I'm looking into buying a new truck and I'm hoping someone can give me some advice. I currently have a 2000 F150 4x4 with a 6' bed and haul a 2 horse Kingston BP w/ dressing room. I have sway bars but I feel like I have barely enough truck to safely haul the trailer.
I plan on keeping the BP trailer for at least another year, but I'm looking to upgrade to a 2 horse gooseneck in the near future, so my new truck has to be able to handle that.

My new truck will be my daily driver, unfortunately. Right now I commute about 75 miles round trip 5 days a week.

I've been doing quite a bit of research online and, honestly, I'm overwhelmed. The trailer I have is 19' long and weighs 3100 lbs empty. I usually haul 2 horses which together weigh about 2200 lbs. Add two passengers, tack for 2 eventers and other stuff and we're probably at a load of about 7000 lbs. The trailer I want is 24' long and weighs 3300 lbs empty, so increase the total load to 7300 lbs. I know that there is a difference in how the weight is distributed on the truck between a bumper-pull w/ swaybars setup and a gooseneck, but I don't fully understand it.

Can anyone give me a recommendation? I'm leaning toward a 2007 or 2008 model F250 diesel. Would a gas truck do the job? Any thoughts on bed length? I'm thinking extended or crew cab with a 6' bed. Is that too short for a gooseneck? I'm hoping to have this truck for the long-term. Thanks in advance!

Hi ... Welcome to the forum...
The truck should be able to handle your trailer well. But Sway bars are not the same as a weight distributing hitch. You might need to redistribute the weight in your trailer a bit. If you load the dressing room up with a lot of stuff, you could be making the trailer too heavy in the tongue. A weight distributing hitch will help a lot.

A GN trailer is a world apart from BP trailers. The hitch in the bed of the truck applies the trailer weight between the tow vehicle's wheels. This bit of pure physics increases your control. The BP trailer attached a couple of feet behind the rear wheel uses the hitch like a lever to move your truck at the whim of the trailer.

A full size bed is the best set-up for a GN. Otherwise the truck cab and trailer nose will meet if you're not paying attention when maneuvering. This is costly and depressing to one's purse.