How'd it go today?

[WoodCutr]

I heard 10% of the weight should be on the tongue

10% is a general rule, I always load till I see the suspension squat a few inches, its a feel/eye game

gooseneck's can take a lot more tongue weight, but don't have to be loaded as far forward to maintain stability because the weight of the trailer is already really far forward empty, and the trailers are inherently longer which just helps stability

at what weight do you have to have trailer air brakes? in germany everything above 3,5 t needs air brakes.

no legal weight for air brakes here, over around 33K pounds most trucks have air brakes but theres no law for it, trailers are state dependent weather they even need brakes, where I live any trailer under 1500 pounds doesn't need brakes, 1500-3000 pounds needs brakes on one axle, all trailers over 3000 have to have brakes on every axle, some bigger trailers meant for pickup trucks have electric over hydraulic brakes, and almost all the big trailers over 15 or 20 ton capacity are air drum brakes just like a semi truck although they can still be electric

 

[flushcut]

I think I’m good to tow 38,000 with the 5500. That’s just a lot, 7000 pound chipper is all it will ever see. I’ve had it stuffed with logs many times and many tons lol.

 

[WoodCutr]

this guy is pissing me off, we had a deal to meet at my place and make this trade today or tomorrow, and I've asked multiple times when he plans to show up, dude isn't even reading his messages

people, do NOT make plans with someone for a set timeframe, then completely ignore them despite being asked what time you're showing up multiple times, its not that hard to just reply "tomorrow at noon" or "sorry something came up, next weekend?"

 

[cory]

smh

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Happens all the time. Try to buy something on a local swap page or FB marketplace

 

[WoodCutr]

oh yeah, and I've been saving a decent size pile of cedar logs for a buddy who makes fence rails out of them

we had a deal on a job I did almost 6 months ago, I didn't charge to pay the $60/ton at the landfill for these logs because he had been begging me for cedar logs this size for close to a year, I finally get them and its been "next week" since then, he's about to get a nice video of me running them through the chipper because I'm sick of him B.Sing me on this scheduling stuff, doesn't help when he calls saying he is headed this way on a certain day and I schedule time off to load them for him, then he no shows

maybe its my lack of patience with the world, but I'm getting more and more "be here when you say you will, or GFYS and never call me again"
had a grapple truck job 2 years ago, first guy said he'd be there, day of the job I call and he says "sorry truck broke yesterday", like seriously asshole, couldn't have called me yesterday instead of waiting on me to call you after youre supposed to be here?
same exact job, different grapple truck guy, same story and he put us past our contract deadline by a few days

back to the first guy on a job last year, same story about the broken truck, then he no showed on his own job where we helped him out, he told me it'd be a 2 hour job with his grapple truck there, it was over 2 hours before the customer even moved his car out of our way, plus we had to manually stack brush because there was nothing to move it for us, he bitched about me billing for our time then cussed me out for telling him he didn't hold his end up


TL : DR, people suck, the end!

 

[friedrich]

I think I’m good to tow 38,000 with the 5500. That’s just a lot, 7000 pound chipper is all it will ever see. I’ve had it stuffed with logs many times and many tons lol.

the loaded max weight is around 16.000, right? here the trailer can weigh 1,5 times what the towing verhicle weights but only with continuous air-brakes.

 

[SkwerI]

Buy yourself a couple of these t shirts. Makes me feel better every time I put one on (I bought 4).

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F84HKVF8

 

[WoodCutr]

trailer update, harassed the guy enough, he's headed this way tomorrow!

the loaded max weight is around 16.000, right? here the trailer can weigh 1,5 times what the towing verhicle weights but only with continuous air-brakes.

no limit like that here, as long as the axles are all within their capacity, which has 3 main rules, manufactured capacity, state blanket max and bridge law, generally speaking each axle is allowed a maximum of 20K pounds, 34000 as a tandem axle group and 54,000 pounds as a tri axle group, assuming manufactured limit is above those, and bridge law which reduces our axle loads if each group is too close together, normal truck and trailer isn't really limited but heavier stuff like cranes may be over bridge law capacities

also as long as the towing vehicle doesn't have a max "GCWR" (Gross Combined Weight Rating) or towing rating, in the case of my chip truck and dump trailer, my steer axle is rated at 8000, drive is 18000, so thats 26000, and my trailer has a tandem axle group rated at 14000 pounds, so it can legally be 40,000 pounds, but I could add upto a 54,000 pound triple axle trailer and so long as the tongue weight doesn't put my truck axles over their limit, I can gross upto the 80,000 pound maximum, and if I pay a few hundred dollars a year to the state money theft department (DOT) I can go upto 150,000 pounds


thats a VERY basic explanation anyways

 

[cory]

trailer update, harassed the guy enough, he's headed this way tomorrow!

um did you actually just say and believe that? After everything you just wrote above?

 

[WoodCutr]

um did you actually just say and believe that? After everything you just wrote above?

it was partly a joke, I just asked if he was still planning to come out, still pisses me off when people don't respond for multiple days when it comes to scheduling, I have other things to do besides sit here all weekend waiting on him to show up

 

[Dave Shepard]

Kubota could have done a better job with order of assembly on this thing. And if you use captive nuts, splurge and put two crappy tack welds on the back where there is no way to get to them, and you can't get to the front with a grinder.

 

[Nutball]

(DOT)

Department Of Theft

 

[davidwyby]

I’m still whole. The 4 headed dragon is not. 36” bar…not quite enough.

Duke approves… Even though I did scare him off the porch with a falling branch. 😆





I wasn’t going to rummage around in the poision oak for sticks so I avoided pinch the normal way.

 

[friedrich]

I’m still whole. The 4 headed dragon is not. 36” bar…not quite enough.
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Duke approves… Even though I did scare him off the porch with a falling branch. 😆



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I wasn’t going to rummage around in the poision oak for sticks so I avoided pinch the normal way.

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is‘nt the normal way to cut out a wedge?

 

[flushcut]

the loaded max weight is around 16.000, right? here the trailer can weigh 1,5 times what the towing verhicle weights but only with continuous air-brakes.

I have it plated at 26,000. Air breaks aren’t a thing until you get into the 33,000 gvw trucks or bigger trucks. It’s the subtle differences between countries lol

 

[SkwerI]

Dump truck radiator doing its best to kick my ass. Waiting for the drips to stop so I can finish pulling the two lower hoses and replace with new. Not even 8am and I have coolant in my mouth and eyes.

 

[SkwerI]

Got it all back together a while ago. Filled it with coolant and started it up to make sure I got all the air out of the coolant system. ATF started pouring out under the front bumper. Opened it up and found the cooler had started leaking from getting moved around. Got one on Amazon, will be here tomorrow.

 

[SeanKroll]

Drag!

 

[flushcut]

Got it all back together a while ago. Filled it with coolant and started it up to make sure I got all the air out of the coolant system. ATF started pouring out under the front bumper. Opened it up and found the cooler had started leaking from getting moved around. Got one on Amazon, will be here tomorrow. View attachment 146731

That sounds very much like a rust belt problem. If it ain’t leaking don’t touch or it will.

 

[cory]

#itsalwayssomething

 

[Burnham]

The normal course of things, unfortunately.

Mess with an electrical connection on my old and thankfully long-gone Fiat 124 and you could just about count on some gremlin rearing its ugly head.

 

[WoodCutr]

its a little ugly, needs some TLC but structure wise its cherry!

needs a tarp, peel off the last guys stickers, and I need to order a gooseneck hitch for the dodge, probably build some feet for the back when I load equipment and do a little wiring but nothing an afternoon of work can't fix, very excited to own my first gooseneck, its first load will probably be that pile of logs behind it which should recoup a lot of my hitch money