flat bed or goose neck

well with what I want to do, being more with cars and trucks and just generally grow as a scrapper I was considering putting a 5th wheel/ goose neck hitch in my truck, this would result in me getting a trailer to fit the bill. (keep in mind these are future plans, I'm not running out tomorrow and getting anything new). I would also be able to get campers and other trailers that require this hitch and haul heavier loads to the yard. the though crossed my mind that maybe I should just get a flatbed truck to make getting car very easy, I would probably use it for more then just cars since it would have a higher gvw then my pickup. the down side with getting a new truck is more cost. I'll have gas and maintenance that I would have with just another trailer. so I guess what I want to know is what is a better move? what do you guys use? and how hard would it be to put a 5th wheel hitch in my truck haha

yea its not hard go to etrailer.com and order a kit for your truck. watch a couple vids on youtube... you can get goose neck hitches that will bolt into your 5th wheel rails. were slowly going all 5th wheel trailers, dump and flat bed. thats my direction anyways. i hate scraping out of the back of my truck....so hard to keep things nice lol, truck box gets beat to sh@t i just missed out on a nice husky 16k slider hitch for 300 bucks

I have both the flat bed is 28 feet long and carries a nice load,the flat bed is forty feet long I use that for large bulky items and the tri axle I use for cars and equipment.i get the most use out of the flatbed.

now I thought there was a difference with a ball or a slider, would you say the ball is a better way to go? I would like to still use my bed

1956; if you were to have one over the other you said you'd take the 5th wheel right? thats what I was thinking I just didn't know if a flat bed would be easier, also did you have to remove the freon from those a/c's?

thanks mec, guess I have more options to consider haha

Dude big dog a gooseneck is gunna really cut ur gas down pulling it. Its gunna drop to like 7 or 8 fully loaded. If I was u I'd wanna get a duramax.

well my future plans include getting a 1 ton dually, I'd probably put the 5th wheel in that but we'll see what the future hold, right now I'll get between 11 and 12 when pulling a decent load

Oh, that 6.0 even under pressure stays at the same gas mileage? Dang!

Yes two both they fifth wheel is the way to go,yes I remove all freeons that chiller had four large compressors got out around 64 lbs r-22

i had a dozen 5th wheel hitches some sliders. some were new and when i looked them up they were selling for 800-1500 new. put em on craigs for 150 a pop and only one guy responded. then he went crazy on me because he wanted all 12 for 150.

Goosenecks are way more to insure.

B&W makes a gooseneck set up that you can add a 5th wheel to. Kinda spendy though.