How to Hook up a Gooseneck Trailer for Safe Towing
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2013
- In this video we cover how to connect a gooseneck trailer to a tow vehicle. Visit www.trailersoftheeastcoast.com... for step step by step instructions and a printable safety checklist. The components of a gooseneck trailer hookup include the ball which sits in the bed of the tow vehicle, the coupler attached to the trailer, safety chains, a breakaway brake system, an electrical connection, jack feet on the trailer and trailer legs into which the jack feet retract.
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Glad to see, that you used your foot to slow the land gear.
My dad taught me this also.
BUT
For a different reasons. If you allow the land gear to snap up, It will break the spring.
When the spring breaks, you have to crawl on the ground to pick up the landing gear.
Very informative video simplified how to connect the trailer safely👍🏻
A well made and helpful video!
Thank you so much for the video. I'm new to pulling a gooseneck and am trying to learn all I can. This was a very helpful video!
Good presentation and very well covered. Thank you for making this video.
Wayne Holt Thank you for the kind words. We're glad to help. Call us any time with questions. Thanks for visiting!
Great video ., very informative the best ive seen !
Great explanatory video!
Very informative video thank you for posting this.
Great video, nice job!
Great video man, thanks!!
Very cool. Thank you.
Great video. I noticed the use of shouldered eyebolts for the connection of the safety chain. The drawback with using this type of eyebolt where an angle pull might be exerted, is the loss of strength of the eyebolt At 30° the rated capacity is by 40%, at 45° the rated capacity is reduced by 67%, and at a 20° angle the rated capacity is
reduced by 80%. The ideal eyebolt to be used where an angle pull is likely to be experienced is a swivel eyebolt. The rated capacity for swivel eyebolts does not diminish regardless of any angle pull.
Just a little FYI to help others to be better protected when towing.
+Jake The Snake Thank you.
+Jake The Snake Thank you.
+Trailers of the East Coast You're welcome, glad to help.
that is a bad ass truck
Everything looks good with the hookup, the only thing I will add is after retracting the spring-loaded jack legs, reset the locks before walking to the next leg. Relying on just the spring to carry the inner leg is inviting disaster. The spring may break or relax and let the leg drop and grind away, fall out onto the road, and cut your own tire or go through someone's windshield.
I'm used to either a bumper ball or pintle hitch, where there is normally a secondary lock pin for the coupler, is a gooseneck ball hitch not equipped with a secondary lock for the latch?
Dan Waldhauser i did notice that too about the jack legs but he may have not felt the need only for the demonstrative video.
Dan Waldhauser 7
The cupler goes all the way down to the hook of the bottom of the ball right?
Does it matter which side the plate and the handle is on??
Whata sweet totter!
Man were did you get that Lakota shirt? I just bought a $60,000 Lakota and they didnt give me one!
If you have a flat on your gooseneck is it possible to safely tow it? Or do you need to do a tire change?
You can safely drive slowly with a flat tire on tandem duals i wouldnt try it on anything with single tires because you will most likely ruin the rim. And especially with a white cargo trailer
I loved the videos but wat kinda truck are you guys using again I might get one for my gooseneck my truck has a slight issue hauling certain trailers
Always remember to cross the chains
If your connecting to a towbar tongue to catch the drawbar coupling if it disconnects to stop it dropping to the road, crossing the safety chains on a gooseneck hitch is pointless.
He never showed were to attach the emergency brake cable. It has to be seperate from the chains.
Wheel chalks?
Chocks are rarely used at any dealership unless its on a slant
you say can need one person to attach boy i'm a new to horse trailer or even owning a horse i'm also the youngest in meh family i can't drive my dad is going to need to drive.
why gooseneck instead of 5th wheel?
Why not lol
flight2k5 A gooseneck is more compact in the bed of the truck is one of the big reasons why people choose them. Most equipment trailers, large car haulers, and horse trailer are gooseneck and large travel trailer tend to be fifth wheel so it often depends on the type of trailer you wish to pull.
15 minutes 😂 in 15:01 the brakes release and the trailer rolls down the hill
Curious about the crossing the chains comment. Why?
Crossing chains allows a basket for the trailer tongue in case your trailer were to "unhitch" instead of running them straight and having it dig into the ground and potentially damaging several components on the trailer
ITS EASY AS FUCK TO DO IT BY YOURSELF IF YOU KNOW YOUR TRAILER..
Or have a wireless camera...