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[dragoneggs]

That looks backwards.....

Yeah seems backwards or least should be quite a bit further back.

 

[jeeptchr]

At least he had a dually this dump truck weighed 14 ish so 20k would be about right. I have since upgraded trucks...

 

[Morning Wood]

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Saw it on FB

There no way that weight is distributed correctly.

 

[4570Man]

I doubt it’s textbook weight distribution, but on the likely chance it’s a 20k trailer he would have overloaded the axels to fix the weight distribution.

 

[goeduck]

Now if the dump truck itself was loaded THAT would be impressive.

 

[4570Man]

The trailer would break in half.

 

[Morning Wood]

I doubt it’s textbook weight distribution, but on the likely chance it’s a 20k trailer he would have overloaded the axels to fix the weight distribution.

That’s what I mean. The trailer alone looks to weigh 5-6k. I don’t believe that truck can legally take that pin weight

 

[jeeptchr]

The trailer has some length to it, it's at least 7k, I've been trying to remember what our old twin screw dump truck we used to have weighed, for some reason I keep thinking around 24k. And some of those trailers do have 12k axles. Either way it is quite a load. I'm betting the dump truck was broke down and they were just glad to get it on the trailer,. I can't see anyone that has a setup like that not understanding weight distribution. Those long trailers like that suck to get weight distributed correctly sometimes.

 

[California]

The trailer has some length to it, it's at least 7k...

No wonder I got into trouble trying to pull a similar but shorter trailer uphill in mud with a small tractor. I way underestimated the trailer's tare weight.

Story with more photos that I posted here several years ago, in response to someone with a similar stuck trailer.

 

[jeeptchr]

Funny, I had read that thread and had seen that image. Heavier built trailers are always heavier than you think. A factory built trailer usually has its empty weight on the mfg tag. Christmas Eve this year this was my load. Gross weight was 28,600, 62 international was 12,600, truck and trailer 15,980, and my truck 9800. That puts my 20+4 trailer weighing 6k ish. I had a 3hr trip with it, I truly didn’t think the international weighed that much. Whopping 7.5mpg on that run at 70.