Gooseneck trailer tips

[GregWeld]

Do I get my man card back because of SIZE??



Rodger --

The whole reason for this trailer with LQ is to NOT have to go to hotels unless the truck is already at the track etc and I can just back a hot rod or car out and go to one... like when we're all at Thunderhill. AND the fact that I hate "on the road" food... so would be FAR HAPPIER just making my own stuff... and I have a two state (Washington and Utah) concealed carry permit (and the balls to use it) -- due to planning on "off the road" up an exit or whatever sleeping arrangements.

I usually leave Seattle at 4:30AM - and in the winter it's raining and dark and crappy so by the time I've hauled 10 or 12 hours... which puts me in a rest area etc at 5:30 or 6:30PM... That's the beauty of this thing -- I can go and stop where I feel like - without reservations.. Without having to wrestle a parking spot at a hotel and blah blah blah. I figure I'll just back her up into Charley's driveway and camp for the night.


I can actually make Thunderhill with the truck and trailer in one day - but that gets REAL OLD as I get real old.... and then what I want to be able to do is to leave there and then just fuss around going where I want to. Now with the Sun Valley place -- I might be heading there instead of Seattle... etc.

I tried and tried to make it smaller -- but the living quarters -- or the garage area just gets squeezed to where it doesn't make any sense.

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Do I get my man card back because of SIZE??



Rodger --

The whole reason for this trailer with LQ is to NOT have to go to hotels unless the truck is already at the track etc and I can just back a hot rod or car out and go to one... like when we're all at Thunderhill. AND the fact that I hate "on the road" food... so would be FAR HAPPIER just making my own stuff... and I have a two state (Washington and Utah) concealed carry permit (and the balls to use it) -- due to planning on "off the road" up an exit or whatever sleeping arrangements.

I usually leave Seattle at 4:30AM - and in the winter it's raining and dark and crappy so by the time I've hauled 10 or 12 hours... which puts me in a rest area etc at 5:30 or 6:30PM... That's the beauty of this thing -- I can go and stop where I feel like - without reservations.. Without having to wrestle a parking spot at a hotel and blah blah blah. I figure I'll just back her up into Charley's driveway and camp for the night.


I can actually make Thunderhill with the truck and trailer in one day - but that gets REAL OLD as I get real old.... and then what I want to be able to do is to leave there and then just fuss around going where I want to. Now with the Sun Valley place -- I might be heading there instead of Seattle... etc.

I tried and tried to make it smaller -- but the living quarters -- or the garage area just gets squeezed to where it doesn't make any sense.

Once you get used to the rig you will be able to practically whip through the drive thru.

Looks like a nice lay out.

[GregWeld]

I could make it 2 or 3 feet shorter if I wanted the lift gate style vs the internal lift... but I don't think the difference between 44 feet vs 47 feet would be worth the ease of use that I "THINK" will come with the internal lift.

The thought of having Charley up in the air trying to hold my car from rolling back off the tailgate just worries be a bit. I question his commitment.

[GregWeld]

Well we finally have a final design - equipment list - and a price etc...

So it's game on!


Waiting for a delivery date "promise" now.

[Lenie]

Congrats Greg, can't wait to see the finished product

[sik68]

Ready for your rig's annual checkup?

[GregWeld]

I have "people".... No owners of this kind of stuff washes or waxes themselves. They take professional maintenance. So I usually just pull it into Charley's wash shack...