I drove a 3/4 ton pickup with a gooseneck trailer for my dad for several
years in the summers, going to car shows. For a while we were pulling
out of the parking lot with 20,000 combined GVW -- I think that when I
was driving it we were at 14,000 or something like that. The combination
pretty much handled like the trailer wasn't there, except for the getting
up to speed and going up the hills parts.

Yep, people that haven't experienced a gooseneck don't realize the
HUGE difference in stability. ESPECIALLY with panic braking.

Karl