I bought (well me and my wife) bought a really nice Exiss 3 horse slant L/Q gooseneck.

I have it in front of my house getting accustomed and used to all the gadgetry it has. LOL.

I live in a city, and i'm towing it around as much as i can to learn how to tow the thing. Yes, I've never towed anything in my entire life - I bought the trailer three hours away from my house. It was a real learning lesson ;) i guess ya dont know if ya can do it or not if you dont try!! I got it all the way home w/out bringing any lightpoles or stop signs with me through bakersfield!!

My questions is - at my house, it is hooked up to my 3500 Dually, i have the trailer jacks in the up position (so the weight is on the truck) is it ok to leave it like that for a day or two?

Thanks guys! (and gals!)

I have occasionally wondered the same thing.  Seems to me that the truck is designed to carry that weight... In the service lifetime of a truck, I'm very certain that the truck supports the trailer's weight for more than 24-48 hours...

Maybe I'm wrong... but I think you're OK doing that...  Congratulations on your purchase--and successful navigation of the Salinas area.  I recently returned back to the normal world (heheheheh) following graduation from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.  That part of CA isn't too bad.

Mike

You're awesome, thank you so much for your reply. I was just wondering because i keep the jacks in the Up position and it actually made my truck squat a little bit. I never EVER thought i could do that to that thing! LOL.

And the scarey part is - I was the guy making the post about living quarters and a GMC 1500 CC. After driving it home up and down hills w/ the duramax (which was absolutely incredible BTW - I kept it on cruise at the posted speed limits and it never came out of overdrive, even up the hills). I would have BLOWN up the 1500 in about 30 miles, without a doubt!

Congratulations on your graduation! If you're ever in the area again be sure to PM me if you're in need of company or a suggestion on things you may want to check out.

I bought the trailer at www.thetrailermart.com. I saw the ad on horsetrailerworld.com and can not say enough good things about the people at the trailer mart. I dont know if this forum lets us give credit where credit is due - but they are great. I am keeping it at my house because we are having VERY adverse weather (the temps are in the 20's here - they're NEVER Like that) and I left water in the LQ which froze and busted one of the hoses. :( 
They were great, I'm going to bring it back (My choice, they found me a guy closer than Bakersfield, but, I like the driving lessons I get by taking it places and they were REALLY exceptional over the phone.). It's not the trailers fault I didnt winterize it (it was the first night i had it) and they're going to fix it for me.

My rig stays hooked up 24/7.

I don't see any problem leaving it hooked up.

Look at all the pick up trucks that leave the campers on them year round.  Or for that matter the Camper conversion where they buy a chasis cab and add a camper. That weights stays on those spring/tires for the life of the vehicle.

My truck and trailer is usually left hitched together.  When I've the time and inclination, I crank the landing gear to take most of the weight off the truck.

Two reasons:

The tires do get flat spots.  Listen while driving after a few days of setting.  You'll hear the tires slapping the pavement for the first couple of miles.

It's makes the whole rig just a little bit harder to steal.  The added step of jacking up the gear is more time to be caught.

DOWNSIDE ...  Driving off without raising the gear is dangerous to your purse.  But. I habitually do a walk-around before driving anyway.  There were several times I caught an unlocked hitch or open compartment cover.

Thank you, Jason.  Enjoy your new trailer!!  Sounds like a very nice trailer, and I'll check out trailermart.com.

Mike

Thats somewhat i did - I have elec over hydraulic dual jacks but didnt want to wake the neighbors (they're not that loud, but i'm pushing it by letting is sit in front of my house).

I took and pulled the wiring connector all the way forward and over the side of the bed so as i got into the drivers seat, i COULDNT forget because i had to hook it back up.

LOL no not any of us -

Thanks alot Amos.

You're right, i'm just getting the hint of it. I've enjoyed just pulling it around town the last couple days for practice. I'm getting kinda cocky about it because i'm getting GOOD :) LOL.

Just dont ask me to back into a spot yet :P