Flatbed trailers are available with 5th wheel or gooseneck mounts. If you're going to make the comment that a gooseneck is better for a flatbed, you should explain why.
Because the connection between a gooseneck coupler and the ball is tighter, there's less chucking and banging than what you'd experience with a 5th wheel hitch.
@@etrailer - Every hitch manufacturer's website disagrees, and even if they didn't, you're saying that "better" is based on the noise it makes, not, as Curt says, "...smoother, quieter, more stable towing". You should probably Google "gooseneck vs. 5th wheel"
@@armslength2618that's crap.if gooseneck was better every single class 8 truck would have a goose neck instead of a 5th wheel... Adjusting the 5th wheel jaws is part of routine maintenance and I've seen way more slop in gooseneck balls and hitches than I've ever had with 5th wheel hitches, again, because they can be adjusted. I've driven more miles than most people will in several lifetimes (cdl since '97) with both 5th wheels and goosenecks (class 8, heavy haul, hot shooting, etc.) so it isn't like I don't know what I'm talking about. Every one I've met prefers a properly set up 5th wheel to a gooseneck.
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Flatbed trailers are available with 5th wheel or gooseneck mounts. If you're going to make the comment that a gooseneck is better for a flatbed, you should explain why.
Because the connection between a gooseneck coupler and the ball is tighter, there's less chucking and banging than what you'd experience with a 5th wheel hitch.
@@etrailer - Every hitch manufacturer's website disagrees, and even if they didn't, you're saying that "better" is based on the noise it makes, not, as Curt says, "...smoother, quieter, more stable towing".
You should probably Google "gooseneck vs. 5th wheel"
@@armslength2618that's crap.if gooseneck was better every single class 8 truck would have a goose neck instead of a 5th wheel... Adjusting the 5th wheel jaws is part of routine maintenance and I've seen way more slop in gooseneck balls and hitches than I've ever had with 5th wheel hitches, again, because they can be adjusted. I've driven more miles than most people will in several lifetimes (cdl since '97) with both 5th wheels and goosenecks (class 8, heavy haul, hot shooting, etc.) so it isn't like I don't know what I'm talking about.
Every one I've met prefers a properly set up 5th wheel to a gooseneck.