I'm curious as to what the little dollys that convert gooseneck trailers to bumperpulls are called. I saw a few out in Montana when I was there. Essentially they are a little trailer with wheels that mounts to the gooseneck, and has a bumperpull hitch, so you can pull a gooseneck trailer with a bumper hitch. I saw a truck towing two big horse trailers this way. First hooked up in the bed, second trailer hooked up to the bumper of the first with a dolly. Similar to the ones the big-rigs use to tow two trailers, but for goosenecks.

What are they called?

 

never seen anything like that........would definately like to see some pix if anyone has some!

 

Is this what you are talking about?

http://www.hitch-buddy.com/

 

the hitch buddy is cool but here is the pic i think he was talking about https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...3&d=1181751229 and it might be home made

 

good luck backing up! doesnt look easy at all

 

Its just a dolly to do exactly what you saw. I did that for 7 years. I bought mine from Sundowner trailers. I wouldnt recommend using a dolly to avoid using a goosneck hitch. Ive heard that DOT is somewhat cracking down on those and that they have to be 5th wheel single axle units with functional brakes, but that was after I hung up my hat. You can call about any of the horse trailer haulers and they can direct you where to get one.

 

Looks just like what I saw. It could have been a Hitch Buddy, or homemade, I didn't get a close enough look to tell for sure.

Thanks all, satisfied my curiosity!

 

DOT is definatly cracking down on everything

 

even though the tow buddy can tow 23,000#, aren't you still at the mercy of the bumper pull capacity (12,000#tow 1200# tw)?

 

There kinda expensive to.


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