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[California]

Too far forward on the trailer. Not that should have caused that. But it should have been loaded slightly to the front. Not almost all the way.

Looks like the forklift had to load that far forward to clear the fender. But no one considered how heavy that object was.

 

[duramaxsky]

But the fender is in the way. Where it's sitting it's likely 1/3 tounge weight and 2/3 to the axles. There is 3 feet of leverage with the tounge and a fair part of it is behind the front spring hanger. I doubt the tounge weight is much more than 1000 pounds. 1200 max. A Ford or GM truck would be fine. But Fiat ruined Dodge trucks.

 

[4570Man]

Rust is probably the reason the frame broke. That and it’s a 1/4 ton truck thar was never meant for that.

 

[dodge man]

That truck was built long before Fiat took over. I agree, I bet frame rust was the cause.

 

[Jstpssng]

My loading story... on one of several short term landscaping jobs I had in my younger days, I was sent out to load a yard of mulch onto a customer's trailer. They had one of those little Northern Tool trailers that you buy and bolt together but that wasn't the problem; the loader I was sent out to use had absolutely no brakes. I filled the bucket, raised it, and had them back the trailer underneath it. This enabled me to slowly dump it in rather than running it over because I couldn't stop.

I worked for 4 or 5 different landscaping companies when I needed to fill in some time, and never felt that safety was a concern on any of them.

 

[bmaverick]

Seems to be happening to a lot of Dodge trucks since Fiat lowered the quality.

Oh oh oh, you should go back and see the Fords in this thread !

 

[Gee Ray]

I would guess the weight of the sheet goods to be between 3500 to 6000 pounds. Depending on the type of material. That much weight in front of the axles resulted in a Class 2 lever. The axles are acting as the fulcrum thus the load on the truck was increased significantly.

There is no way that truck would not have suffered damages with that load. That type of trailer requires either loading from the rear and sliding the load forward or a frame/ dunnage to allow the lift operator to set the load over the axles. This is the main disadvantage to this type of trailer.

Also people need to read and understand the weight limits of a tag-along hitch that often stamped into the 2 inch tube of the hitch. Often the factory hitches are not strong enough to match the weights that the builders promote that their trucks can handle and need to be replaced before hauling to the trucks limits.

 

[California]

... the loader I was sent out to use had absolutely no brakes.

I worked for 4 or 5 different landscaping companies... and never felt that safety was a concern on any of them.

Safety? When I was a Carpenter, one employer had made his money demolishing or moving buildings for freeway construction. I saw two of his three permanent employees were handicapped from work incidents. I was told his office guy was his blasting specialist who got pinned under a building as it came down.

I went to drive a forklift with man-lift platform from one place where I had been working outside the second story to close off a shortened building, to another wall where the work was at roof height. As I drove the forklift to that side of the building the forks fell down.

I discovered a weld from the lift chain to the top of the forks had broken. A weld that appeared new. No way was that man-lift on the forks suitable for use.

And the forks had obviously been used to ram things. The truck driver (who was missing some fingers) told me the yard renting the forklift saw damage from using it as a demolition ram and forced this firm to buy it instead of returning it. And the weld I saw wasn't the first time the forks had been welded back on.

When the building inspector came along to sign off on the new walls enclosing the shortened building (a school) I was able to subtly show him a couple of pretend earthquake 'reinforcements' so he failed the job. I made a few more days wages re-working those spots to spec. Working on proper rented scaffolding, this time.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Aren't you able to manually select the gear using the ERS? Electronic range selection will prevent the trans from exceeding the set gear, so if you select 1; 1st is all it can use.

First is to fast by the time the clutch grabs and the truck moves. With a manual you can actually move the trailor by inches.

One problem I have is you cannot (computer issues) press the gas and the brake at the same time with out issues.

 

[duramaxsky]

First is to fast by the time the clutch grabs and the truck moves. With a manual you can actually move the trailor by inches.

One problem I have is you cannot (computer issues) press the gas and the brake at the same time with out issues.

I despise autoshift transmissions. I grabbed one of the last year trucks we have with a 10 speed. I hope they don't get rid of it before I retire.