Dropping neck on mechanical DD

If you can, it’s best to make sure heavy wheeled equipment is parked with the wheels sitting over a cross member.
On our big forklifts, we always make sure the steering axle is parked over a cross member. That is the heaviest end and also has the smallest footprint.

 

I was parked next to a guy who had a set up just like this. That’s a good idea if you keep the same trailer all the time.

 

If I worked for a company that had me constantly using different trailers, I’d present the idea to the boss to have it on all the trailers. Appeal to their boss like senses, it’ll save money by not having boards walk off, & it would be safer as the board couldn’t kick out from under the neck.

The first part is a common problem, the second part is more rare, but I’ve seen it happen.

 

It looks like nobody answered you yet. A shim is a small piece of steel usually T-shaped that goes between the back of the trailer and the front of the pin on axle. It creates leverage and basically picks up the rear of the trailer transferring weight to the pin on axle. Some trailers like Fontaines pin an axle solid and make it non adjustable

 

Sorry I got busy

I helped a guy with a Talbert 35 tin flip his axle and he was running about 3/4 shims between the trailer and flip. He was not loading heavy - sorry I should taken pictures

 

Depends on how it axles out.