Building the structure - Adding a Dovetail on a Gooseneck Trailer - PART 1 

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Just looked up what those are. That would be nice to have.

Thanks for the comment. We tried to keep it simple. We might mount the ramps to the trailer in the future if time allows. Really, if we made the ramps narrower and some thinner material it would be WAY easier to manage.

Yes, that is his real hair. Thanks for watching. 60/40 ratio hmmm... Well find out when we pick up some of our stuff in California.

I'm no scientist and going to assume you are talking about the dovetail. I have three reasons... The longer anything is the stronger the structure would have to be. I don't want to get into and nor do I know steel load limits and whatnots. Weight, just adding this alone add about 700 lb. to the trailer with just reduced the capacity of the trailer. If we make it to long or low it will drag a lot more I don't want to get stuck somewhere. Ever see a low boy trailer get stuck on tracks and hit by a train?

Thanks dude

It's a "portable bandsaw" and because of the size & weight, It is easier for us to move the bandsaw to the metal vs bringing the metal to the bandsaw.

:) It works... for now.

I know what you are talking about with wood working but I've always called them that and so do other I know. What do you call them?

MANY people, including the manufacturers of trailers, call it a dovetail. I have seen it called a beavertail also, but dovetail seems more common.

@@benjaminreinhardt259 A quick google search agrees but not everyone has access to the internet.

@@goldies_garage But.... aren't we on the internet now?

@@benjaminreinhardt259 Yeah, It was a joke.