Donate a gooseneck or lowboy trailer that needs a truck you no longer own

Where donated goosenecks and lowboys come from

Contractors and farms that downsized the truck first. The trailer is often in better condition than anything else on the property because it spent its life being pulled rather than driven.

Equipment dealers and haulers send lowboys and detachable-neck trailers off retiring fleets. Those are high-value units with a specialized buyer pool, and we sell them into it rather than a general auction.

Estates send both. A 30-foot gooseneck is a real asset and an awkward one, because moving it requires a truck with a ball in the bed and someone comfortable backing it.

We bring the truck that can pull it

A gooseneck needs a pickup with a bed ball or a fifth-wheel hitch, and a lowboy needs a road tractor. Giving Center matches the tow vehicle to the trailer and covers it, which is the single most useful thing we do on this category.

Tell us the pin or ball height, the GVWR and the deck length. A 25,000-pound gooseneck and a 55,000-pound detachable lowboy are entirely different tows.

We ask about the neck and the brakes specifically. A detachable neck that will not detach, or air brakes that will not build, both change the plan. Neither stops the donation.

What decides what one brings

• GVWR and axle configuration. Tandem dual, triple axle, air ride. Capacity is the first filter for every buyer.
• Deck length and type. Flat gooseneck, dovetail with ramps, hydraulic dovetail, detachable-neck lowboy. The hydraulic and detachable options carry a premium.
• Tires and suspension. Six or eight tires is real money, and spring versus air ride matters to who will buy it.
• Frame, crossmembers and floor. Cracking at the neck and around the kingpin area is the thing that ends a trailer. Photograph it.
• Brakes and paperwork. Working brakes and a title where the state requires one both move the sale.

Makes we accept

This category is heavily brand-driven.

• Goosenecks: Big Tex, PJ Trailers, Load Trail, Diamond C, Gooseneck Trailer Mfg, Neville, Lamar, CM, WW.
• Lowboys and heavy haul: Trail King, Talbert, XL Specialized, Fontaine, Rogers, Eager Beaver, Etnyre, Globe, Manac, Witzco.
• Tilt and traveling axle: Landoll 400 and 900 series, Trail King TK, Kalyn Siebert, Load King.

Manufacturer names appear here so you can find your own trailer. No manufacturer sponsors, endorses or is affiliated with this program.

The paperwork, and what you can deduct

Trailer titling varies more by state than anything else we accept. Some states title every trailer, some only above a weight threshold, and some issue nothing at all for smaller ones. We will tell you which applies where you are, and the state title rules page covers the process. Where there is no title, a bill of sale plus the VIN or serial plate off the tongue is what we need. Goosenecks and lowboys are heavy enough that nearly every state does title them, so expect the title to be part of this one.

Giving Center sells the trailer and your deduction is the gross sale proceeds on Form 1098-C. A working gooseneck usually clears $5,000, and a lowboy essentially always does, which means the IRS requires a qualified appraisal and Form 8283 Section B. That appraisal is your expense and your decision, and the appraiser must be independent of us.

If the trailer is a depreciated business asset, talk to your accountant before pickup. Business property rules differ from personal donation rules.