Any guess on the weight of this load?
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ace10
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That picture was taken at the mill and you haven't ventured off the site because you're waiting for proper equipment to do the job, right?
thatguy
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Im guessing most of these answers were NOT what the OP was expecting.. LOL
Any bets on whether they come back to defend themselves??
brian
Any bets on whether they come back to defend themselves??
brian
Thanks for all your safety concerns. I am more interested in weight guesses.
Based on a lumber weight calculator I found online I arrived at about 5400 pounds.
The trailer has two newish 6,000 pound axles with working brakes on each. The tires are almost new. The trailer weighs around 3,000 pounds leaving a 9K capacity. The truck is rated for 9,800 pounds leaving 6,800 capacity above the trailer weight.
The load was well balanced and stopped and cornered without issue. The truck was level before I unhooked the trailer.
I have towed a 7K mini excavator on the same trailer. This load had a greater effect on acceleration. Perhaps the lumber was wet.
Based on a lumber weight calculator I found online I arrived at about 5400 pounds.
The trailer has two newish 6,000 pound axles with working brakes on each. The tires are almost new. The trailer weighs around 3,000 pounds leaving a 9K capacity. The truck is rated for 9,800 pounds leaving 6,800 capacity above the trailer weight.
The load was well balanced and stopped and cornered without issue. The truck was level before I unhooked the trailer.
I have towed a 7K mini excavator on the same trailer. This load had a greater effect on acceleration. Perhaps the lumber was wet.
clemsonfor
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They dont make a doge durango with a truck bed? OR was this sarcasm.
It's not a leap at all. There are *probably* quite a few members on this forum that have functioning brakes on their mobile home axles, but overall those numbers are but a tiny fraction of the total number of mobile home axles in use.
We really need to be honest with ourselves about mobile home axle use as it pertains to home-built/shop-built trailers. Nobody chooses them because they're high-quality. Nobody sells them cheap or gives them away because they're high-quality. They're sold cheaply or given away and then subsequently used in the construction of home-built trailers because of the price.
And it's no leap at all to assume that when corners are cut in the building of a trailer, corners will also be cut when it comes to having everything operating properly when it comes to brakes and such.
We buy NEW mobile office trailers, (like the one below), from manufacturers that are equipped with used mobile home axles. Lots of those NEW office trailers are delivered with the brake wiring dangling out of the brake end plates. Why? Because it saves a few bucks. The office trailer manufacturers themselves don't bother to disassemble/inspect/repair mobile home axle brake assemblies. It's no leap whatsoever to assume that end-users/builders are going to.
Next time you're at Home Depot/Lowes/Menards, take a quick look around for trailers with mobile home axles. See how many of them have either brake wires dangling from the brake end plates....OR.....a wiring connector, (flat four style), attached to the tow vehicle. Or both.
Big picture-wise, it would be more of a leap to assume that trailers with mobile home axles have hooked-up and functional brakes....than vice-versa.
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Well said Brokenot.
And I was wrong again. A Durango is a SUV. I was thinking of the equivalent pickup, a Colorado?
Good trailer brakes have two shoes and various other components to make them function. The house trailer axles on the Hurst trailer had one expanding brake band inside the brake drum. In real world conditions, the expanding band system probably (there is that word again) had less than half the braking capacity of good drum brakes.
And I was wrong again. A Durango is a SUV. I was thinking of the equivalent pickup, a Colorado?
Good trailer brakes have two shoes and various other components to make them function. The house trailer axles on the Hurst trailer had one expanding brake band inside the brake drum. In real world conditions, the expanding band system probably (there is that word again) had less than half the braking capacity of good drum brakes.
It's not a leap at all. There are *probably* quite a few members on this forum that have functioning brakes on their mobile home axles, but overall those numbers are but a tiny fraction of the total number of mobile home axles in use.
We really need to be honest with ourselves about mobile home axle use as it pertains to home-built/shop-built trailers. Nobody chooses them because they're high-quality. Nobody sells them cheap or gives them away because they're high-quality. They're sold cheaply or given away and then subsequently used in the construction of home-built trailers because of the price.
And it's no leap at all to assume that when corners are cut in the building of a trailer, corners will also be cut when it comes to having everything operating properly when it comes to brakes and such.
We buy NEW mobile office trailers, (like the one below), from manufacturers that are equipped with used mobile home axles. Lots of those NEW office trailers are delivered with the brake wiring dangling out of the brake end plates. Why? Because it saves a few bucks. The office trailer manufacturers themselves don't bother to disassemble/inspect/repair mobile home axle brake assemblies. It's no leap whatsoever to assume that end-users/builders are going to.
Next time you're at Home Depot/Lowes/Menards, take a quick look around for trailers with mobile home axles. See how many of them have either brake wires dangling from the brake end plates....OR.....a wiring connector, (flat four style), attached to the tow vehicle. Or both.
Big picture-wise, it would be more of a leap to assume that trailers with mobile home axles have hooked-up and functional brakes....than vice-versa.
I still say it was a leap.