Ex. To do this on as short of a trailer as possible (For maneuverability) is to utilize the upper deck of the trailer for accommodating and securing the loader bucket. You would not be able to do this on this style of trailer.
I grew up on a private farm and messed various gooseneck trailers over the years since I was 5 and not single one ever had issues with stress cracks...stock trailers always had the piss rot which is worse that salt rot like the flat beds would get...right now my folks have a 26 foot and a 30 foot American gooseneck car haulers...the 26 footer is actually a fully furnished concessions trailer with bump lock coupler and the 30 footer is a 9 hole put put golf game and it has the 3 foot stretch bump lock coupler on it to get the bunk back away from the cab so you can get it into some of the tight spaces that some of these shows have...with that being said I would rather have the bump lock over the floating gooseneck...especially when you have to go and hook it up by yourself...just set the landing gear so the coupler just clears the tailgate then back up as close to center as possible then you can do your safties
He is talking pulling trailers across farms and on crappy rural roads breaking trailers. Alot different of a situation that hotshoting or moving equipment on the highway.
I assume the failures were where the gooseneck attached to the main trailor body/deck? There's a lot of bending moment through that part and if not correctly designed a sure failure point. The air-ride should also reduce the stress on the truck chassis and mounting points, so win-win.
@@Dirtmonkey we had a truck shop for years right on the Utah Wyoming state line. From working there for all those years I can tell you one thing. He's right about stress on the hitch points. I cannot count the number of times that the. Inspector called us to that Port of Entry to weld cracks in the side of the fifth wheel mounting plate on the truck. I bet we did 3 a week. .i considers that an out-of-service violation so it had to be fixed right there. This looks like a very good idea assuming all of their joints and connection points are up to the task
I pull a gooseneck over 100k a year and they are hard miles. Also welder/fabricator for 30 years the neck portion of the trailer takes the worst part of the abuse and wear out quickly but not in months unless bad welding or material . The most stress is put on it when you come out of a sharp turn and accelerate .you have momentum going into opposite directions and a shearer effect when the truck/ trailer are straightened
That is a very interesting trailer. I don’t think I’ll ever need that large of a trailer for what I need to move, but it is nice to know something like that exists now should the need arise.
First gooseneck I had was on a ball...never liked it, so went to a 5th wheel set up on my next one. Now have Shocker type on wit the 5th wheel and it's like butter behind me. Have gone from a F450 to a F750 now also. And gained fuel milage and durability.
I bet it gets a much bigger shock load when the hitch bottoms out. It looks like that contraption takes up a lot of space and a lot of extra weight. Now the whole trailer is connected with 2 bolts at the hinge point.
Gooseneck trailers are very rough on the fixed neck so I definitely see where that would be helpful plus it should help with the left of the tow vehicle when loading or unloading
I own multiple gooseneck trailers and use them non-stop. Never have I torn one up, never mind in a years time and the roads here in Vermont suck. Cool idea, just solving a problem I don’t have.
I don’t have lots of personal experience driving with goosenecks but I’ve worked on trucks and rode with farmers hauling overweight loads. I’ve seen springs peel from the bushings on a truck axle from being overweight constantly but I’ve never personally seen someone break a gooseneck off a trailer.
My boss has a big fifth wheel for well over a decade and we've overloaded it many times over all sorts of ground on and off road and never has cracked. I've worked on a bunch of older 5th wheels and rarely found a crack on neck. I don't see any advantage, but problems are easy to see with a set up like this.
This is gooseneck not fifth wheel- goosenecks benefit over increased angle handling over fifth wheel- I think he was referring to the good neck being damaged, I personally just see fail points as well, even just the pivot points, on a trailer I want it to be solid and structural with extra strength, not problem issues carrrying my thousands of dollars of equipment. So I agree problems and benefits aren’t equal
@@xmuggsyx to most gooseneck and fifth wheel are interchangeable as terms. But ya just like everything else these built days, this just won't last. long.
I will look at my truck this weekend. I have had my gooseneck trailer dump trailer over 6 years now and I haven’t had a problem with it. Just in the last 2 weeks I have moved 510 tons of dirt from one side of a property to the other side. To bad I can’t post pics I’m not joking.
I bough a 2019 DCT gooseneck trailer 32ft 16k single axle start of 2019 and haven’t needed to do a single thing to it other than change a few lights. I have over 300k miles on it now. With this trailer I see a few structural problems that may occur with this trailer design. I do recommend the shocker hitch and air suspension on truck and trailer.
Saying I wish you would work with me on developing a gooseneck lowboy type trailer because you know as well as I do to load our equipment up on the trailers sometimes the ramps are just not long enough to get it on the way we want without causing damage
If he had problems with people that that was tearing gooseneck trailer up in that short of time frame he better be able to produce them. But overall I pulled gooseneck and I would like to try one of them out , do believe he's got a great ideal, and it want surprise me to see it take off.
It's nice and all , but I have a Diamond C with an engineered frame , ive had it 3 years with heavy use. Has never given me any issues. I did have a Texas pride that lasted about 2 years but the main frame bent , the gooseneck frame itself never had any issues
So I just saw something online recently and couldn't find reviews on it anywhere but there's a low boy detachable goose neck from CM Farm Trailers. Have you herd anything about this cause it seems like a cool idea but I can't find anything more than what the site has and nothing on RUclips.
I have a floating hitch. Basically a air ride hitch. It makes a huge difference. Smoother ride and quieter. I could just imagine the difference this trailer would be. Only at least with my set up. I can hook anything up to my hitch
Stan there is alot of cantilevered forces between the load pushing the front down and the shock energy pushing the load up if you travel mostly on the highway then your trailer will last a long time if you drive on back roads with lots of potholes the harmonic vibrations will tear the welds apart
Everything about it is amazing! But I want to know not if but when you have an air leak or a blown bag...dose the trailer have a lamp mode where it can run flat and fixed or are you just hopelessly stranded cause the neck just collapsed on its self possibly pinching the truck in place...?
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As an engineer who lives among farms, everything he says stands on engineering principles! Some of the best product developments in history don’t come from teams of engineers and marketing experts, but from those in the field seeing a need.
My only question is what keeps the front and back “halves” from twisting and thus putting stress on the pivot pins and pivot frames?
Good job!
As an engineer minded person. It's a goose neck trailer, not a 5th wheel trailer. The front is a ball the ball joint can't transfer a twisting force from the truck to the trailer. Most of the force is up (the weight on the tongue), forward and backward force (stopping and going), and a minimal left and right (a rough road bouncing side to side, driving on a side angled road, or driving in a tight circle).
That side to side force would try to torque the hinge setup. But maybe the ball and the hinges are so close to being on the same plane that it's almost a yaw force and no roll force.
@@elmeradams8781 🤣 sorry but I disagree with you hypothesis it sounds good on paper and looks good on your computer cad but I have to say that engineer's only see it the way I just explained it. In the field or job site or pulling trailers if it doesn't have a torque tube it will twist
@@scottbaker4314 do these trailers break? I have no experience with them.
@@elmeradams8781 well any trailer can break but I haven't seen or heard of Diamond C with issues
@@scottbaker4314 oh we've had loads of issues with diamond c. Never a frame break, but we've broken about all the leaf springs (they are probably covid leaf springs though) i think all the hydraulic tanks cracked, our guys have bent the crap out of the doors on the dump beds, the latches on the front storage have been replaced many times... But for the price, we'll keep buying them.
Stan I have had gooseneck trailers for 40 years. I had ONE that cracked the front hitch tube. It was more the fault of a poor weld. Gooseneck trailers will "buck" IF not loaded right. I have been installing air ride kits on my tow trucks the last 25 years or so. That pretty much took the bucking out of the picture. We pull 40-50K between our gooseneck trailers each year.
I also have torque tubes in all of my longer flat bed trailers. That is a tube welded laterally down the cross members from the hitch to the rear axles. That stops side to side walking/bucking.
I think this trailer would help bucking some but would have a lot of wear points plus a weaker hitch in general. Plus you have a compressor to keep working on the trailer.
Suggestion, tie the trailer to the trucks onboard compressor if you have one for the air bags. My trucks factor air compressor and bags are always working.
@@johnirwin1837 that is exactly how I rigged my truck and trailer to work with a shop air hose quick connection to supply the small air tank I mount under the trailer to me it's simply set up the way semi tractor trailer are they've been doing it that way for a reason
I don’t think it’s gonna catch on.. I don’t trust those bags on turns
@@vatoguanajuato3892 what about the solid hinge mounts on the bottom where the fulcrum is
Not to mention how much heavier the tongue of that trailer is now. All that boxing and suspension system adds weight. Those trailers were meant for highway use anyway, not severe off road service.
I pulled a 6,000lb PJ deck-over for most of a decade, usually somewhere between 14k and 18k GVW.
That was first behind a 2011 3500HD Silverado and later behind an F550.
It would beat up the driver, even if the weight was perfectly positioned, which it never really was.
A shock-absorbing coupler helps, but honestly...
If you're breaking the frame of a trailer in less than a year, you're either abusing the hell out of it in ways I can't imagine, or you have a shitty trailer.
Don’t know the brand but old gooseneck on farm being pulled by a tractor loaded with 20 round bales about 30k and it never broke. 😂 his sales pitch is weak. (Of course I was barely doing 10mph)
With you on that one. Overloading, and abuse is what causes things to break. The float ride is definitely an interesting concept though. Their video of it at work was unimpressive though. Looked like a lot of maintenance points with potential failures. I’ve only pulled low deck gooseneck semi trailers, so I can’t relate to this configuration’s ride limitations aside from the notion that every operator has the responsibility to not abuse the equipment by not following load distribution protocol, or overloading it.
So they worked their equipment harder and came up with a solution and y'all are upset?
You should probably go back and reread what we said. You appear to have misunderstood it.
@@jonathangarzon2798 It's called a discussion. I don't see anyone upset. Triggered much ???
That was interesting. I used to drive trucks with air-ride suspension. Seems like they applied the same technology and repositioned it 90° to a vertical position to achieve this. Thanks Stan.
Ya got it Steve!
I pull a gooseneck everyday nearly and I have never had any stress fractures. And its not like I don't carry a load bc we carry a cat 304 mini ex and a 262 skid steer together or 2 case straight mask forklifts.. I can't say that I would trust this trailer with the trips I take. Your depending on a hinge which to me says more maintenance to the trailer along with the bags are exposed to UV rays. How long before a stressed bag pops. I am on the fence with this one and will stay in my comfort zone with dependable trailers. If you don't want to break trailers use the proper rated trailers. Farmers are know to load trailers that aren't rate "if it'll ride put it on it". Know wonder they breaking trailers at 3 -4 months. Thanks for the video and your content
About 30 years ago I worked for a house mover and was driving a single axle flat bed with a 5th wheel trailer. Had H beams we used for cross beams along with a bunch of cribbing. The beams were long enough we had them loaded them up over the hitch and the cab a little ways. Going down the 4 lane I heard a loud noise and a jar. I slowly backed off the gas and looked all around and when I looked out the back window the round pipe of the hitch was a lot lower and not connected to the portion that was still on the ball. I realized the hitch had broken and was resting in the trough of the bed. I feathered the brakes so the trailer wouldn't lockup and jerk it off the truck. When I got stopped the landing gear pads were skipping on the gravel of the shoulder. When the boss realized I wasn't behind him he came back and wondered how I got stopped with the trailer still on the truck. Ya the beams were about 2 inches off the cab.
Good driving, Mr. Dino. You saved it, and maybe some fellow travelers.
Spent yrs helping a guy jack up houses, and move houses. Quite a workout.
I like the concept. I recently purchased 2 gooseneck Shocker Hitches, 1 for a 31' flatbed and the other for a 4-horse trailer. The designer of this trailer skipped over why a hitch mounted shock absorber is a bad idea (unless you edited that out). The last 3 miles to our ranch is a mile of poorly maintained washboard covered county road and 2 miles of private gravel which pounds the crap out of me and my truck when I am hauling about 16+K of alfalfa and grass bales per load. We shall see how the Shocker Hitch works out next year. BTW, I bought both of my gooseneck trailers used and have been abusing them on these roads for about 5 years, I have yet to break a trailer. I have never even heard of anyone breaking the frame of a trailer (short of really over-loading them). I imagine this trailer here is über expensive as well.
Can’t wait to have a reason to own a gooseneck! I’m definitely in for this one.
Couple changes if these guys happen to see this: get a heavier duty compressor, add a storage tank and use pressure switches to maintain tank psi. Bags will fill faster than the straight compressor can do, and maintain pressure if you have a control valve that senses height or distance, similar to a height control valve like a semi has on the rear axles. Full fill and dump bypass valves would be great, and heck!! Since you’re half way there, give that trailer an air ride suspension!!! You’d have a stellar product with all that!!
I like the way you think! 👍👍
Oasis 100% duty waterproof 12v compressor. Would probably do the trick without a tank. But a tank is always a plus. Great ideas
Agree
Main thing I see is they can overlap the upright beams like scissors so it doesn’t look that bad and it would not make the neck longer than a regular trailer
Already got compressor with tank; might as well have hook ups for it.
I can totally see an awesome tiny home on that gooseneck trailer..
That would be sweet.
This is a game changer for us ag guys, this will make it easier on the truck, trailer, driver, load and like he said it will help with braking. Thanks for making this type videos it really helps see whats out there
It is neat. After selling and haling trailers for over 20 years the only cracked frames we have repaired were over loaded or not loaded properly or the wrong truck for the trailer or just a tired old trailer. This is just going to add weight to the trailer lowering the amount you can carry. I wonder if there is any pumping affect from this. A much simpler solution would be a good working air ride on the rear of the truck. Our 2015 dodge 3500 with factory air night and day difference and we haven't had to work on it yet. I do wish them luck.
Definitely a nice ride but more moving parts to fail! Also how much does it cost compared to a comparable gooseneck without that technology? 🤔
Yeah more stuff to break but if it lasts longer and is easier on your equipment it might be completely worth it
2:50 I believe the failure mode you are referring to is called fatigue failure. Steel in general has very good fatigue life, where it is infinite provided the peak stress is less than half of its tensile strength for a repeated load. My guess that in instances of very high repeated loads (hauling on uneven surfaces) the fatigue life becomes finite and thus visible cracks appear after 6-9 months of use as stated by the gentleman
That trailer is a really cool idea, love the show videos Stan! Keep them coming, can't wait to see more trailers and GIE stuff!
Thanks man! 👍
Hmmmm, owned a trucking company for 35 years. Pulled goosenecks for 25 years and NEVER cracked a frame. Buy a CHEAP trailer and yes I'm sure they crack from poor steel and designs. You get what you pay for! If this was a real problem WHY are full size semi trailers not built like this? Also, he is COMPLETELY wrong about transferring weight to the front axel. If the suspension is properly designed the load stays the same between the axels unless one is TOTALLY bottomed out.. 35% to 45% better towing? He must only tow wore out, misaligned, poorly designed pieces of junk....
You hit that all right on the head .
Proper testing and engineering tests were done on these I would bet that they have the research to prove what they’ve said but like anyone else they’re trying to sell their product however it seems like a good idea to me but I obviously don’t have as much experience as you guys.
I've never heard of gooseneck trailers cracking either. I believe this dude is smokin crack. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Garbage in my opinion
I've been trucking for thirty five years and never seen this problem either. I'm sure it actually works well but not really needed and probably quite expensive.
Gooseneck trailer get beaten up pretty badly especially with a rigid frame. The more rigid the frame (holding more weight) the bigger shock that goes through the entire vehicle & trailer. Well trucks always have better dissipation of shock due to body mounts and shocks on the truck but the problem is the like he said the connection point of the trailer. Ive seen some of the best name brand gooseneck trailers with frame fractures within the first couple weeks after manufacture. No matter how many welds later they continue to fracture. Airbags have been proven to save heavy equipment and I'm looking forward to trying this product. Great catch
Currently have a 20+5 gooseneck load trail and a 20ft gooseneck cattle trailer pulled with a 2005 F-250. We do not have a factory style ball in the bed for this truck. We use a cheap bolt in style plate in the bed with a ball. We do not haul the weight that some may on the deck over. However with the cattle trailer we have had some stress cracks on the front along with our ball bending at the plate. Granted it was a cheap and I would never recommend this plate to anyone but I can see where this would help smooth the shock of hauling moving weight with the cattle trailer. I'd be interested to see the price jump compared to a conventional style.
Stanley, That Float Ride trailer looks awesome! I drove a gooseneck for my boss hauling 10000 lbs. oil filtration rig and they could give you a beating just driving. That looks like it would be so much better on truck, trailer AND driver all around. Super duper cool! thanks man, you da best!
That is awesome!!
I worked for a local water department for 20yrs and had a Ford f-650 pulling a cat backhoe on a gooseneck trailer. It will beat the hell on you pulling it back and forth. That is interesting! But they still use lumber and doesn't hold up long. They need to come up with composite decking for equipment trailers. You can put steel decking on them but weighs alot.
I would be concerned about the affect that the movement would have on the stability of the rig. If you have any cross movement it could cause a fishtail effect.
The first cushion hitch that I know of in production was the Cat 651b scraper. Construction companies used to keep major parts in stock and that eliminated that problem. There are some design differences that they might want to take a look at that could possibly improve stability and possibly reduce weight.
Overall a great idea and good build 👍
Cool trailer. I love the hardware shows and I. Waiting for that finish hand saw that cuts multiple items.
That thing is really handy- hopefully you like it.
I cand def see that being a game changer in gooseneck trailors I've cracked 2 tongues hutting where a culvert has been replaced and crappy road patches.. bet that pulls like a dream.
I have been running a shocker since 2017 on my 40 foot gooseneck and I have had zero issues with it. I have no stress cracking anywhere but I tow strictly on the highway not on back roads. I have the deck off of it right now doing a deck replacement and I have been doing a inspection on everything I usually can't see.
I wish I saw this before I bought a Tilt and load. 5200 lb load capacity. It is what it is. Cool Trailer. God Bless.
Super cool concept! Hopefully it will come to market! Keep up the great work! Hope you had an awesome thanksgiving! Have an awesome weekend!
Thanks I definitely did & have a wonderful weekend yourself!
TFL Truck did a test on this trailer a couple years back, proved to reduce transfer of load vibration/shock to the truck 5 times less than any other goose neck on the market. I don’t work for the trailer company, hell, I don’t even own a trailer much less a truck lol. Idont got a dog in the fight, but I don’t landscape, operate any heavy equipment, yet I watch this channel and TFL Truck to keep abreast of all the latest technology. Cuz, I dunno, it’s cool.
My questions are how much extra weight does this add? And what is the cost over a traditional trailer?
That lil tripod holding the trailer is screaming😂
Floteride trailer is an interesting concept. Looks like an improvement to the gooseneck trailer design. As long as the attachment pivot points are heavy duty enough
Agreed 👊
@@Dirtmonkey "no base plate" forget it. Also worse thing ever in a towing head unit is 4 wheel drive. Dualies for anything off road to include the trailer is actually a no no to me as well. *WAY* better off adding an extra axle and proper suspension than adding extra tires as the latter is an expedient not a solution. One interesting example of this is a massive piece of Caterpillar mining equipment used I've seen anyways in Tasmania. "That is a proper solution to combined on-off road work."
Lumber equipment from John Deere and there is a crazy Canadian Company that does this is another example.
So is a snowmobile trailer interestingly.
Never really understood why they don't make these trailers wider and well over the tires...plus a side ramp is always an added bonus as well.
A tag axle on the head unit...i used to have one on a Class B Freightliner I drove and that was State of the Art even by today's standards. Had my air brakes fail once on that truck...lowered the tag axle which provided just enough roll to push the truck the 100 meters or so to get into the shop.
Anyhow don't know of any dual axle pickup trucks made at the moment...none actually let alone 3 axle with a tag axle which is normally reserved for a dump truck or concrete mixer...but again these are made for highway work mainly just like my Freightliner was. Cab-over is really nice too...good luck finding that tho!
Ford makes an F750 for a while now which I've never driven but sure looks good.
Nothing compared to that Freightliner tho.
I would never drive a super duty size truck without air brakes... *EVER.* (glad hands)
Not if you plan on hauling skid steers etc. for site work.
Take one look at a US Army Truck or the even more amazing US Marine Corps 7 Ton and they've all been built that way for a reason.
Same goes for logging equipment.
Interesting idea here tho.
Air bags are awesome! I've been sold on them years now helper air bags to full air ride suspension. I've converted two Ram 3500 trucks and overloaded them for years they ride Cadillac smoth down the road no squatting no blinding people with your headlights while towing a heavy trailer.
I have also stopped using ball hitches in the bed and switched over to fith wheels and replaced all springs with air ride system and its amazing I'll never go back to springs and traditional gooseneck ball hitches ever again the main concern i have with the system shown here is added weight over the drive alxels for those who are pulling under 26,001 gvw in 2500 and 3500 or Ford 250 and 350 single drive the way I see it is if you set you truck and trailer up similarly to the way tractor trailer rigs are set up just sized for the application you can drop dead weight and get an awesome quality of ride out of your set up and extend the service life too
Thank you for the opportunity and insight to experience this new equipment!
Always looking for your latest videos 👏
Glad you like them!
Neat idea. I've pulled a lot of gooseneck trailers and this looks like a good idea. I think his comments on tearing their trailers up was a little inflated. I would question their drivers and application to tear them up that fast. I wonder what this weighs. It looks a bit heavy and detracts from the bed length. Good concept but needs some more time in service to know if it's a good value.
I agree 👍
American ingenuity, solving problems for truckers! This is a man who had a legitimate problem, and had to find a permanent solution since it was costing his company money from the downtime while it's being repaired. And that's money lost in their business. So it totally makes sense to really solve this with damping and absorbing both vertical and horizontal energy.
Love those tool videos 🤩. Thanks 😊.
Thanks STAN 😁
This make me look at gooseneck trailers in a whole new way.
Stan, thanks for all these videos, trailers, equipment and tools, makes for educated decisions
Glad you’re here brother!
I have pulled Gooseneck trailers for over 35 years I have never had a problem if you load the trailer right and have your truck setup correctly there is no issue
Sweet! Thanks for sharing
That gooseneck trailer is amazing. Maybe some day I will buy one I bet there not cheap
I've owned several gooseneck trailers and have pulled many more. I've never had one break, nor have I ever heard of anyone I know have one break.
I run a 25 and a 40 foot gooseneck trailer and never had any problems that i would need something like this. Only time the frame had been twisted was when we was unloading and dropped the load on the end of the trailer at the very back but we took it to a trailer shop and hey straighten it out and reinforced it. My concern is what if one of the bags blows while under load or both, then you have a real problem or if the air system fails. It's just more issues to deal with in my opinion.
Yes we have a 26 foot flatbed triple axle gooseneck which is a smaller one but it still is heavy and can be very rough. Even our gooseneck stock trailer is rough
My only concern is hitch weight there’s over double the the steel on the front of that trailer compare to our trail tech so behind a one ton I don’t know but behind a 3 ton it would be sweet
You would then load a little farther back to compensate
I can see where this application will be a game changer and be done to all trailers not only gooseneck.
Game changer indeed 😊
I love how this channel is so local. I see your fleet driving around all the time. Btw. If need a guy to push snow let me know
Thanks man 😊 You should hmu via email if you’re interested in work! @ energy4@mac.com
That Trailer is pretty cool as always keep up the good work my friend 💯👊💪
Thanks Aaron & God Bless 👍
I pull a gooseneck every day. Both a 40ft equipment hauler “12t” and a 25ft tilt deck.”30t”. The main problem with a gooseneck, is Louisiana roads😂 they get to jerking back and forth on our terrible roads, and eventually will crack the necks out. And or worse. This is an amazing idea.
I run a 30' 14GN trailer for hotshot and was told to watch out for broken welds between the upright I-beams and the gussets. Thankfully I have seen none in two years. I think a big problem is that so many guys load too much on the tongue. So many times I have to stop fork lift drivers from loading me heavy on the tongue. "That's where everybody else loads it" from the forklift driver tells me people just don't know how to properly load trailers. My trailer is designed for a 15 - 17% tongue weight and I try to maintain that no matter what I'm hauling. When I get it wrong and am a little heavy on the tongue, I get absolutely pounded going down the road. So when the gentleman talked about guys who would rather dig a ditch, I think I know why. And those bridges with the prestressed concrete arches that get trucks bouncing from one end to the other will make you say real bad words! It's a pretty cool concept, but in reality it's too much weight added for the function it serves. Before I figured out my target load center, I was thinking about buying a shocker, but not now. Big Tex certainly is not a top of the line GN trailer nor is a 14GN a heavy duty trailer but I've not been able to break it yet. And yes, it's been well overloaded a few times!
On the nose. A properly balanced and loaded trailer shouldn't beat the driver up going down the road. Thats true with conventional trailers, goose neck, and class 8 5th wheel trailers.
I've towed a number of goosenecks. I love them. This is a great idea!
Hard wired or wireless to work front of trailer up or down from inside of cab , To keep moving quicker over R . R . Track . Bless ya'll from hooterville, n.c.
Another bad ass trailer Stan. Definitely solves a problem with th gooseneck trailers
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That is an awesome idea. That will take so much wear and tear off the truck and trailer.
Decent idea having airbags on the neck, but have Airbags in place of leaf springs. Abs disk breaks with 19.5 tires & wheels.
I own a transportation business and I started off hauling house and pole barn trusses all day every day from 24 foot all the way to 60' trusses that were wide loads. The trailers I've used the whole tim withstood over a decade of abuse without ever needed a structural repair
Stan when you go from polling a Air ride trailer to pulling a spring ride you realize that you get jerked with every bump in with that spring ride trailer. Especially with the bridge approaches in a semi. This is more noticeable with heavy loads.
Hi Stanley the trailer sounds like a good idea but there is a lot of steps just to hook and unhook and more stuff to replace that's just what I thank and as always have a good great day.
Hm you aren’t wrong about that! Possibly worth it?
This is a quadruple win. It's been needed from day one.
Glad ya dig it 👍
I'm not even in landscaping or any kind of similar business... yet I still enjoy your videos Stan! Thanks
The main thing that sticks right out to me is my use of a gooseneck is to haul my tractor and my mini Ex. To do this on as short of a trailer as possible (For maneuverability) is to utilize the upper deck of the trailer for accommodating and securing the loader bucket. You would not be able to do this on this style of trailer.
He is right Stan that hitch is awesome like to see it in use 👍
Heck yeah 👊
I grew up on a private farm and messed various gooseneck trailers over the years since I was 5 and not single one ever had issues with stress cracks...stock trailers always had the piss rot which is worse that salt rot like the flat beds would get...right now my folks have a 26 foot and a 30 foot American gooseneck car haulers...the 26 footer is actually a fully furnished concessions trailer with bump lock coupler and the 30 footer is a 9 hole put put golf game and it has the 3 foot stretch bump lock coupler on it to get the bunk back away from the cab so you can get it into some of the tight spaces that some of these shows have...with that being said I would rather have the bump lock over the floating gooseneck...especially when you have to go and hook it up by yourself...just set the landing gear so the coupler just clears the tailgate then back up as close to center as possible then you can do your safties
Keep these cool videos coming, great job !
Thanks Andy & you betcha!
Nice one Stan. 👍👍🏴🏴
Thank you sir!!
He is talking pulling trailers across farms and on crappy rural roads breaking trailers. Alot different of a situation that hotshoting or moving equipment on the highway.
You need to drive in Illinois. May as well be in a pasture.
@@kentseymour2084 You know your roads are the right kind when no-one owns small cars out of fear of the potholes.
My first impression was... "just because you can do it doesn't mean that you should do it" ...as they say :)
agreed. I thought the same BUT this could lead to something pretty amazing.
I assume the failures were where the gooseneck attached to the main trailor body/deck? There's a lot of bending moment through that part and if not correctly designed a sure failure point.
The air-ride should also reduce the stress on the truck chassis and mounting points, so win-win.
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Floating gooseneck, genius! But I have really abused two gooseneck trailers and never tore them up. I'm more interested in saving the truck!
kelderman air ride
Good to know they’re sturdy enough!
@@openyoureyes3113 Kelderman air rides are awesome 👍
@@Dirtmonkey we had a truck shop for years right on the Utah Wyoming state line. From working there for all those years I can tell you one thing. He's right about stress on the hitch points. I cannot count the number of times that the. Inspector called us to that Port of Entry to weld cracks in the side of the fifth wheel mounting plate on the truck. I bet we did 3 a week. .i considers that an out-of-service violation so it had to be fixed right there. This looks like a very good idea assuming all of their joints and connection points are up to the task
I’ve always wanted a Kelderman air ride
I don't pull gooseneck trailers but it was still pretty cool. I definitely like the tiny house idea. Keep them coming my friend.
You got it man
I pull a gooseneck over 100k a year and they are hard miles. Also welder/fabricator for 30 years the neck portion of the trailer takes the worst part of the abuse and wear out quickly but not in months unless bad welding or material . The most stress is put on it when you come out of a sharp turn and accelerate .you have momentum going into opposite directions and a shearer effect when the truck/ trailer are straightened
I love to check out the new equipment, even if it doesn't apply to me.
Haha same
That is a very interesting trailer. I don’t think I’ll ever need that large of a trailer for what I need to move, but it is nice to know something like that exists now should the need arise.
Right 😊
I started buying golf blades Direct in 1998 and you're right they had the best blades for the money I ever bought
💥 Well there’s something you don’t see everyday. Practical or gimmicky, I’m willing to field test. 😁
*Keep on tractoring!*
You got it 👊
Interesting trailer Stan. It might be just the thing for horse trailers also. Cheers 🇨🇦
Like your thinking!
That's almost like a cushion hook for a pan scraper
Welcome to the future, they need to incorporate this in a camper next!
Yuuup 👍
First gooseneck I had was on a ball...never liked it, so went to a 5th wheel set up on my next one. Now have Shocker type on wit the 5th wheel and it's like butter behind me. Have gone from a F450 to a F750 now also. And gained fuel milage and durability.
I bet it gets a much bigger shock load when the hitch bottoms out. It looks like that contraption takes up a lot of space and a lot of extra weight. Now the whole trailer is connected with 2 bolts at the hinge point.
Gooseneck trailers are very rough on the fixed neck so I definitely see where that would be helpful plus it should help with the left of the tow vehicle when loading or unloading
SHOW ME THE GOODS! ,,,and yes I stuck around in my wood splitter just for you Stan!!!! go get'em
You rock Chuck 👊👊
I own multiple gooseneck trailers and use them non-stop. Never have I torn one up, never mind in a years time and the roads here in Vermont suck. Cool idea, just solving a problem I don’t have.
Roads? We have rutted wagon tracks where I use to haul tubing in the oil patch..
I don’t have lots of personal experience driving with goosenecks but I’ve worked on trucks and rode with farmers hauling overweight loads.
I’ve seen springs peel from the bushings on a truck axle from being overweight constantly but I’ve never personally seen someone break a gooseneck off a trailer.
My boss has a big fifth wheel for well over a decade and we've overloaded it many times over all sorts of ground on and off road and never has cracked. I've worked on a bunch of older 5th wheels and rarely found a crack on neck. I don't see any advantage, but problems are easy to see with a set up like this.
This is gooseneck not fifth wheel- goosenecks benefit over increased angle handling over fifth wheel- I think he was referring to the good neck being damaged, I personally just see fail points as well, even just the pivot points, on a trailer I want it to be solid and structural with extra strength, not problem issues carrrying my thousands of dollars of equipment. So I agree problems and benefits aren’t equal
@@xmuggsyx to most gooseneck and fifth wheel are interchangeable as terms. But ya just like everything else these built days, this just won't last. long.
I have a couple old 21k gooseneck trailers that have no issues, one was used ALOT by a big company before I got it with no visible repair.
I will look at my truck this weekend. I have had my gooseneck trailer dump trailer over 6 years now and I haven’t had a problem with it. Just in the last 2 weeks I have moved 510 tons of dirt from one side of a property to the other side. To bad I can’t post pics I’m not joking.
Stanley I am not in the business that you are in but I love when you take us to the shows always interesting full of good content
Glad you’re here anyways 😊
I've already said it. I want to see everything from the hardware show.
You got it 😁
I bough a 2019 DCT gooseneck trailer 32ft 16k single axle start of 2019 and haven’t needed to do a single thing to it other than change a few lights. I have over 300k miles on it now. With this trailer I see a few structural problems that may occur with this trailer design. I do recommend the shocker hitch and air suspension on truck and trailer.
By far the most “I want that” trailer you’ve showed so far.
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Saying I wish you would work with me on developing a gooseneck lowboy type trailer because you know as well as I do to load our equipment up on the trailers sometimes the ramps are just not long enough to get it on the way we want without causing damage
That dude has a genius idea, bravo to you sir
agreed- glad he is trying something new!
Hey Stan glad to hear from you directly, love the vids. I know how hard you work!
If he had problems with people that that was tearing gooseneck trailer up in that short of time frame he better be able to produce them. But overall I pulled gooseneck and I would like to try one of them out , do believe he's got a great ideal, and it want surprise me to see it take off.
It's nice and all , but I have a Diamond C with an engineered frame , ive had it 3 years with heavy use. Has never given me any issues. I did have a Texas pride that lasted about 2 years but the main frame bent , the gooseneck frame itself never had any issues
Air ride just like a truck. Awesome concept.
I want to see all the video's from tools to trailers and anything else that you found . Some cool stuff ty until the next video peaceout 🤜👍👀
You got it man 👊
So I just saw something online recently and couldn't find reviews on it anywhere but there's a low boy detachable goose neck from CM Farm Trailers. Have you herd anything about this cause it seems like a cool idea but I can't find anything more than what the site has and nothing on RUclips.
Closest thing to this I’ve seen was airbags in the horizontal position like this but it was for the axle suspension.
I have a floating hitch. Basically a air ride hitch. It makes a huge difference. Smoother ride and quieter. I could just imagine the difference this trailer would be. Only at least with my set up. I can hook anything up to my hitch
Stan there is alot of cantilevered forces between the load pushing the front down and the shock energy pushing the load up if you travel mostly on the highway then your trailer will last a long time if you drive on back roads with lots of potholes the harmonic vibrations will tear the welds apart
Everything about it is amazing! But I want to know not if but when you have an air leak or a blown bag...dose the trailer have a lamp mode where it can run flat and fixed or are you just hopelessly stranded cause the neck just collapsed on its self possibly pinching the truck in place...?