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Discussion in 'Heavy Haul Trucking Forum' started by soloflyr, Jun 7, 2016.
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Remember the old Challenger trailers? This reminds me of one.
We had a few people buy the Challenger trailers around here because there was a local dealer selling them cheap. I know of at least two that broke completely in half. One of them the guy welded back together and as far as I know he's still using it.
There are some of the name brand trailers you can take the rated capacity and cheat a little. This looks like one of the trailers that you better leave a decent buffer under the rated capacity if you don't want to bend or break it.
Once you tighten the lugs up, make sure you clean those streaks off the wheels. The Man will stop you in a heartbeat if he sees the streaks and will probably even place you OOS. Since they have no way to verify the torque of the nuts, I've seen them just use the presence of streaks to say they are loose.truckthatpassesyouby Thanks this. -
Have no idea, just rented it to finish up a prior commitment for a really good customer & couldn't find another one available. Have one more load, 900 miles round trip, only loaded one way.
Being as it's brand new, 2016 delivered to the rental company last Friday & has never had a load on it & will be well below it's supposed weight rating, I'm hoping the lug nuts are going to be the only issue. -
Pardon my lacking knowledge of some of the terms being thrown around here but what is a ground bearing gooseneck?
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GroundBearing
The cylinder(s) pushes off the ground which lifts up the trailer so you can release the pressure to remove the steel blocks. Then you can lower the trailer down to the ground and detach the gooseneck from the trailer (drive away with gooseneck on the tractor) to load your equipment onto the trailer. After you have loaded your equipment, you back up the gooseneck to the trailer to reattach the gooseneck to the trailer and secure it in place.
Non-Groundbearing
The Cylinders are in the gooseneck of the trailer and pushes off the fifth wheel of the tractor lifting up the trailer so you can release the pressure to release the lock and lower the trailer down to the ground. Then detach the gooseneck from the trailer (drive away with gooseneck on the tractor) to load your equipment onto the trailer. After you have loaded your equipment, you back up the gooseneck to the trailer to reattach the gooseneck to the trailer and secure it in place.Last edited: Jun 8, 2016
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The one I was asking about has 2 cylinders pushing down on the ground. The one in this picture has one.
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I see what you're saying. I've never ever seen or heard of a ground bearing neck before.
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I understand the 4 D-rings per side, and loose lug nuts from the factory, making a trailer less than stellar...
But.. What's the downside to a ground bearing trailer? I've never been around one... -
Even though the cylinders have a big foot on them, a lot of times they will sink into the ground trying to lift a heavy load. Most of them don't have a neck support either so you have to block the neck up to keep it from dragging.
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If ground is soft or unlevel your not unpinning
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