my screw-up for the year

Like everyone else has already said,youve got a great attitude.I hope you get it all
fixed up,and rolling soon.I need to be more like you with my attitude when
i mess up :smt023

 

That rear buckplate and rear crossmembers can be changed in pretty short order, you might check the deductable on your insurance, the only thing with that is that the insurance companies never loose, they will just get that back on next years premiums. That isn't the first time this has happened for what ever that is worth, it is like the other guys have said, at least it didn't topple over or hurt any one. Just remember, always block directly below where the weight it positioned, you had the right idea, if you would have just blocked between the ends of the bumper and the rear corners after you blocked up under the bumper, you would have had it beat. Hang in there and chalk that up to the "University of Hard Knocks", (UHK).

 

Not being nasty at all, but you are lucky to be alive. I bet your king pin and 5th wheel may be damaged shifting that much weight onto the back of teh trailer.

Glad you are safe!

 

That is a good point aiwiron. While you are hooked up to this trailer, look across the fifthweel between the top of the plate and where the trailer bolster plate sets down on top of the plate, it should still be setting down flat on the plate all the way around. Then when you drop the trailer sight across the bolster plate and make sure that it is still flat. Fifthweels are made to support a load, not so much to suspend a load, check your fifthwheel locking mechanism also.

 

Army trailers have a swing down landing gears, seen some on a civilian trailer on the rear. Pretty cool for unloading off the back.

 

I think it's just a good enough reason for him to go buy a Lowboy

 

Forgot to add to that, a hydraulic neck.

 

Want to really make money on a Lowboy go 9 axles on a trailer with a tri axle tractor.

Over 250K in loads are on the boards everyday, the BFI companies cannot touch them.