Gooseneck Adaptor Hitch for Trailers
"I built this hitch because pulling a travel trailer on the bumper hitch of a compact pickup didn't seem safe to me. It worked so well I also use it with my utility trailer," says Bill Padgett, Ona, Fla., about his gooseneck adaptor hitch that lets you pull a standard straight tongue ball hitch with a fifth wheel hitch.
The lower end of the gooseneck consists of a wrap-around drawbar fitted with a ball hitch. The trailer, which is not modified at all, hooks to the ball hitch while hitch brackets clamp to either side of the trailer tongue.
"There's no more whip or sway to the trailer on the highway when semi-trucks pass. Handles like a dream. I've pulled` my travel trailer over 10,000 miles with no problems at all," says Padgett.
One person can move the hitch from one trailer to the other with the aid of two dolly wheels. Padgett uses a removable plywood wind deflector when pulling the travel trailer. It mounts on top of the gooseneck and has storage inside.
Contact FARM SHOW Followup, W.E. "Bill" Padgett, Rt. 1, Box 6, Ona, Ha. 33865 (ph 813 735-1329).
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Gooseneck Adaptor Hitch for Trailers HITCHES Hitches 17-2-7 "I built this hitch because pulling a travel trailer on the bumper hitch of a compact pickup didn't seem safe to me. It worked so well I also use it with my utility trailer," says Bill Padgett, Ona, Fla., about his gooseneck adaptor hitch that lets you pull a standard straight tongue ball hitch with a fifth wheel hitch.
The lower end of the gooseneck consists of a wrap-around drawbar fitted with a ball hitch. The trailer, which is not modified at all, hooks to the ball hitch while hitch brackets clamp to either side of the trailer tongue.
"There's no more whip or sway to the trailer on the highway when semi-trucks pass. Handles like a dream. I've pulled` my travel trailer over 10,000 miles with no problems at all," says Padgett.
One person can move the hitch from one trailer to the other with the aid of two dolly wheels. Padgett uses a removable plywood wind deflector when pulling the travel trailer. It mounts on top of the gooseneck and has storage inside.
Contact FARM SHOW Followup, W.E. "Bill" Padgett, Rt. 1, Box 6, Ona, Ha. 33865 (ph 813 735-1329).
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