Trailer Modification

[aczlan]

I used a bunch of these, and frequently had them slip. I think the cheap nylon webbing was just too slick.

how many times did the webbing wrap around the center drum??? if I have 3 or more wraps around the center drum and it fed property (like the image below) I have yet to see the strap slip out. with less than 3 wraps I have seen the strap slip.

Kind of disappointed in the cheap ones above; guess it pays to NOT buy cheap, especially when a 300# bucket could make mincemeat out of the car behind you one the freeway.

if the strap is properly used and its working load is higher than the weight of the bucket, it should not come loose.

Just my $0.02

Aaron Z

 

[Marks481]

At least 3 wraps, probably 4-5. I think it was just cheap nylon webbing that was so smooth that there wasn't enough friction, and when exposed to cyclic loading (potholes) over a matter of 3-4 hours tended to loosen.

Enough of a problem that those straps are going into the trash. Trust me, I was surprised to find them popping loose, since I have trailered thousands of miles coast to coast without a problem before.

I had to swing by walmart on the way out of town when I moved, because I accidently packed away all of my tie-downs in the front of the U-haul. Buy expensive, cry once. Buy cheap, cry all the time.

 

[BobRip]

I have a trailer that I use for hauling my PT and some attachments around. The main problem is that I can only haul about two attachments.

Does anyone have pictures of the attachment mounts on the PT trailer? PT's pictures do not show this well.

Also are there any suggestions on how to modify a trailer for this? I will try to attach a trailer picture tomorrow.

Is it OK for an attachment to hang over the side and past the fenders? This seems a little dangerous, but would allow a pretty easy addition of at least two attachments.

Meanwhile, back to the original subject. Does anybody have pictues of the PT trailer?

 

[MossRoad]

Meanwhile, back to the original subject. Does anybody have pictues of the PT trailer?

Sorry, Bob.

Nope. I don't have one.

 

[MrJimi]

Meanwhile, back to the original subject. Does anybody have pictues of the PT trailer?

These links may work?
T24 Class
http://www.power-trac.com/images/16foottrailer/front.jpg
and if not?

 

[BobRip]

Thanks for the pictures and links MrJimi. They help, but I need closeups of the holding brackets.

 

[MossRoad]

Thanks for the pictures and links MrJimi. They help, but I need closeups of the holding brackets.

It looks like they are just wedging the implements against steel blocks/posts/lips and keeping them held wedged with ratcheting tie downs.

 

[ponytug]

My memory from looking at them in the PT showroom is that they are simple angle iron and metal tabs, with loops to engage the strap downs. The nice thing that they had done was to really think about how to pack many implements onto the small space of the trailer bed.

They don't have a mower spot on the PT trailer. (Deal killer for me.)

I think that the new ('06?) California and DOT law requires four (4) chains to hold down objects over a 1000lbs, and additional chains as the object length increases, and specifies no movement under 0.5x gravity lateral forces. (49 CFR 393.100) But the professionals here probably know better than me.

All the best,

Peter

It looks like they are just wedging the implements against steel blocks/posts/lips and keeping them held wedged with ratcheting tie downs.

 

[Marks481]

I think that the new ('06?) California and DOT law requires four (4) chains to hold down objects over a 1000lbs

Which really means you have to add a tow hook to the front of the PT to give yourself somewhere solid to hook the chains to. I have been settling with just looping the ends of nylon tie-downs through the FEL hydraulic brackets. Not the most secure arrangement.

I have been meaning to make that modification ever since I bought my PT422. Sort of like what Mossroad did:

 

[sandman2234]

I thought the law requiring 2 per unit or 20,000 pounds, or 20 feet in lenght was a pain to tie down, especially when you have 40 pieces on a trailer. Four per will require way more extra straps and chains than ever before.
Oh, yeah, now I remember why I chose to drive a drybox, rather than a flatbed!!!
David from jax