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    Any pictures of what would pull this trailer?

    Odd enough of a name, but up here, we call those trucks "Desert Sows" Here are some by Marcep Manufacturing out of Stony Plain, Alberta
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    Hydro Gooseneck VS. Mechanical Detach Gooseneck

    It actually came down to a number of variables.... First, and foremost, I didn't have a very large time frame to get the trailer here after I was awarded the contract to haul the equipment.... I spec'd out all the trailers with tandem axle jeeps, and tandem axle boosters (looking forward)...
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    Hydro Gooseneck VS. Mechanical Detach Gooseneck

    I should clarify that the trailer is a 'Shallow" double drop.... As compared to some of the pavement scrapers that you gentlemen may use further south. This lowbed was purchased to haul primarily "Off Road" on private logging roads, and to deliver/pick-up equipment in logging cut blocks etc...
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    Hydro Gooseneck VS. Mechanical Detach Gooseneck

    I don't believe that I will ever be truly "Out of it" so to speak....Been around trucks all my life. Just got tired of being gone for months at a time, and always being on call. My wife deserved better than that, and we had a little one on the way. I made the switch to welding full time...
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    Murray 9 axle

    I will add my Thanks as well for taking the time to post this thread. As a welder myself, I can truly appreciate both the conditions that these guys are working in, and also can attest to the quality of the work they are doing. NICE STUFF. I have done some trailer refurbishing in the...
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    Hydro Gooseneck VS. Mechanical Detach Gooseneck

    Couple more pics of taking neck off. Last pic is the day I brought the Lowbed back from Edmonton. I'll fire up some detailed pics of the lowbed in the Trailer Pictures thread. Have a Good Night.
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    Hydro Gooseneck VS. Mechanical Detach Gooseneck

    Pics as promised. Not gonna give much of a write up... You gentlemen that have done this, know the steps. Please excuse the Puck Board fenders... Tore up my Aluminum ones in the Cut Block at Christmas moving Logging Equipment... Put these on at camp on New Year's Day at -40°F. Didn't have...
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    Hey mechs, What's in your box?

    Snap-On Tool Boxes with Collector's Edition Graphic Plates that I bought when I was an Auto Mechanic back in '92. Tools are an assortment of Craftsman, Snap-On, Mac, Cornwell, SK, Gray, Channel Lock, Makita, DeWalt, Channel Lock, Blue Point (Snap-On) Husky and Mastercraft (Canadian Tire -...
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    Hydro Gooseneck VS. Mechanical Detach Gooseneck

    Sorry, I guess that pictures will have to wait. :o It appears that with my new registration, the Admin has me on a fairly tight leash... I am unable to Manage Attachements, Edit, or even send Admin a message requesting them to open up the rest of the V-Bulletin features on my account.....:(...
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    Hydro Gooseneck VS. Mechanical Detach Gooseneck

    Good Evening Gentlemen, This is a Wonderful Forum that you have here, just joined tonight, and this is my first post. I will vote for a mechanical detach gooseneck. Where I live up in Northern Alberta, Canada lots of times we are working in the wintertime in -40°F to -50°F and a...
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