Any guess on the weight of this load?

[LD1]

I am going to guess that it is probabally NOT as heavy as most of the other guesses on here.

Unless the wood was sopping wet

A quick google turned up srpuce @ 28lbs per cubic foot.

ASSUMING it is finished 2x8x12's, the actual dimensions are 1.5" x 7.25" x 12'

Thats about .9 cu ft per board

.9 x 96 x 28 = 2420lbs

EVEN if it was FULL dimension rough cut, it only works out to ~3600lbs for the bottom bundle.

and I'd guess about half as much again for the wood on top. So if it is dimensional, i'd say about 3600lbs, if it is rough cut, I'd say closer to the 5400lbs guesses so far.

Either way, it looks like the trailer AND tow vehichle are adequite enough to handle the load, but I agree with others that you really need to work on how you tie things down:thumbsup:

 

[farmboy12]

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.

....Dakota


Kyle

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Was the lumber wet or kiln dried?

That was with a moisture content of 13.8795065469074690453489057%

 

[two_bit_score]

That was with a moisture content of 13.8795065469074690453489057%

Exactly what I thought.

 

[davgreg]

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.

So you knew what you were doing all along! So what are you building with those styrafoam filled walls and a big pile of lumber

 

[clemsonfor]

....Dakota


Kyle

Haha i did not even catch that one! not even the same manufacturer!

 

[BruceWard]

So you knew what you were doing all along! So what are you building with those styrafoam filled walls and a big pile of lumber

Building a house. I needed to get the lumber on Friday so we could start today. The concrete has happened over the past months but all the wood in this picture was assembled today. We should use the rest of the trailer load tomorrow. I am picking up 60 sheets of sub flooring in the morning then having a larger load delivered on Tuesday.

 

[SixHoeBob]

....Dakota


Kyle

They really do all look the same to me. So what is a Colorado?

 

[SixHoeBob]

They dont make a doge durango with a truck bed? OR was this sarcasm.

What is a doge?

 

[dcyrilc]

They really do all look the same to me. So what is a Colorado?

Chevy wannabe pickup.