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I think it's about total wheelbase, not just "bed length".  I drive a  
standard cab, and it has a standard length bed, great turning radius  
and of course no interface with my gooseneck's neckover.  Those  
cowboy cadillacs with the full 4 doors AND a long bed, those are the  
longbacked horses of which you speak, no?

Lynne


On Nov 24, 2006, at 5:28 AM, tichenor06 wrote:

> I have a short bed.  I know MANY others that also have them.  Truck  
> beds are like horse backs.  Shorter is stronger.  With any trailer  
> bumper or goose with any truck long or short or flat, you have to  
> learn and know what you can and can not do with regards to  
> turning.  Go out in a pasture or parking lot and drive it around so  
> you know what you can do and what you can not do.
>
> I have owned/hauled bp, goose 22', 18', shortbed, dually long bed,  
> long bed.  I like the short bed hands down with the gooseneck.   
> Also you have to take into consideration the nose/box configuration  
> of your trailer.  I had an exiss 22' and the box was really really  
> close between the bumper and the box. I have a sooner now, and  
> there is more room.  The combo I have now is easier to back, park,  
> turn, and turn sharper corners better.
>
> What you have under the hood, brakes, and suspension (also your  
> driving habits) will determine whether you can haul safely a larger  
> (any) trailer.  I currently have a HD Chev short bed, 2500, 4 x 4,  
> 8.1L, auto, 5sp, with the allison.  It hands down out hauls the  
> chev 7.3, 3500, HD, long bed dually, 4x4 that I used to have.  Only  
> disadvantage is that the dually can hold in its bed, more stuff due  
> to it being larger, and with the dually's.  But a trailer doesn't  
> have much weight in the bed or on the bumper.  Dually's can offer  
> more stability for a really heavy trailer.  But it isn't going to  
> have any more power or be more superior strengthwis because it is a  
> long bed.  Just means to me there is more to hassle with due to  
> length when hauling, turning, backing etc.  My truck trailer combo  
> turns really well when I back, and doesn't cut corners as bad.  I  
> prefer goose than bumper.  And jmo slant I think is far far safer  
> than straights.  I think they also pull and tow better, and give  
> the horse a better ride.
>
>
> Tow safely
>
> Laura T
> Alabama

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