UpNorth1
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As I understand it, if there is a transport lock (ie: a metal pin to lock the boom up and to keep it from swinging) the boom can be in the air.
Aaron Z
But every attachment still needs to be chained per DOT.
As I understand it, if there is a transport lock (ie: a metal pin to lock the boom up and to keep it from swinging) the boom can be in the air.
Aaron Z
Secured yes, but not necessarily set on the deck. From the FMCSA:But every attachment still needs to be chained per DOT.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=393.130&guidence=y said:ァ393.130 What are the rules for securing heavy vehicles, equipment and machinery?
*Question 1: If an item of construction equipment which weighs less than 4,536 kg (10,000 lb.) is transported on a flatbed or drop-deck trailer, must the accessory equipment be lowered to the deck of the trailer?
Guidance: No. However, the accessory equipment must be properly secured using locking pins or similar devices in order to prevent either the accessory equipment or the item of construction equipment itself from shifting during transport.
*Question 2: How should I secure the accessories for an item of construction equipment which weighs 4,536 kg (10,000 lb.) or more, if the accessory devices would extend beyond the width of the trailer if they are lowered to the deck for transport?
Guidance: The accessory devices (plows, trencher bars, and the like) may be transported in a raised position, provided they are designed to be transported in that manner. However, the accessory equipment must be locked in place for transport to ensure that neither the accessories nor the equipment itself shifts during transport.
*Question 3: A tractor loader-backhoe weighing over 10,000 pounds is being transported on a trailer. The loader and backhoe accessories are each equipped with locking devices or mechanisms that prevent them from moving up and down and from side-to-side while the construction equipment is being transported on the trailer. Must these accessories also be secured to the trailer with chains?
Guidance: No. However, if the construction equipment does not have a means of preventing the loader bucket, backhoe, or similar accessories from moving while it is being transported on the trailer, then a chain would be required to secure those accessories to the trailer.
Common axle sizes are 2000#, 3500#, 5200#, etcHe also claimed that the axles on my trailer are 3500lb axles. This doesn't make sense to me because that would make the trailer 7000lbs max weight, so why is it stamped 5000??? Anyway....I told him to make me a new one which he is doing. Anybody know what he is talking about here? I sure don't.:fight:
The tongue of the trailer connects it to the truck. If the trailer weighs in at 7000 lbs and the tongue is good for 5000 lbs, is there some mythical escort vehicle responsible for the other 2000 lbs? Sounds like he needs a bit of a refresher on ratings. Don't they usually say on them GVW or something like that? To me that says if you put it on the scale, the whole thing can weigh up to 7000 lbs, that's why it is GROSS VW.
Are they trying to charge for this upgrade?
Common axle sizes are 2000#, 3500#, 5200#, etc
As such, many trailers use axles that are oversized in relation to the frame (ie: a 5000# frame with 2 3500# axles).
Aaron Z
3500# axles are used on trailers rated from 3500# to 7000# and they are one of the most common axles around. Having to also stock a 2500# axle would be more stuff to keep around.It would stand to reason then that the axles are the only part of the trailer that could hold anything over 5000lbs, so why the overkill on the axles? don't they make 2500#axles for a 5000lb trailer?
3500# axles are used on trailers rated from 3500# to 7000# and they are one of the most common axles around. Having to also stock a 2500# axle would be more stuff to keep around.
Aaron Z