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Re: [RC] Truck bed/trailer width - Dyane Smith

Mine is 6' wide and 23' on the floor (horse area and tack room).  It's pretty easy to manuver with practice.  I think there are two size axles out there 96" and 108".  I could be wrong, but you might want to check that out.  I got the 6' wide to have more clearance on narrow mountain roads and bridges.  I have a modified stock (basically two box stalls) and the horses have tons of room.
 
Dyane Smith
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Kopp
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:04 AM
Subject: [RC] Truck bed/trailer width

For those of you that haul goosenecks, I have a question.  I am getting a crew cab, regular bed.  I am also upgrading my trailer from a bumper pull to a gooseneck.  My trailer dealer suggests I consider a 7'6" wide trailer instead of an 8' wide one because of the shorter bed on the pickup.  I have described some of the fields I have had to try and park in for rides and he thinks I will have more turning ability with the 7'6" wide.  The nose of the gooseneck is a tapered one.  Would like to hear from those of you that have had experience.  Also, overall length of trailer is looking like 23 or 24 feet ( not counting the gooseneck part), I'm thinking that should be fairly easy to manuver.
Thanks,
Roxanne Kopp
Kentucky

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