On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:16:53 -0600, Karl Townsend wrote:

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.

I probably shouldn't mention the superb handling in an 8-wheel drift, but
it _was_ almost 30 years ago.

But yes, you can do things with a truck and gooseneck that you couldn't
even contemplate with a tag-along.

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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com