you shouldn't have to weld on a good gooseneck hitch. a good gooseneck is a bolt on accessory. check out the B&W turnover ball website http://www.turnoverball.com/
pretty much any brand gooseneck hitch you buy will fit any pickup all you have to be aware of, is that the gooseneck hitch you buy has correct load rating for the load you will be pulling with this hitch
the part of the trailer that goes into the hitch is long and skinny like a goose's neck
The heaviest gooseneck hitch for a Ford F250 Super Duty I could find was 30,000 pounds. I found this hitch at Hitches4Less.com - http://hitches4less.com/goosneck-trailer-hitches.html
A "gooseneck" refers to an inverted hook shape, such that the hitch goes up from the trailer and then back down to the truck hitch, allowing it to pivot more than 90 degrees to the left or right without hitting the bed of the towing truck. (see related image link)
because you may want to take it off sometime with out having to cut it
9000 to 9800 pounds (with gooseneck hitch) 300 to 450 pounch with bumper pull
One could purchase gooseneck hitches when one goes to the shop of Hitch City. This shop features a wide selection of auto accessories like bug deflectors, window visors as well.
Tow hitches comes in different types, also called configurations, and not grades. There is the receiver, gooseneck and 5th wheel hitches. different parts of the country may also know tow hitch as a trailer hitch.
The answer is yes. I have one on mine. There is more than one way to do it also. Buy a universal Hitch, Buy any hitch that is the right length and weld it on, or do what i did, drill two holes and put on a heavy duty one.
ItS not actually a 5th wheel. The trailer has a gooseneck on it that attaches to a mounted bracket in the bed of a pickup. Like a ball hitch, just bigger
A gooseneck is something crooked, like a goose holds its neck. You usually hear this in the term gooseneck lamp, which is one of those adjustable ones with the curving metal tubes. You could say "I bought a gooseneck lamp for my desk," or "This gooseneck lamp really lets me shine the light on exactly the right spot."
The Ford Ranger and Ford Windstar were produced on two totally different chassis. This makes putting a hitch from a Ranger onto a Windstar a structuraly problem. If you know how to weld pieces onto or cut pieces off of the hitch, there is always a way to make the hitch work. If, however, you want to just take the hitch off of the Ranger and bolt it up the Windstar, that would never work.