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Mountain West | I'm heading to an auction to bid on a bumper pull stock trailer. But, if there is a good deal on a gooseneck stock trailer instead, can I put the bigger ball in my bumper and pull it down the highway for 150 miles? |
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| IF you could even get it hooked up, not a good idea. I prob can't even list all the reasons why not. 2 5/16 ball with shank that will fit a stinger for your bumper hitch ? ALL the weight of a gn is not designed to be on a bumper. Empty MIGHT work. Can the neck be extended in order to turn ? Or will you have 40 acres to turn every corner ? Not sure it would work, but I would not even think ot it. |
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No Mans Land , Cimarron co. OK. | Why would you even consider doing such a thing ? There is a reason why gooseneck trailers are mounted in the bed. If you do go from bumper get some pics for us. |
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North Mo. | I doubt if the shank of the bigger ball will go in your hitch. If it does I would think you need to extend the goose neck to as long as possible for fender clearence. i assume you are talking a heavy well mounted hitch and the trailer is unloaded. As with anything a bit of caution while traveling goes along ways. Ben |
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N.C. Iowa | Sounds about as safe as pulling the trailer with your tailgate. |
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WCMN | Sound like a way to visit with DOT!!! |
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blairsville,pa | your too sexy to pull a trailer like that! |
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| Local redneck did it regularly until he was stopped by out of state DOT. They let him go but threatened him with a huge fine if they ever caught him again. If it was me I'd still be trying to make bail. It can be done. Should it be done? Probably not. I'd think you would be ok so long as you didn't pick up a load of cattle on the way home.
Edited by bob1968 5/29/2013 14:27
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Saronville NE | I pulled a homemade GN fert trailer that is meant to be pulled behind a disk or fert bar, with about a 20ft long tonque home behind a pickup on the bumper it had a 3in ball for it and I had a homemade swather trailer at the time that took a 3 ball so I just slipped it in the receiver and pulled it home, but I was only like 20 miles from home and just took my time. |
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Sumner GA, Located in southwest GA, | I'd do it, empty, once, just to get it home, assuming you can lower the neck enough to get home. Plead ignorance. Wouldn't do it on a regular basis, but you should get by once. |
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| While I would echo many of the other concerns, I a guessing you do not have a ball in the bed. If it is a one time deal to get it home, and the ball is raised to bed height, it would probably get you by. |
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Mountain West | Thanks for the replies. It would be a one time deal. |
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Southern Middle Tennessee | Why not borrow a friends truck for the afternoon to pull it home. It isn't worth taking a chance pulling it home and someone getting injured or killed. |
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East Central Ks | I see trailer dealers all the time pulling two gooseneck trailer at the same time. They just extend the stem a little and hook on and go home. No reason if the trailer is empty that it will not work just fine.
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Mountain West | I could borrow a neighbor's pickup, but I don't anticipate buying the gooseneck trailer, unless the price is exceptional. Plus, on the way home I might want to goof off and party a little.
Edited by rightsaidfred 5/29/2013 17:42
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SESD | Geez, I don't see the big concern all the others have. How do you pull a heavier bumper trailer with a 2-5/16 ball if it won't fit in the hitch? There isn't that much weight of an empty gooseneck stock trailer on the hitch compared to a loaded down bumper trailer with 7k axels. As long as you can get it up high enough so you don't hit the ground with the front of the trailer, I'd say no prob at all. The DOT may not like it though. Like another poster said, guys pull 2 GN trailers when hauling them to dealers and the back one either has a dolly or some rig made to attach to the trailer in front of it. |
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Southwestern Ohio |
I would just forget about the bumper hitch trailer altogether, put a gooseneck ball in my truck and buy a gooseneck trailer. That's just me.
Larry |
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| I don't see a problem pulling it empty, as long as the neck will extend enough. 2 5/16 ball is no issue, lots of bumper hitch trailers use them |
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Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot | Little ingenuity is all that is needed.
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| Just have someone ride in the truck bed and hold it |
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OK | Looks legit to me. Wonder what your liability is if you're in an accident, hooked up like that. |
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Remsen, Iowa | The guy doing that probably does not give a crap about liability for his actions. |
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| If there were duct tape, I'd say thats a Red Green rig. |
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northwest tennessee | That would be a train wreck. |
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nw iowa | please post pics of the accident and or tickets if you do decide to pull it home on your bumper..decide to party on the way home? you sir, are a genius.All that is missing from this scenario is the phrase,"here, hold my beer and watch this". |
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Bumper pulling a gooseneck?
