Chaz Murray
Well-Known Member
Here on the west cost a Mechanical Type gooseneck trailer is the norm...and I seem to notice the farther east in the country ya go, more fall toward a Hydro neck. Why is this? :beatsme
I do see a couple benefits for the hydro neck:
1. No modification to the truck required to use the detach neck.
2. Deck height is adjustable if needed.
Down sides that I see.
1. Complex and a lot more things that can go wrong if something fails.
2. Adds a bunch of extra weight to the trailer. Figure an average of 1500-3k lbs
3. Have to have a pony motor or a wet kit on the truck (again adding weight)
4. More Maintenance
5. No big savings in time when detaching the neck.
I am sure there are more but ya get the idea.
Now the good and bad about Mechanical the way I see it.
Good
1. Lighter weight over all thus giving you more payload cap.
2. No pony motor or PTO needed
3. As fast if not faster to use than a Hydro neck to detach...(I am going to have to set up a race one day on that just to satisfy my own curiosity haha)
4. Reliable...nothing major to go wrong
The Bad
1. Truck modification required to install ramps on the truck
2. Deck height not adjustable
Is there something I am missing here?:beatsme
I would like to hear reason why you use a mechanical neck vs. a Hydro or vice versa.
We currently don’t built a Hydro neck but not against it either...but would just like to have some real world info so we can decide if we want to even try to enter that part of the market and design a hydro neck.
I do see a couple benefits for the hydro neck:
1. No modification to the truck required to use the detach neck.
2. Deck height is adjustable if needed.
Down sides that I see.
1. Complex and a lot more things that can go wrong if something fails.
2. Adds a bunch of extra weight to the trailer. Figure an average of 1500-3k lbs
3. Have to have a pony motor or a wet kit on the truck (again adding weight)
4. More Maintenance
5. No big savings in time when detaching the neck.
I am sure there are more but ya get the idea.
Now the good and bad about Mechanical the way I see it.
Good
1. Lighter weight over all thus giving you more payload cap.
2. No pony motor or PTO needed
3. As fast if not faster to use than a Hydro neck to detach...(I am going to have to set up a race one day on that just to satisfy my own curiosity haha)
4. Reliable...nothing major to go wrong
The Bad
1. Truck modification required to install ramps on the truck
2. Deck height not adjustable
Is there something I am missing here?:beatsme
I would like to hear reason why you use a mechanical neck vs. a Hydro or vice versa.
We currently don’t built a Hydro neck but not against it either...but would just like to have some real world info so we can decide if we want to even try to enter that part of the market and design a hydro neck.