shortbed and cougar34"and gooseneck

[carson6]

will it hit the cab?

 

[klenger]

No magic here. If the distance from the cab of the truck is less than 1/2 the width of the trailer, it will hit the cab in a 90 degree jack knife. Very simple math.

 

[carson6]

add a dip....

and the risk factor increases. . anybody with a s. b. set up with a goose neck?

 

[Hudsonhawk]

Check to see if you can have the trailer made with an extended gooseneck. It will put the front of the trailer farther back to give you more clearance in turns. It just looks a little odd with the gooseneck sticking out in front of the trailer. I will have this done when I have mine built.

 

[tgrfan2]

Keystone?

If the Cougar is a Keystone, all I can tell you is a friend has a Big Sky 3575 he pulls with his 2003 D3500 SB SRW without a slider and has had no problems in over a year of towing. I have a slider, but have never had to use it.

 

[carson6]

I towed and i think I could use more than 1. 5" between the bed rail and the extended pin box on a tight turn. also the extended gose neck seem's to work fine!

 

[vagabond]

I have towed many car's with the two car hauler with short bed and gooseneck. See picture on my web site. Trailer is now for sale. Hope this answers your question. vagabond (tommie)

http://www.tommiesautotransport.com/pages/1/index.htm

 

[carson6]

vagabon-very nice rig and a real goose neck... I took delivery on my rig yesterday and it is a 5th wheel ... according to mike thomas r. v. center's hitch installer's they have never seen a RVII to gooseneck(9" extension)on anything... ever. . but thought it was cool! the pop up ball work's great and look's very clean.

 

[vagabond]

carson6 Thank you for your comments. I have just a simple set up. I just screw the ball in and it holds the plate for the safety chains. I have since seen the pop up ball and think it is cool. I wish I had looked at other options but am glad I got the goose neck. It turns and backs up like a dream.

 

[carson6]

I need more practice ... the extended pin box scraped the bed rail on a 90 degree slight dip backup manuever but did very little damage... on flat ground there is about6" between rail and fiver but on an off camber dip combo turn thing's change!