goose neck info needed

[shag766]

i have a 24ft flat bed beaver tail trailer that i pull with my dually. the hook up is with the ball in the bed of my truck, not a 5th wheel. i just purchased a 30 some odd ft goose neck travel trailer, prowler, which requires a 5th wheel hook up. my question is, can i convert from needing the 5th wheel hook up to the ball hook up by altering the trailer? is it legal, is costly, is it do-able and how? i really don't want to have the 2 hook ups and i will be using the flat bed regularly and the travel trailer twice a year for sure.

any help appreciated or where to look for info. rick

 

[lou3500]

You can convert the camper to a gooseneck they sell a conversion assembly that hooks to the king pin and bolts up solid to make it a gooseneck i have seen them on craigslist or you car contact an rv accessory dealer .http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-hitches/5th-wheel-gooseneck-conv.htm http://www.bageco.com/5thadapter.htm http://www.hitchescouplers.com/product.php?id=26 try these sites this is what i'm talking about.

 

[shag766]

thats what i am talking about, the coupler. thank you lou

 

[lou3500]

Your welcome, i think that would be the ticket and inexpensive.

 

[shag766]

Your welcome, i think that would be the ticket and inexpensive.

lou i read in your bio, boat trailer specialist. whats that mean, just curious. rick

 

[lou3500]

For the last fifteen going on sixteen years i have worked for Magic Tilt Trailers a large boat trailer manufacturer in westcentral Florida.I started in the service department doing setups [fitting the trailer to the boat hull] and repairs/rebuilds on trailers, i have done almost every job in the plant, i am now in parts sales/shipping. I have worked on trailers and rv's in the past [not for a living] just during my racing past and my camping days. I am a licenced airframe and powerplant mechanic since 1991 and have been a backyard mechanic since i was old enough to hold a wrench,started building bicycles,mini bikes,gocarts,woodsbuggies,thunder cars,mini stocks,figure eights,late models,mud trucks and finally street/show cars. I live eat sleep breath cars/hot rods why i don't do it for a living i'm not sure [probly because i would hate it sooner or later].