Put my gooseneck to work!

[some zilch]

that load of landscape material is loaded improperly and is clearly too heavy on that truck-(the way it is loaded). your headlights are pointing at the sky, and there is no weight on the front end. i would spend my money on air bags or more leaf springs rather than big rims and stickers

 

[Duffster]

there is no weight on the front end.

Really?

 

[JB4310]

We had a local stump removal guy come in with an old logging truck that he converted into a stump hauling truck and even his boom couldn't lift the stumps. He said he could lift around 4,000 lbs fully extended but couldn't lift my three stumps so we had to load them with the excavator.

I had the exact same experience, and was gonna mention it. Mine was an oak though but not as large as those shown. My buddy has a dedicated log hauler, brand new in 2005 and he could not get my stump off the ground. I ended up wrecking a bar and chain cutting that stump down.

Maybe Chris was just kidding

JB.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I just did 5 pallets of mulch so I know what it weights. There are 12 layers of 5 bags per layer @ 40# each with the water content on mine. I weighed one and it was 39#. With the pallet its about 2,450# each. Times his two and he is at 4,900# then he has the 4 pallets of soil at about 2,850# each with the pallet. Thats 8,550# of dirt and pallets. The trailer is probably in the 4,600# range.

Thats puts his total load at 18,050#. No way them stumps weighed anywhere near that with the trailer. Maybe 12,000#. So yes, I was exaggerating when I said it was 3 times but 2 times is more like it for the load.

Chris

 

[KrayzKajun]

I just did 5 pallets of mulch so I know what it weights. There are 12 layers of 5 bags per layer @ 40# each with the water content on mine. I weighed one and it was 39#. With the pallet its about 2,450# each. Times his two and he is at 4,900# then he has the 4 pallets of soil at about 2,850# each with the pallet. Thats 8,550# of dirt and pallets. The trailer is probably in the 4,600# range.

Thats puts his total load at 18,050#. No way them stumps weighed anywhere near that with the trailer. Maybe 12,000#. So yes, I was exaggerating when I said it was 3 times but 2 times is more like it for the load.

Chris

bingo! it was loaded as evenly as possible! plus im parked over the drain in front my house (dip in th street) airbags were ordered last night.

i woudnt normally put tht much on the trailer. but took advantage of getting the material onsale

 

[rdln]

Looks like a good argument for popup, hydraulic or no beavertail with long stowaway ramps.

 

[schmism]

seriously.... why does ANYONE go with bagged materials for that amount of material.

i mean bulk mulch has to be 1/4 the price and topsoil a tenth of the price...

 

[JB4310]

I just did 5 pallets of mulch so I know what it weights. There are 12 layers of 5 bags per layer @ 40# each with the water content on mine. I weighed one and it was 39#. With the pallet its about 2,450# each. Times his two and he is at 4,900# then he has the 4 pallets of soil at about 2,850# each with the pallet. Thats 8,550# of dirt and pallets. The trailer is probably in the 4,600# range.

Thats puts his total load at 18,050#. No way them stumps weighed anywhere near that with the trailer. Maybe 12,000#. So yes, I was exaggerating when I said it was 3 times but 2 times is more like it for the load.

Chris

I don't Know Chris, did you ever try and lift a stump like one of those shown?

Maybe the picture is deceiving, but I still vote those stumps are not only more than half the weight of the landscape materials, but if I had to bet I'd go with the stumps weighing more.

You're saying the stumps only weigh 3.5 tons? I say closer to double that

Stumps are brutally heavy, they wont even take them at our vegetation landfill, they are so dense they take for ever to break down.

JB

 

[tractorboy5500]

I agree with JB on this, but this is just my option, I know very well that stumps are heavy, and those are very large stumps on that trailer, both loads on each trailer are heavy buy alot, but if I had to put money on it I would go with the stumps, that doent mean I am right, but I know that stumps are very heavy, Who evey has the pics of the stumps, what was it loaded with???

 

[tractorboy5500]

Here is a load on my trailer and 08 Dodge truck, To me it seems to be sitting level or maybe just a tad low in the rear. The tractor is a Mahindra 5500 4x4 around 9000lbs plus, some might disagree so I will break it down, tractor weight is 6380 lbs dry weight, FEL is 1900lbs, and tires with water is 1060lbs as per the tire water chart, tool on 3-point maybe 90lbs. The 10 round bales are 4x5, what was advertised, I am not real sure of the correct weight of the bales, but i guessed around 800 to 1000lbs. Maybe someone on here can help with the weight on round bails, I would say i might have alot of tong weight, the trailer and truck handled it very well.