fountain 47 sc

I have a tandem dually Myco trailer which has 24.5 Alcoas, Goodyear commercial tires, and 15,000 lb. solid axles. It tows great but the boat sits fairly high on the trailer. It isn't really made for wet launching, but I replaced the axle seals and it has been fine. I have been thinking of trading it for a triple axle gooseneck, but wanted some thoughts.

Hot Duck

I had a tandem dually under the Apache and switched to a triple axle gooseneck. The tandem duals are fine, but they can be a pain in the a$$ to change a tire if the flat is on the inside dual. One more thing that I considered is that when it comes time for new tires on the trailer, I only have to replace seven (6 plus a spare) with the triple axle instead of nine (8 plus a spare) with the tandem dually.

We went with a gooseneck for the new trailer because of the weight and length of the boat. The gooseneck will put the tongue weight directly over the rear axle of the tow vehicle and will also allow you to jackknife the trailer if needed in tight areas.

Either trailer will work well, but these are the reasons that I made the switch when I built a new trailer. I don’t think that I would change just to change, but if you are replacing the trailer anyway it might be something to consider. Here are pictures of each trailer.

fountain 47 sc

That is a great looking rig! Have you towed that with the f450 yet? What did you tow it with when it was on the tandem dually?

fountain 47 sc

Mine is more of a cruiser with 6'4" headroom.

Hot Duck

I never towed the tandem dually. It was under the boat when I bough it, but it was so rusted up that we traded it to Tres for some work on the boat. I think that he was going to use it as a shop trailer or something. Since we flew down to see the boat for the first time, we had a transporter move it from Blountstown (where we bought it) to Tres in Lauderdale.

I did tow the boat on the gooseneck with my 2002 F-450 and it did the job well, but it was over it's legal weight so I sold it and bought the Pete to keep things absolutely safe and legal. I have not towed the boat with the new 450 yet, but I will post the results when I do.

bgchuby01

As you know I tow all kinds of trailers. Yes the two axel is higher but if you get a flat tire you still have the other one to get you to a service station. If I was building a new large trailer it would be a dually gooseneck

fountain 47 sc

I have checked with Myco (the quality on my tandem dually is excellent). They only do three axle gooseneck or standard tandem dually.

CAVelocity

The tire wear for the tandem dually should be better than the triple axle since you're not scrubbing as much when turning.

fountain 47 sc

What would be the main reasons for going back to the f450 from the Peterbilt? (other than the increase in towing capacity). I would think that once you have the Peterbilt and are happy with it that it would last forever.

bgchuby01

I love my pete, in fact I am working with the conversion shop today to order a new one with a larger engine. Mine will be for sale soon.