OT - What type of trailer?

Obviously, a gooseneck trailer would be best but thats not an option for at least a couple years.

Thanks for the help.

I ran into a trailer made by Longhorn Trailers, Emory Tx that's dirt cheap priced. 40ft x 8ft 5ft angleiron dovetail, Dexter dual tandums, GN, new $5900. Shorter trailers, 30ft were $5300 or so.

The website doesn't give any trailer spec's and that bothers me. I learned of the price and diminsions for a guy that said he bought 7 of them over the past 6mths on thedieselstop.com, towing forum.

At $5900 is $600 below what materials should cost at mid-wholesale pricing, and that concerns me. Either the builder buys materials in huge quanitys or there trailers are lacking good design property's.

Same trailer but PJ Trailer brand about $8000. You see the quality difference tho in the pics. Appears to built for continous OTR use.

Not saying the LH trailer wouldn't do for 6 trips a year for the next 20yrs but it might not hold up as well in OTR useage. Pics wasn't enough detail to determine that.

Remember that trailers for rolling load weight are built different than trailers for cargo weight. Most trailers for rolling load weight use "I" beams for there main support.

Your truck will have no problem handling a GN trailer with this load weight provided you don't push it hard,: Slow to get to travel speed and 60mph tops.

T_Bone

Tyler and Jerry, I did consider the higher center of gravity but didn't think about the steeper angle and wet tires. What sort of ramp are you talking? Is it angle iron construction or does it have expanded steel welded on top of it? I'n order to prevent slide-offs, could I put a heavy-duty angle-iron frame into the stake pockets?

My biggest problem is that you can't get a deck wide enough if you don't go deckover. My 60 is set up for four row cultivators and the rear wheels are 8 feet to the outer edges. I've never tried to adjust them and think they're pry pretty froze.

I'll hafta look into the hub size on the trailer. It'd suck big time if I bought it for convenience of spare tires and they turned out to be GM.

Thanks

not hard to make a gooseneck hitch. Here's the plate in my old Ford that I'm tryin' to sell. I just welded an old ball to a piece of half inch plate and bolted it in. Didn't cost me a dime.