Do I need an air bag suspension kit and goose neck hitch suggestions?
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Do I need an air bag suspension kit and goose neck hitch suggestions?
I will be moving from Misery (Missouri) to Maine in about a month. Rather than renting a truck, we are considering buying a used 32'+ goose neck enclosed trailer and then selling it when we are done. The trailers I have looked at range from about 15k to 21k MGVW. Since we have a 4 bedroom house and 5 kids, I figure we will pretty much fill up the trailer.
My concern is do I need an air bag suspension kit for this? If so, does anybody have suggestions for a kit?
Also, I will need to install a goose neck hitch. I would like one which flips over and 'hides' and maybe something which could later be used with a 5th wheel hitch. What are some suggestions for the goose neck and 5th wheel hitches and what should I expect to pay? I would like to get higher weight rated hitches because I hate to buy something and find out later that I need to buy something stronger (which is why I have a Cummins
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Truck details are in my tag.
My concern is do I need an air bag suspension kit for this? If so, does anybody have suggestions for a kit?
Also, I will need to install a goose neck hitch. I would like one which flips over and 'hides' and maybe something which could later be used with a 5th wheel hitch. What are some suggestions for the goose neck and 5th wheel hitches and what should I expect to pay? I would like to get higher weight rated hitches because I hate to buy something and find out later that I need to buy something stronger (which is why I have a Cummins
)Truck details are in my tag.
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Put this in the truck http://www.turnoverball.com/products...ooseneck-hitch Get this for your fifth wheel http://tweetys.com/5thwheeltogoosene...or-15inch.aspx
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or this one to go with the B&W gooseneck hitch....
http://www.turnoverball.com/product-...g/rvhitch/view
jeff.
http://www.turnoverball.com/product-...g/rvhitch/view
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You will give about 400 for a B&W, worth the money in my mine, I have had no issues with mine other then some paint peeling. Takes a couple hours to install with simple hand tools. The only tool I had to buy was a holesaw for the hole in the bed.
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Install the air bags with the on board air compressor. It's the best few hundred bucks you will ever spend.
If you don't, you will be cursing like a sailor after a hundred miles of riding on the bumpstops beating you to death with your head lights blinding everyone on the road.
If you don't, you will be cursing like a sailor after a hundred miles of riding on the bumpstops beating you to death with your head lights blinding everyone on the road.
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I will be moving from Misery (Missouri) to Maine in about a month. Rather than renting a truck, we are considering buying a used 32'+ goose neck enclosed trailer and then selling it when we are done. The trailers I have looked at range from about 15k to 21k MGVW. Since we have a 4 bedroom house and 5 kids, I figure we will pretty much fill up the trailer.
My concern is do I need an air bag suspension kit for this? If so, does anybody have suggestions for a kit?
Also, I will need to install a goose neck hitch. I would like one which flips over and 'hides' and maybe something which could later be used with a 5th wheel hitch. What are some suggestions for the goose neck and 5th wheel hitches and what should I expect to pay? I would like to get higher weight rated hitches because I hate to buy something and find out later that I need to buy something stronger (which is why I have a Cummins)
Truck details are in my tag.
My concern is do I need an air bag suspension kit for this? If so, does anybody have suggestions for a kit?
Also, I will need to install a goose neck hitch. I would like one which flips over and 'hides' and maybe something which could later be used with a 5th wheel hitch. What are some suggestions for the goose neck and 5th wheel hitches and what should I expect to pay? I would like to get higher weight rated hitches because I hate to buy something and find out later that I need to buy something stronger (which is why I have a Cummins
)Truck details are in my tag.
My truck is a 2500 Mega cab and I can tow a 12,500 LBS trailer. The truck can not exceed the 20,000 GCVW of trailer and truck. Your weight sticker is on the door B pillar, check this out to see what the truck can safely tow.
Air bags will not increase the ability to carry an increase load, but will allow the truck to sit level when towing a trailer.
Jim W.
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