Re: Gooseneck trailers

Posted by Jerry/MT on November 08, 2006 at 20:14:12 from (67.72.98.47):

In Reply to: Gooseneck trailers posted by Youngfarmhand on November 08, 2006 at 17:05:31:

Your truck will have a Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR) of say 20,000lbs. Your truck has an operating weight (truck, fuel, and driver) of say 6600 lbs and your gooseneck trailer has a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) of say 20,000 lbs and an empty weight of say 5000 lbs.Your trailer can take 15000 lbs of payload and not exceed it's GVW weight limits. However the GCWR is 20,000 and the truck and trailer weigh 11,600 lbs so you can only carry 9,400 lbs with out exceeding the rating. If a 14000 GVW trailer wighed 4500 lbs (and thus would cost less) you could haul 8900 lbs (20000 - (6600+4500)) and still be below the 14000 GVW( 8900 +4500 =13400). You'd be better off with a trailer that had a 14,000 GVW 'cuz you can't use the full capability of the 20,000 GVW trailer.
Now having said that, there is something to be said for having the heavier GVW rated trailer if you are operating in farm field conditions from the stand point of beefier axles and a little more structure to take some of the dynamic loads that you might come across. It's just that you won't be able to use the design load capacity of the 20,000 trailer unless you have a truck with a higher GCWR. Hope this helps you.

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