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Originally Posted by jwplunkett
-Comment 1: The F450 Yr 2001 Dually purchasing at end of this month has a 14 foot Millenium Truck enclosed box installed ...
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So that bed probably has more than 48" from the extreme back of the bed or rear bumper to the center of the rear axle. And if that distance is more than 48", then you can't make a sharp turn without the outside corner of the rear bumper banging into the front of the trailer - unless your goosneck trailer is a custom jobbie designed for a much longer than normal stretch from the front of the trailer bed to the gooseneck connection to the truck.
So forget a gooseneck hitch. You'd need a different bed with not more than 48" from the back of the bed to the center of the rear axle to make that work.
As to pintle hitch vs. ball, forget the pintel. I agree with olddieseldude that hooking up a pintle hook is just as hard, or even harder, than a weight-distributing ball hitch. And you can't add a weight-distributing hitch to a pintle hitch. And anyone who tows a tag trailer that grosses more than 5,000 pounds at highway speeds without a weight distributing hitch is not quite all there.
Install a receiver that will handle the GVWR of the heaviest trailer you might tie onto, then install a weight-distributing hitch that will also handle that weight. Then you can travel at highway speeds while dragging a loaded trailer with no problems.
