Who says I need to take up space for a Gooseneck Hitch!

[LittleBill]

Enjoy

[mkirsch]

This is the third place I've seen it now, all from different origins.

Someone staged this for Internet fame.

[opnspaces]

Looks like something a couple of guys came up with over a few beers while camping. I'll bet it's a flatbed trailer with no weight on it.

[Jebby14]

Why would they do this?

[LIKE2BUILD]

Holy smokes. And he’s even doing it with the horrible GM receiver used on the GMT800 series trucks. Honestly I’d love to watch a video of that going down the road to see how much it flexes.

[Old-Biscuit]

I always thought these TWO Goobers had the price.......

towing 5vr backwards using a ball hitch



OR towing a 5vr with gooseneck on the Tailgate



BUT Golly that should get the Darwin Award hands down

[dodge_guy]

Yep! Very dangerous, I don’t see the safety chains attached?!!!!

[CapnCampn]

Seems to be working, what's the problem? 🙂

[DutchmenSport]

Well, when that guy gets a Patton on his design and it starts selling, and he makes a few million dollars and then retires, I suppose the rest of us will just be left scratching our heads! :h

[4x4ord]

Just off the top of my head without calculating anything I would guess if he has a Duramax under the hood and he floors it in low gear going up a bit of a hill he could get his front wheels to lift off the ground.... likely equivalent to putting about 12,000 lbs on a regular ball. I'm thinking something could break.

[philh]

BB_TX wrote:
Common you statics gurus, give it a shot. :B

Free Body Diagram wouldn't be difficult... but stress analysis could be a bit more challenging

[BB_TX]

Common you statics gurus, give it a shot. :B

[RoyF]

We could start a pool on where the first failure will occur.

"Trying to calc the stresses..."! In addition to the static forces while just parked, think about what happens while bouncing up and down at highway speed. The forces are greatly increased with every bump.

[Captain_Happy]

Now I've seen everything

[mleekamp]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

As an engineer, trying to calc the stresses and strain on that....uh, contraption, well, it just explodes one's mind.

Safety, safety, safety....let's hope no one gets hurt.