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[Slowpoke Slim]

Saw this one this week on a job site. These guys were pulling out to leave like this. Skidder not tied down in any way, job box was ratchet strapped to front forks on skidder, and wooden box in front was not secured in any way.

 

[flyerdan]

Not to mention that the center of weight for the skidsteer looks to be right on, or just slightly behind the back axle. Probably the only reason the job box was strapped is they loaded it that way and just shut it off there rather than dropping it and loading the skid backwards for proper weight distribution.

 

[aczlan]

That appears to be a tilt bed trailer which would make it difficult to unload the skid steer and back it back on without tipping over the top heavy job box. We also don't know what the weight of the job box was or the weight of the items in the bin on front.

Aaron Z

 

[plowhog]

If you haul a concrete block weighing tons, do you need to tie it down?

 

[Sysop]

That appears to be a tilt bed trailer which would make it difficult to unload the skid steer and back it back on without tipping over the top heavy job box. We also don't know what the weight of the job box was or the weight of the items in the bin on front.

Aaron Z

You say that like; just because it is difficult to load properly, loading it poorly was okay... Considering our witness said they drove off strapless and such, I consider hunting excuses for their stupidity to be a more futile effort than turd-polishing. :laughing:

 

[4570Man]

They probably had enough truck to over come the loading issue. There's still no excuse for the lousy tie down job. Another excuse we could make for these guys is that the trailer design is poor. The axels appear to be pretty close to centered.

 

[DieselBound]

Regarding that Bobcat, if you look at the tires on that trailer it looks like the rears have a lot more weight; that or they're more under-inflated. In either case that trailer is going to act tail-heavy.

ploqhog, that's some scary stuff! Clearly not enough friction to hold that piece on that trailer. That driver is soon going to have to change occupations.

 

[cqaigy2]

If you haul a concrete block weighing tons, do you need to tie it down?

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Need more gravity.

 

[zing]

Need more gravity.

He would have been fine on Jupiter. Maybe just lost track of where he was.

 

[rusty842]

That could turn into a fun ride!