How far do you think he got...heavy load

[hunterridgefarm]

Hello fellow TBNers. I don't get to post much since we only have internet on my wife's phone, so hopefully the company I work for will forgive me for posting during work hours.

I was at Lowes Saturday and as I was about to leave I saw a pallet of concrete being readied to load. Did not think much about it until I saw the trailer drive up...well I have got to stay and see this

They two employees dropped the ramp and tried to take it off, not gonna work, thought about raising the forks over the side rails and sliding the pallet into the trailer, thankfully thought better not.

Next idea they had (mind you I could not hear what they were saying but could interpret their hand gestures) stack 3 pallets on top of each other, just above the rails, sat the loaded pallet on them.

They go back inside and come out with 3 pallets, put them in the trailer with the majority of the load in front of the axle.

This is a single axle landscape trailer, and lucky IF it is a 3500# load rating. I was able to get a couple of pictures before a truck pulled up to block my view but was able to get a pic thru the windshield.

I head and saw one pallet crush from the weight and the load was tilted slightly forward, however they did strap it down.:thumbsup: As I drove off I was just wondering how far down the road he would make it...hopefully he made it home.

I counted 6 layers with approximately 8 bags per layer, that 3840lbs!

Sorry for the quality of the pictures, I have a company issued Blackberry...an no I don't work for the US Government

 

[kcflhrc]

Hopefully he wasn't going far. Looks like a lot of weight on the tongue in Pic #3

 

[flyerdan]

Either the pallet was too wide for the wheel wells or he didn't want to scuff the box.

 

[George2615]

Around here most places sell cement Qty. 42 - 80 lb bags per pallet (3,360 lb) or Qty. 56 - 60 lb bags per pallet (also 3,360 lb).
Either way it is too much load for that trailer. Hopefully he didn't have to go to far.
He'd have been better off just having them load the pallet in the back of the truck.

 

[ovrszd]

Good to hear from you Hunterridgefarm. Hadn't saw much out of you for awhile. Hoped all was well.

Nice pics. I always say, "If you think God doesn't have a sense of humor, just watch humans".

 

[Egon]

The truck and trailer probably got a lot farther than most are expecting

 

[QRTRHRS]

My 97' Dodge dually had a standard spring pack, no helpers. I hauled several pallets of readi-mix from Lowe's and they would make the truck squat quite a bit. That truck with an aluminum bed weighed 7400 lbs and I if recall was rated for like 11 or 11.5. I think the op should have cut the plastic wrap and tossed a few bags onto the back of the truck at the least.

 

[Dutch445]

does Lowes rent trailers like that to customers?

 

[LD1]

If the 3360# weight is true, I bet hes not too overloaded. 3500# trailer prolly only weighs 500#.

So a good 3k capacity + whatever the tongue carries (in this case, a bit more than it probably should).

I would venture a guess that the truck and hitch would have been fine, as would be the trailer axle, but the load placement puts a lot on the tongue.

 

[Thomas]

Hope he didn't take the interstate.