I'm looking at buying a single axle truck with a contractors dump box. I would like to be able to pull my 3 axle gooseneck as it would handle it better and have better brakes than my 3/4 ton. Can I build a hidden gooseneck ball in the back of the bed? Do I have to bold the front down when towing line this? Can I build a heavy duty removable pedistal,(on dual recievers) to put right behind the truck and pull gooseneck?
pulling a gooseneck trailer with a dump box?
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When i worked on a concrete crew the owner found a old chevy 1 ton duelly with a dump box. We would only use the truck to haul sand or toss the power trowel in the back. There was a gooseneck hitch in it and we would pull and tandom axle dump trailor. I remember many times going up hills with the trailor loaded with all the scrap that was leftover from house builds. Even though it was a very tuff 327 chevy with a 3 speed, it would pull the 18ft trailor up hills only with your foot in the carb, you would lose speed abit but never had to downshift. Had very good trailor breaks for stopping. Never had a box tie down on the front, and to my knowledge even pulling the trailor around jobsites.. ruts, and hills, not yet lanscaped the truck box never came up. But since your pulling a triple axle, i would might suggest having dump box tiedowns regardless and make sure you have them safety chains very well made just in case. The goosneck ball was located about 1 ft in front of the rear axle
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drmiller100
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mount the dump bed.
take it to a QUALITY hitch guy, and he will cut a hole in the bed, put a hinged cover on it, and then mount the ball directly to the frame underneath the bed.
take it to a QUALITY hitch guy, and he will cut a hole in the bed, put a hinged cover on it, and then mount the ball directly to the frame underneath the bed.
