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Heyseed · Jan 2, 2016

Saw this at the gas station. Only one strap and gravity holding it to the trailer.

gmccool · Jan 2, 2016

Yes & 5 lug wheels on the trailer & what appear to be car tires.

charlie n · Jan 2, 2016

The condition of those fenders is the reason I don't loan trailers.

Goose · Jan 2, 2016

When we built our house 16 years ago, the fellow who did the grade work had a properly sized trailer behind his dump truck.

When he was done, he ran his traxcavator onto the trailer and took off without fastening it down. I assume he had a parking brake. He had about seven miles across country to his shop, so maybe he boomed it down on a longer haul.

Oldiron29 · Jan 2, 2016

I am going to guess, I would say that trailer frame is 3" channel. That is a light weight trailer. if the tires are loaded that is over weight load!

2underage · Jan 2, 2016

Yes, but he has most of the weight on the tongue.

ss55 · Jan 2, 2016

So long as the tow vehicle has enough muscle to get it rolling, is anything else needed? LOL.

oldtanker · Jan 2, 2016

Not really very funny when your wife or kid is behind that when it falls off the trailer. The number of people who fail to properly secure a load amazes me. And most don't even think about the dangers to others. Here they can ticket you for that and will. Neighbor got nailed last year. He got mouthy with the cops. It cost him 500 for the fine plus whatever he had to pay his lawyer when he tried to fight it. I know the cop who nailed him. The cop claims that had the guy been polite he would have got off with a warning after properly securing the load of scrap he was hauling.

Rick

Steamboat · Jan 2, 2016

He better check his axil!!

37chief · Jan 2, 2016

I'll bet he has never had a tractor roll off a trailer. Stan

Dick2 · Jan 2, 2016

If people checked with their insurance company about the liability of loaning any equipment, they would not loan anyone any of their equipment. Some people get by - and some don't!

old-9 · Jan 2, 2016

Can't fix stupid!

Fred Werring · Jan 2, 2016

Some guys laugh at me for all the tying down I do,
but I've never had a problem having too many straps on a load.

Fred

RBoots · Jan 2, 2016

Hopefully the only person he injures/kills with his idiocy... Is HIMSELF!

Ross

paul · Jan 2, 2016

Friend of mine wanted to borrow my car trailer real bad.

He wanted to haul his 4020 JD.

It took a while to convince him my 6000# trailer just wasn't a good idea for that! And i kinda like my trailer.........

Paul

Paul from MI · Jan 2, 2016

5 lug wheels--3500# axles. Just about guarantee that trailer is over loaded. All is fine until the DOT comes by.

BarryfromIA · Jan 2, 2016

Looks like a good chance to bend the auger shaft also.

Andy Martin · Jan 2, 2016

An emergency stop will make it come unglued, and guys that load like that usually try to drive the speed limit and tailgate.

When I sold my D4D it had to go four miles. Guys wanted to haul it on my 14,000# gooseneck, for 24,000# load. I might have done it at 5 mph half mile down a deserted country road, but not onto the real roads. Local dozer guy charged me $100 since I loaded and unloaded, he just came by on his way home.

MtMan · Jan 2, 2016

I don't know about anywhere else but think it is a DOT law.In Pennsylvania you need 6 chains or suitable straps to haul a tractor like that one. One chain on each corner of the tractor and a chain on the bucket and one on implement on the back. Anything less and the Dot would place a very heavy fine.

w1ebb · Jan 3, 2016

Looks like the tractor got ahold of that trailer!

LOL

Scott

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