Ok Dirka... I am down in Carlsbad (southeast) New Mexico desert where there are huge stretches of absolutely nothing but cattle ranches and oilfield patches. NM176 to my IMCA dirt track in Eunice, NM is a two lane cow trail that somebody thought would be fun to paint black and call it a highway. When you come upon a water hauler or oil transporter the only thing you can do is close your eyes and hope for the best as you hang your right side trailer tires off the tore up roadway edge into the sand berm. Then if the very common 50 mph wind is blowing across you... well, you better be on real good terms with God!
I have the heavy overload spring package and gas shocks added to my truck, and it rides like a cement truck! I know what you say about the bouncing on the back, and sometimes that makes it even worse for loss of control. I almost turned over my new 32' Pace Daytona Special a couple times because of all the above factors. I finally sold it and went back to my smaller Big Tex open trailer with a small tool box on the front of it, and the rest of my gear in the truck bed... but it is such a pain loading and unloading every weekend! I want my enclosed trailer back...
Well, the State is finally starting to widen and rebuild a 30+ mile stretch of that horrible NM176, and they have about five miles of it done already. I also want a good enclosed that I can pull over the Guadalupe Mountains El Paso Gap south down 62-180 to El Paso TX Speedway, and Southern NM Speedway in Las Cruces. That mountain pull and cross winds require dropping down into second gear on any truck to get over the biggest peaks.
blownalky3... why is a goose any harder to hitch up than a tag? On a tag it is a pain rigging up the equalizer and sway all the time. It seems to me a fifth hitch would be cumbersome and take up a lot of your bed space, unless I get a removable hitch setup. I understand about the space shift, but I will mostly haul my short open wheel modified race car and only need about another 10' of garage area, so the loft will serve to store parts and supplies to leave the garage area more open. I haven't seen any smaller race trailers with a 5th setup...? Most of them are goose.
Ok, so goose it is, now what brand is the heaviest duty?
Jim