Gooseneck on Short Bed Pickups

[UncleLA]

Some of the new pickup trucks have extremely short beds. For those who have purchased a short-bed pickup, how difficult has it been to rig it for a gooseneck? And once rigged, have you encountered situations where it was extremely difficult to maneuver the truck and trailer? Were those situations few and far between?
Thanks for your input.

 

[cfpinz]

Wife's got a 99 Dodge 2500 Ext Cab 6' bed. Had to do a little cutting to get a store-bought hitch put in it. (She wanted a pop-up and all my trucks have homemade ones.) It doesn't turn as sharp as my regular cab long bed Ford and won't hold a light to the flatbeds. I see plenty of folks out there with this type set-up, you just need to pay a little more mind to your cab corner.

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[NorCalFarms]

I've never seen what the problem is with running a shortbed with a gooseneck.

Most of the hitches are the same, and go just ahead of the rear axle just like on a long bed. I've run a 97 ford shortbed for a long time pulling both a flatbed and stock gooseneck without any problems. I can't imagine wanting to turn one so tight you have to worry about hitting the cab.

 

[Nowland Farms]

I run an '03 Chevy 2500HD with a 6'6" bed with the B&W Gooseneck Hitch which fits 4" in from of the rear axle. I have no problems.

Unless you are in a BAD bind when would you ever want to get the trailer anywhere close to 90 degrees to the direction of the truck?

 

[Aaron]

The biggest problems arise from gooseneck stock trailers that have the tapered hood draping over the box. In those cases, I have heard of more than one guy busting out his back window when turning a corner with a 6 foot box.

 

[cfpinz]

The biggest problems arise from gooseneck stock trailers that have the tapered hood draping over the box.

Or worse yet, an untapered box.

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