so my day was going good ,pulled 15 oak logs out of the woods this morning across a low area with rr ties across it so it was frozen , good right,,, they were 17 ft and average 28 incher s some veneer quality ,,,nice logs , had to get them out before fri when its gonna be 55 degree s ,and it was about a half mile to our landing,,, so any way i loaded up my 10 ton trailer and was on my way out and almost to the main rd i saw my trailer axle look a little different in my mirror , so i got to hard ground and geuss what,,, i broke a leaf spring ,, the main one , bummer ,, well at least it will be warm when i fix it on fri ,, did i mention it is loaded , probably too much ,, if you saw it , you would say that ,, i was hoping to get everything out today but oh well,,could have been worse ,,
jim
That is no fun!! I always have a tendency to overload my trailer when it comes to logs. The worst I have done is bottom my suspension out on my trailer and pinch my brake wires into between the axel and frame.
Good luck with the repair.
I have one you can barrow. ;D Might be a bit out of your way to come get it though.
Quote from: ncsawyer on February 18, 2016, 10:37:11 PM
That is no fun!! I always have a tendency to overload my trailer when it comes to logs. The worst I have done is bottom my suspension out on my trailer and pinch my brake wires into between the axel and frame.
Good luck with the repair.
I have a log weight app on the phone to help prevent just that problem. Logs do weigh a LOT more than you think.
Broke the main leaf on one of my trailers with a load of topsoil many years ago. Thankfully I didn't spread that load all over the street. Was a good lesson on overloading, not that I would ever do that... :-\
Hopefully your fix won't be too hard.