Re: Re: Re: Re: Trailer Safety

Posted by Andy Martin on October 25, 2001 at 15:51:51 from (63.27.17.29):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Trailer Safety posted by scotty on October 25, 2001 at 06:15:34:

One of the main things in my mind when loading or unloading a tractor is confidence. After you get a trailer which will haul the tractor, and suitable ramps, you don't get scared and try to stop half way up or down. Get on and go. A rear wheel falling off a ramp is not as hazardous as trying to stop in mid-operation. Loading old crawlers with bad brakes is how I learned-don't stop, just have a little confidence and keep on trucking. A crawler climbing the back of a bob-tail truck is an open-air thrill cause you can't see anything until it rocks over center and you discover whether you are still on the truck.

I used to move tricycle M's on a high trailer with only two ramps. Had to stop and reposition one ramp after the rear wheel cleared. If the rig was on less than level ground, and the rear of the trailer was a little high the rear wheels would not clear before the fron twheels started off. So I've bounced the front off with no ramp. I've also cramped the front of the tractor to one side and backed off in a circle to put one rear wheel and the front wheels down the same ramp without repositioning but there's a tire hanging partly off a ramp all the time. It is easy to load that way: drive up from one side instead of behind the trailer, put the front wheels up the far ramp while the rear wheel climbs the side of the near ramp, with your foot on the near brake spin the front wheel up the ramp and get the other rear wheel in position to go on up. But don't try the clutch, you'll slide sideways and get hung up.

Getting 10% of the tractor weight on the truck is much more important than which direction you load it. I like going forward on an unfamiliar trailer to see what is happening. It will always come off.

By the way, when tying down, remember the most important thing is trying to keep the tractor out of the truck during a panic stop so do the best tie job to the back of the trailer. You can't accelerate fast enough to put much of a load toward the rear so the tie to the front is not nearly so important.

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