Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[sixdogs]

To me, and I can't see it clearly enough, does it look like a weld failed and not the hitch? Maybe it's a replacement? Sure, trailer is loaded wrong but if that's a heavy enough coupler it should have held. I can't see but it could be the 7000 lb Bulldog coupler and not the heavier one for that trailer. I'd guess that trailer weight at 2500 or 2600, maybe less and base that on mine being heavier and longer and weighs 2850.

 

[coldsteelva]

Chains are crossed, but too long. Breakaway cable, if present, didn't apply the brakes (look how far the tongue dug in).

 

[BigBlue1]

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Guess what happened (a person posted this on FB and wonders why a component failed)
(new M7060 tractor)

This situation is one of the reasons I really like my trailer with removable/storable ramps. They don't get in the way when you need to load something like you see in this pic. I do cuss at them when I have to lift them and slide them under the side of the trailer but overall they are the better solution for me. This summer I'm thinking of welding a tube to the front of them so I can put a rod through them which will allow me to use them as flip-up ramps or pull the rod and store them as normal. Best of both worlds.

Rob

 

[DavesTractor]

This situation is one of the reasons I really like my trailer with removable/storable ramps. They don't get in the way when you need to load something like you see in this pic. I do cuss at them when I have to lift them and slide them under the side of the trailer but overall they are the better solution for me. This summer I'm thinking of welding a tube to the front of them so I can put a rod through them which will allow me to use them as flip-up ramps or pull the rod and store them as normal. Best of both worlds.

Rob

I dislike removable ramps as they sometimes want to remove themselves when loading. Not often, but it happens. Plus having to lug them around is a chore as you have stated. On our delivery trailers we were using flip ramp style trailers, but when a guy calls at the last minute and says to add a rotary cutter we would have to switch the delivery over to the deck-over gooseneck as mowers take a ton of space and obviously you can't hang much more than a tailwheel over the back with the fixed ramps. We eventually settled on all tilt trailers. Hydraulic dove on the big trailer, tilt trailers on the bumper pulls. They can have challenges as well, but for us we would never go back to ramps.

 

[lilranch2001]

A dealers requirements and budget is much different than the average TBNer

 

[DavesTractor]

A dealers requirements and budget is much different than the average TBNer

Absolutely, and I did not mean to imply that those that tow occasionally need the same sort of trailer as those that deliver tractors daily.

 

[thekkfan]

Unless he has a 'special' drop hitch model, every one I've seen of that type are max 10k with 2-5/16 ball. Looks like either the coupler or the hitch could have failed.

 

[rd_macgregor]

It also looked like he may have mashed the truck tailgate with the bucket when the tongue broke off.

 

[Industrial Toys]

The A frame looks to be made of rather thin material. I think the coupler broke off from fatigue exasperated by the large tongue weight.

I once had a friend build me a trailer out of racking. And welded with a common buzz box. I was on my way to a remote job carrying my fairly light Diesel 8 WD ARGO, when it appeared that the ARGO was getting lower and lower in my Rearview Mirror.

Seems the A frame was breaking off of the trailer. That part of a trailer has to be perfect, without compromise.

 

[mrmikey]

Just shows....common sense unfortunately isn't ..........Mike