Has anyone seen or heard of these??? It basically turns your GN into a tagalong trailer… http://mrtrailer.com/safetyhitch.htm
Call me crazy, but does this not defeat many of the advantages of a GN, like increased stability, reduced chances of trailer sway, etc., etc???
It looks like it is rigidly attached to the back of the tow vehicle, so it’s more like making your tow vehicle into a 6’ longer vehicle with 6 wheels and 6 brake discs.
Looks like a lot of expense and moving parts to solve a niche problem, but if you really want an SUV and really want a gooseneck and are willing to spend half the price of a used pickup to combine the two then I assume it works fine.
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It looks like it is rigidly attached to the back of the tow vehicle, so it’s more like making your tow vehicle into a 6’ longer vehicle with 6 wheels and 6 brake discs.
Looks like a lot of expense and moving parts to solve a niche problem, but if you really want an SUV and really want a gooseneck and are willing to spend half the price of a used pickup to combine the two then I assume it works fine.[/QUOTE]
It also resolves tongue weight/payload issues since the tagalong assembly bears most of the tongue weight and only a percentage of it actually rides on the rear axle of the tow vehicle.
this would enable you to, for example, pull your existing gooseneck whose 25% tongue weight exceeds the payload of a 1/2 ton, with one of the new 1/2 tons with 11k tow ratings but artificially low payload capacities.
Since it’s also braked, etc it spares your vehicle a lot of the abuse of having a heavy trailer hooked up. It also basically creates quadrasteer effect which makes turning a large rig easier.
A similar concept is available in less complex form that has a small axle bearing the tongue weight of a bumper pull. I am considering one for my 1/2 ton.
Here’s a similar product for a bumper pull with some videos and explanations. http://www.trailertoad.com/id1.html
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It looks like it is rigidly attached to the back of the tow vehicle, so it’s more like making your tow vehicle into a 6’ longer vehicle with 6 wheels and 6 brake discs…[/QUOTE]
Actually adds NINE feet to the truck length. As you say, the addition is rigid, so your truck “feel” is like a much longer, solid frame, which may be helpful in better truck ride, better control of trailer. However this LONG rig is going to be “interesting” to manage to park and fit into some fueling locations!
Interesting concept idea, not sure I would want to be driving it with that length of tow vehicle.
And despite his comments about “almost all” dually trucks being dinged up because of width, I haven’t found it that true if you take some care. We sold our old dually, 21 yrs old, which still had original UNMARKED dually fenders on it. Was working on it’s 300,000 mile mark, mostly spent hauling trailers. I think there are a lot of other EXCELLENT women truck drivers who do not damage their dually trucks when driving them.
Those photos of truck hauling two trailers would not be allowed in MI, because second trailer needs to be a SMALL, LIGHT trailer behind the large first one. Usually 2nd trailer is specified as a recreational trailer, like one carrying a boat. And for anyone THINKING of such an outfit, you really can’t back it up. Local guys just unhitch 2nd trailer, move the first one around so it is headed out, then rehitch. You can’t SEE what that second trailer is doing at all back there, so you can’t “work it” like the first one. Not like a double trailer on a dump truck.
AND a big thing, is you probably will need a CDL A license, because of outfit length, maybe weight too. Good idea to check all this out before investing in such an add-on for hauling equines.
I’ve seen those type of hitch adaptors talked about in the RV world. They are apparently popular with families or groups that need to tow with a 10-passenger or larger van. Fifth wheel campers have more room than travel trailers, so this hitch allows them to fit all the humans in the tow vehicle, and still tow a large fifth wheel for camping comfort.
You can find 10-passenger and larger vans in one-ton versions…
I sure have better things to spend $11k on. ~FH
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