Re: Tractor loading revisited.

Posted by Red Rider on May 21, 2004 at 20:24:03 from (66.235.45.149):

In Reply to: Tractor loading revisited. posted by Hugh MacKay on May 20, 2004 at 19:56:42:

Mr Mackay, I do not disagree with most of your statements but I also have been hauling tractors for 40 years. Balancing your load is as you stated very important. But loading and unloading of tractors is a seperate safety issue. I usually load my tractors backwards because I would rather drive off than back off. Extreme care must be taken when loading a tractor in either direction. While driving on a trailer is easier that backing on, driving off is easier and safer that backing off. There are pros and cons to both. Common sense and safety should be primary when doing either. If the trailer deck and ramps are wet I will load off a dock rather that even attemped to drive on or back on using ramps. As for distrubiting weight on your trailer which like you stated is very important. How many haulers actually weigh the tongue of their loaded trailer? Probably not many. On a bumper hitch at least 10% to 15% of your loaded trailer weight should be on the tongue with 15% being better. A goose neck would follow the same formula. On an 18 wheeler I don't know the percentage for sure but common sense tells me that I want a lot more on my drivers that on the trailer axles. The best advise I have for anyone hauling tractors is make sound safe decisions as if your life depended on it. Your families are counting on you to come home safe.

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