What many are missing, and what @Xray4 is trying to say is that the step deck style trailer is different than your standard goose neck. With a full 102" wide deck riding right above the pin, not on top of a gooseneck. that means with a 60" cab to axle length of a long bed pickup with bed removed, he will only have 12" or so between the trailer and the cab at a 90 degree turn.
Under trailer mounted aux fuel tank?
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BTW.. an 9" tall, 48" x 96" tank is right about 180 gallons. Would probably fit on the flatbed in front of the trailer and the trailer would clear it at all turn angles and quite a bit of side tilt. There's a bunch of places that would weld you up a tank of that size.
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I seriously considered it and want to stay with a hotshot setup for now. I was putting on the miles yesterday so didn't have much time to get into details but for many reasons I do not want to get into a semi truck at the moment. Hard to take my kids to school in a semi truck, can't afford both the semi and a nice pickup, at least not the semi I would want to get. I like to run newer equipment and so I chose to go with a newer truck and hot shot trailer the truck is decked out and comfortable for me while I'm driving and also for the family when we use it. It would be impossible for me to get a big rig and it's trailer into my driveway so that opens up more issues and expense. It's true that over the life of the vehicle it's likely that the pickup truck May cost you more because you need to replace it after fewer miles than a semi, tires wear out twice as fast and a pickup truck etc etc. I get it. I just don't want to get into a semi right now. -
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Can you build out your front bumper and put a fuel tank there?
I am imagining a heavy duty front bumper mounted to the frame, with a deer-guard round stock frame protecting the tank. Might need two small tanks to allow for lights and radiator air flow.
The obvious issue is the tanks being exposed to damage from the front, but the deer guard would partially mitigate this.
EDIT ADD. A second concern would be effectiveness of headlights. You might need to move the headlights to the front of the bumper assembly since a forward-mounted bumper would reduce the effectiveness of your lights where they are blocked at some angles.Last edited: Feb 9, 2021
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.. you're joking about a fuel tank in the bumper right?
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Truck Bed Doubles As A Fuel Tank With a little change up you could put a goose hookup in this
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