The place i found is reloading and blocking it as it should have been... Thanks for all the advice. Drive safe everyone!
Don't feel too bad about it. Crap happens. If they fire you over this there are 10,000 other jobs out there. And I'm certain DOT would love to see those messages where they told you to run it.
Here I go again with my "bad advice"; I would have gone with it because, looking at the picture, the center of gravity is so low, it would be ok, just looks odd.
That's true about the COG, but that's still a big problem. The trailer is certainly leaning too far for my comfort. Assuming they'll fit three wide, I'd rather have seen a few nose loaded behind load bars, and the rest between load bars in the middle and tail.
I think he did the right thing. Doesn't really matter what I would've done, if HE didn't feel good about it, then it needs fixed. I'm sure we've all ran loads before that had us uncomfortable. It sucks. I'm still tryin' to figure out why this stuff isn't put on a flatbed.
Modern van trailers do not have a solid frame, they use structural engineering to hold themselves together. Every part of the trailer is critical to maintain the structural integrity of the whole unit. Because of the popped rivets I would suggest that the trailer be taken too a trailer repair shop that is familiar with that brand of trailer before it goes out on its next load. The trailer could buckle in the short future. Although it doesn't look too bad, you never know. As for the load, it is so low to the floor I wouldn't worry about it rolling over.
Not necessarily. If I dredge up my flatbedding, COG is around 14 inches above the deck of a ravens. In a van trailer it's similar. If you loaded high pallets like mulch or something I get tippy. If you put down bagged salt bulk it's only 2 feet to 3 feet high. You can take curves as if you were on rails. Armor plate feels similar to a flatbed. The gooseneck chassis is a specialized container tool designed to take high cube containers that will be higher than 13.6 if they were loaded onto standard container chassis. Which is also sometimes why you will see a well car railroad container by itself. Chances are it's painted either white or yellow up top to show high box on the end. Details. But those are what gets a newbie really hurt should they meet a bridge without a gooseneck.
