info on a 20+5 gooseneck trailer......

[PSU-CE]

It's a 2004. The chain boxes and steps might be options that I didn't get. The paint was done well, but there are a ferw spots that are rusting, but if you use it alot that will happen no matter how well they are painted. It had the "Big Tex" decals on the neck, in bright YELLOW!! I couldn't take the yellow so I stripped them off.



"Oh yeah I love your fist gen!" - Thanks!

 

[mgoncalves]

I ordered a big Tex 14,000 20+5, it should be here any day.



I was wondering if the graphics come off easy or if it is a pain. I plan on stripping them off and having my company logo put on instead.

 

[IC Smoke]

I called today and put my offer in the sales rep had to "talk with the owner" so hopefully its good news tomorrow woohoo!

 

[TX Gooseneck]

They wouldn't leave them off for you??

 

[mgoncalves]

Didn't think of it until this last week. Trailers done, just waiting for a ride up here.

 

[TX Gooseneck]

Gotcha! I did custom ones for Sleg Dog

 

[PSU-CE]

The stickers aren't too bad to peel off, but it is a pain doing them one at a time. It looks like they put them on before the paint cures because they leave a slight indentation in the paint. I bought some drak gray paint from Tex Trail and touched mine up afterwards, you may not have a problem if your going to put stickers back on it.

 

[IC Smoke]

well I got the Corn Pro, Im going to pick it up tomorrow or friday woohoo! to bad im still waiting on my B&W to arrive! Ill tow it with the 01 though! Im pretty excited!!



Ian

 

[IC Smoke]

Well I ended up with the Corn Pro, :hyper: this baby tows NICE!!! no jars or vibrations!! I havent had the chance to load it down and tow with it yet but I will eventually. Id say this pulls 10X's nicer than our 18' leaf sprung car hauler!!



first bomb: LED lights all around!:$:



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[IC Smoke]

I wasnt sure if I would use the trailer all the much but Im consistantly using it 3 times a week



Here are a few pics!



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[Okie-Go]

Everyone has their opinion of course and I respect that. I have pulled several brands of trailers as I live in Texas where a lot of them are made. The Brute trailers pull a lot easier than the others I have hooked on to. I pulled a 32 foot tandem dual about a month ago and it was easier than the 25 ft. single wheel that I owned for a while. This is from experience, not hear say!

 

[Okie-Go]

I put a post here a while back and it hasn't shown up yet. Say's permalink in the upper right corner. May be out of whack!

 

[Gonzo 1066]

I purchased a Hillsboro 700 trailer 6 years ago and am VERY happy with it. Definitly go with the lief spring axles IMHO

 

[skobylenski]

I'm kinda surprised nobody's mentioned Moritz. I've got a Moritz 20+5, adjustable dove-tail. When I started looking last fall, I realized the dove tail was a MAJOR factor in my decision. I found that the only 2 brands remotely available in my area that had any sort true fully-adjustable dove-tail were Moritz and Corn Pro. I liked the system that CP offered, a landing jack cranked from the left side under the tail, but what sold me on the Moritz was the slightly higher GVW (14,500), and the fact that the neck is one solid piece for each side, not 3 or 4 per side welded together. It's also a bit taller (the top of the neck rails sit slightly higher than the cab) which is nice because of my bed rails. It's got torsion axles, which are idiot-proof as was already mentioned, and it starts to bounce around 70mph empty. Loaded, I love it - pulls really smooth, no sway, bounce, anything. I'd consider another one with a heavier gvw at some point.

 

[IC Smoke]

Thats a pretty nice trailer! Only Issue I have with that are the ramps, Id rather fold the ramps up and back on them opposed to jacking up the beaver each time.



Id never heard of them either they look like a quality trailer!

 

[Cattletrkr]

but what sold me on the Moritz was the slightly higher GVW (14,500),

hehe, that's nothing more than a marketing gimmick. If the trailer has 7K axles, it's still a standard 14,000lb trailer. Manufacturers are allowed to include some of the weight carried by the p/u in their rating. That's why you'll find a lot of dual wheeled trailers with 2 10K axles rated around 23,000lb. The trailer is no heavier built and can't carry any more weight, but the rating is higher.

I'm not knocking the Moritz, I've never seen one. Just letting everyone know that those extra few pounds in the rating won't help you when DOT looks at the axle rating stamped right next to the trailer rating.

 

[skobylenski]

Not to make you look like an a**, but the axles Moritz uses are actually rated at 7250, not 7000. (I haven't actually looked at them to double check what the saleman told me, however). Yeah, yeah, I know, 250 lbs per axle, woohoo The axles are also spaced a little farther apart than on most trailers (kinda like a mini spread-axle, lol).

While I'm thinking about it, has anyone ever heard of taking trailers with oil-bath hubs and packing them with light grease instead of filling them with oil? I seem to remember someone doing this once on a trailer they needed heavy duty, but didn't use much. It had something to do with the fact that the oil would break down the seals by just sitting there or something.....

 

[Cattletrkr]

No worries, I do a good enough job of that by myself.

What brand of axles?

 

[skobylenski]

Ha, me too. I'll check tomorrow if I get the chance.