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[California]

In my neck of the woods that trailer empty would get you pulled over.

Here likewise. No plates, no fenders, to start.

I'll bet no lights as well.

Then as it is used here, over 3k GVW, a trailer that shabby isn't likely to have conforming brakes. Sufficient tire tread? And of course the lack of tiedowns.

That guy would get a citation more expensive than what it will cost him to have a rollback come get it - after CHP wouldn't let him move it any farther.

 

[PhysAssist]

A couple of weeks ago, a raised dump truck bed took down the wires just outside my office. It made quite a BANG and took out our phone service. Since almost all our work is done on computers linked to a remote server, we got off work early...its too bad it didn't happen at 9am instead of 3pm.

A coupla years ago, we had the same thing happen to the Urgent Care I worked in then, but we couldn't understand why a semi [not dumper] driver tried to pull off into our parking lot- and he wasn't coming in to be seen [at least not that he'd admit.]

It took all day form them to get our trunk line to the hospital back up and in service- we reverted to paper charts until they finished- which was a huge PITA, no matter that we beyotch about the computerized version we use all day every day.

 

[California]

I love the expression in the telecom industry when signal levels drop - 'backhoe fade'.

 

[ultrarunner]

It's a 1/2 ton Chevy. And an old one at that. No way the load rating would be enough for that much weight if he tried to put the pallet in the bed.

Rob

I let a friend borrow my 91 Silverado 1/2 ton and he had it loaded with a pallet for concrete... 3600 pounds by my estimation!

This is why I know longer loan vehicles and my trailer which came back with a bent trailer jack.

By my calculations my Silverado was only a pothole away from breaking an axle...

 

[TomSeller]

I let a friend borrow my 91 Silverado 1/2 ton and he had it loaded with a pallet for concrete... 3600 pounds by my estimation!

This is why I know longer loan vehicles and my trailer which came back with a bent trailer jack.

By my calculations my Silverado was only a pothole away from breaking an axle...

I wonder if he loaded it by hand, my HD won't even think about loading that much in a 1/2 ton. But maybe your rocket surgeon friend has a brian scientist brother who works at HD or wherever he purchased the concrete.

 

[ultrarunner]

Don't know but once was enough... I know because when I came to pick up the truck the pallet with about thirty 60# sacks was in my short stepside bed...

He offered me the left over but unless there is a need... it doesn't keep long around here.

I can only imagine if I had a fleetside long bed just how many more sacks he could have fit...

I've found I can have up to 7 pallets delivered to a job for one delivery fee... much easier all around.

Prior to that I was picking up with my utility trailer... all the time.

 

[PhysAssist]

I have dash cam in 2 vehicles. Love them. Unbelievable the stuff people do.

Two things:
1) We used to see crazy shizznet all the time driving, but after we got dash cams [technically windshield cams] in both our cars, we've hardly seen anything.

Then the suction cup failed, and while one of was driving with cam in the glove box, the crazies started up again.

Therefore, we have proven that the cams ARE safety devices, because as long as they're operating, nothing [recordable] happens.

2) For the earlier poster who was afraid that their car cam might be self-incriminating- it's too late- your car's black box is already incriminating you, and there ain't jack squat you can effectively do about it.

Either the DA or your [or the other guy's] insurance company can use the evidence on them to cause you all sorts of legal and financial trouble.

Sorry!

 

[ultrarunner]

I don't think I have any vehicles with black box technology.

When did this start showing up in cars?

My new cars is 15 years old... the daily drivers are 1985 and 1991 trucks.

 

[fried1765]

I let a friend borrow my 91 Silverado 1/2 ton and he had it loaded with a pallet for concrete... 3600 pounds by my estimation!

This is why I know longer loan vehicles and my trailer which came back with a bent trailer jack.

By my calculations my Silverado was only a pothole away from breaking an axle...

I loaned my newly repainted Ford F-250 4x4 to a friend "to pick up some firewood".
It came back with dents all over the box (he must have just chucked the wood in), a badly damaged tailgate, 1/2 tank of gas, and a 6 pack on the front seat.
NEVER AGAIN ......to ANYBODY!

 

[4570Man]

Landscape timber is there so the forklift could slide out of the pallet. :confused2:

I agree with it's use, but it looks like he could have put a fork between the wheels and not needed the timber.