Critique what went wrong.

[Thomas]

bet that was a wonderful camping experience....... Id say vehicle handling was a bit dicey as well...

Just another "Hold my beer"

 

[Tinhack]

Never seen a 1 ton dual axle trailer....

1 Ton Tandem Axle Trailer 6 ft Bed- SPECIAL SALE PRICE! $829.00 + SHIPPING Model 6500

Now you have.

 

[sea2summit]

1 Ton Tandem Axle Trailer 6 ft Bed- SPECIAL SALE PRICE! $829.00 + SHIPPING Model 6500

Now you have.

Not for highway use…but nice try.

 

[cqaigy2]

Just another "Hold my beer"

Except, no one to hold the beer.

 

[rScotty]

Nothing really went wrong... the trailer did exactly what it should have done, with that load. Probably save someone from a VERY serious accident, by preventing the clueless owner/operator of that truck, from driving out on the road.

Gotta agree with that.

Kinda reminds me of the old joke about when God was handing out brains. The giveaway was going along fine until He came to one good ol' boy who was a bit hard of hearing & thought God had said "Drains"..... and that guy looks down and says, "No thanks, it appears I already have one".

BTW, it doesn't even need to be such a big log. By chaining the load just right to be wrong, it is possible to get the chain tension to ADD to the total bending load on the axle.

rScotty

 

[WM75Guy]

He just needs a bigger truck to get it started rolling and he will be fine.

 

[BravoXray]

Apparently that log wasn't a dry as they thought it was.

 

[workinonit]

That's one hell of a log. I bet they are going to roll it on their WoodMizer.

 

[Jims1025R]

I had a 26" diameter maple fall in my forest. I cut it into 9 foot lengths. It's now a very nice table on my patio. The very first stage of that project several years ago was realizing that my mini excavator could not possibly lift it to load it on a trailer, and it was too heavy to skid back a half mile with the tractor. So, being rather eager to get it back, and knowing that it would not fit in the sawmill anyway, I split it in half where it lay. It took me two days, and a dozen progressively wider maple wedges. In two halves, the mini ex, and the trailer handled it.

I learned the "it's heavier than in looks" lesson early in life. My buddy had his dad's brand new half tom GMC pick up. We needed some fill for a project. Who do we pass, a road works guy with a back hoe. "Hey, can you spare us a bucket of what you've dug out there?" "Sure!", and he skillfully, and oh so gently pours a bucket load into the box. "You want a second bucket load...?" As I said to my buddy, Ahhh, I don't think that's a good idea, my buddy's already motioning yes. A second really gently poured load of fill had the truck bunged right out with the frame on the axle. It made the trip, but had to have the springs replaced that week.

I work in aviation, where we tend to the more cautious, and weigh everything. My uncle, who was a mechanic on the Berlin Airlift told me about a DC-4 which staggered into the airport with a terrified crew. Apparently the load of aluminum bar which was loaded, and weight calculated was actually steel.

 

[Cougsfan]

This is a local photo taken by someone I know. This is the South.

His basic problem was that he didn't drive fast enough to get home before the trailer broke.

 

[sea2summit]

BTW, it doesn't even need to be such a big log. By chaining the load just right to be wrong, it is possible to get the chain tension to ADD to the total bending load on the axle.

rScotty

How? The axles are not directly tied to the deck of the trailer on an on-road trailer.

 

[redman135]

On the camper in post 3, the bent chassis might shorten the driveshaft enough to try to ram the gearbox through the engine. Broken engine and g/box mounts possible. Just straightening the chassis will be pricey.

 

[rScotty]

How? The axles are not directly tied to the deck of the trailer on an on-road trailer.

It doesn't require that they be solidly bolted together - although that looks to be the case on the particular trailer that we are talking about in this thread.
But the deck isn't just floating on any small trailer. The deck and the axles have to be connected together in some manner so that you can pull both by pulling the other, and so they can go down the road together.

Being connected, the entire axle assembly becomes a beam loaded in the middle by the weight of the log and the vertical component of the chain tension over the log.

 

[sea2summit]

It doesn't require that they be solidly bolted together - although that looks to be the case on the particular trailer that we are talking about in this thread.
But the deck isn't just floating on any small trailer. The deck and the axles have to be connected together in some manner so that you can pull both by pulling the other, and so they can go down the road together.

Being connected, the entire axle assembly becomes a beam loaded in the middle by the weight of the log and the vertical component of the chain tension over the log.

No.

 

[ljjhouser]

This is a local photo taken by someone I know. This is the South.

I find that amazing. Wonder what that load weighed. It destroyed that trailer at every level.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

I find that amazing. Wonder what that load weighed. It destroyed that trailer at every level.

He'd of been better off making firewood and hauling it that way.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

I find that amazing. Wonder what that load weighed. It destroyed that trailer at every level.

I imagine it is a borrowed trailer.

 

[alexpops]

Hope he didn't rent the trailer.

If he did, he wound up owning afterwards. I'm guessing that the LDW carrier would deny the claim (unless he had another trailer handy to offload to) then lied about what he was hauling. In any case, doubtful he would be welcome back at the rental place.

 

[rScotty]

No.

That's OK. Don't worry about it.

 

[sea2summit]

That's OK. Don't worry about it.

I worry when people put out false info on the internet. Kind of a personal quest, but it's more like trying to be Atlas.