Many people have no idea how to recover from such a situation. Yes floor it and trailer brakes if you have them. Of not floor it and when straight coast.
Tried explaining tongue weight to a guy that just got a camper. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what antisway load distribution stuff you buy. You can't pull without proper tongue weight
Congratulations on your newborn! Holy crap the first few min are EPIC!!!!! Great Vid man!! As a crane operator with a CDL this is priceless advice and instruction!
Congratulations Sam! I'm glad mother and baby are doing well. Those clips at the beginning of the video are why I prefer 5th wheels as far as travel trailers go. Plus people forget the rake of the trailer and the tow vehicle. I also prefer goosenecks over bumper pulls however that's not always an option. Airbags make a huge difference also. I'll never tow without them again.
One thing I always watched for when loading the skidsteer facing forward, even one the smaller trailers we had was to see the actual weight transfer as the balance transferred from the tail over the trailer axles and then onto the hitch. As long as you see that transfer and still have room ahead of you then you don’t need to load the machine backwards.
In my nick of the woods everyone loads skidsteers forward. Didn't even know there was controversy about it. Yes just drive forward until the weight transfers.
Yes sir. Ive been hauling our newhollands around loaded forwards for 31 years. Thats the way grandpa and my dad taught me. Like watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
Loved the forklift operator story at the end. As a former semi-truck flatbed driver and current gooseneck flatbed owner, I can definitely relate. Most forklift drivers are not truck operators. I say operators and not drivers because there’s a HUGE difference. Most forklift drivers only want you out the gate so they can go home or go on break and never give your safety or anyone else’s a second thought.
Congrats daddy! Being a dad is awesome. We had a pallet pusher at my last job just for that reason. When I loaded someone I asked where they wanted it and made sure they had tongue weight.
Congratulations Sam on the little guy! I hope Taylor and he are doing ok, my little guy is 22 now and yes the times fly! Take time to learn your new as Dad...it is new a and great experience.
If your trailer starts to sway, no matter what happens, DON'T hit the vehicle brakes. Apply the trailer brake while romping on the throttle. You can usually pull the sway out. That will settle it down.
One advantage to loading the rear first even with a attachment on the front is road debri, salt, snow, rain etc won’t be entering the cab, garfing up the interior of the cab. Love your videos!!
Congrats on the baby! I also haul a TL12 facing forward. Sometimes with a bucket other times with a rock picker. With a 24 foot bumper pull trailer it goes on far enough to get ample tongue weight. Who wants to mess with loading a machine with a turbo backwards and having to tape up the exhaust anyways.
I was following a pickup hauling a 16ft. stock trailer with a huge bull as the only cargo. The bull was facing forward and decided he wanted to look at where he had been. He sat down as he pawed the side of the trailer to turn around, I said he was huge. Half way around the back wheels of the pickup went straight up in the air. The driver did his best to keep the truck and trailer straight (all this at about 30 - 35 MPH), but the pickup was no match. The pickup laid over on its side with the trailer still on its wheels, but the bull had had enough and busted out the back gate. No injuries but the Highway Patrol had fun rounding up the bull and getting a wrecker to put the pickup back on its wheels. Take care of mom and the boy after all she did most of the work.
All good information. Had a very near identical story with a pallet of water in a dump trailer pretty much had to beg the guy to use another pallet and shove it as far forward as he could reach. Also if your skid steer has a front door load it backwards it’s 1200.00 dollars vs 70.00
I have that exact diamond C trailer that carries my skid steer every day. We load forward but have 2 buckets on the machine and a set of forks on the front of the trailer. Have never had any sway problems but we load pretty far forward.
I’ve never loaded a skid steer backwards other than ounce when it had extra weights on the back and no front attachment other than that I’ve always loaded them forwards. On gooseneck or bumper pull. On my gooseneck I just spin around on the deck and go down forward
Also SUPER IMPORTANT: have the correct drop on your receiver hitch :) Ultimately your truck will sit level and your trailer axles will carry the same amount of weight. Spend $5 at your local CAT scale and have all axles weighted, it could save your life! I have found moving my (old, small Bobcat 743) Skidsteeer less then a foot forward/ back on my trailer can make a HUGE difference in ride/ handling. YMMV
Congratulations you guys and welcome Callahan. Your videos are always informative and entertaining😂, that last camper with two loose propane tanks flopping around was cringe worthy😳🙄. Thanks for sharing Sam👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
I have been trying to explain to people for years that they have to balance their trailers properly. It is astounding the number of people who don't know that you need hitch weight to be able to keep a trailer under control. I almost always hear, "But it makes my lights shine too high if I have to drive after dark." I will typically try to explain that with a bumper pull trailer that is kinda normal and if they are that concerned about towing after dark they should plan their trip so that situation can be avoided. But most of all make sure the trailer is loaded properly and make sure the tow vehicle can handle the job! Great explanation on your part, this subject gets ignored way too often and usually ends very badly.
Congratulations on the birth of your son and your wife is healthy. Enjoy the time since the years go by very fast. I have one suggestion: Make a diary for your son of the events for each month and include pictures (hard copy, since media changes) and make a new one for each year he lives at home. Do the same for all your children and eventually your grandchildren. My children are all getting older with some in their 40's; the time goes by very fast, especially when you are busy.
Congrats Mr Sam to you and Yours. Good tidbits of info always. We were always taught that (tongue weight) it's funny round here (east central florida) got one of the biggest land learning contractors does his "smaller" pulling with the Kubota , forget which one but it's DEFINITELY WAY TOO HEAVY to pull it with his tundra (shocks Completely compressed) 👀😲🤦🏼♂️
Congratulations pops!! And don't apologize when you school someone, that could have saved someone life. Question... where's life adventure guy..? He was doing good. Cheers love the sound of that exhaust.
One reason some guys load in reverse is to prevent tip over. You don't always have the ideal flat loading/unloading surface for your trailer. If you're loading forward and start tip tip over backwards, nothing is gonna stop you. If you load in reverse, the skid will not tip over the attachment. I know experienced guys will not have this issue, but some might.
Your DIY store story brought me to remember I guy doing the same thing to me several years ago. I had barrowed a friends trailer to pick up some sheetrock. Guy loading it the load on the back half. Had an actual argument with him convincing him that it was seriously unsafe.
Congratulations Pops. Two things - You tow with real trucks, a forged receiver with 1 1/4" ball shank is for real trucks. ( I broke the 1" thick x 3" wide flat bar on a brand name hitch) . Second - stabilizers are very important on bumper pull livestock trailers because your load can move. Divider panels help but you have to be ready for the whole herd crowding the gate and dividers at the worst possible time
And if you can’t redistribute load. Slow the heck down. Talk to those folks wrecked. Every one will say it acted up a few times before they lost it. The few times I have too much toward rear. Say hauling 20’ bridge planking on 16’ trailer. Negative tongue weight. Added junk to get a bit of tongue. (But still liftable by hand). By limiting speed to 45mph. 20 mile no problem.
I was hauling a car home when two tie-downs broke. The car rolled back and caused the weight to shift off of the hitch and lift the back of the truck. At that point, I lost complete control of the truck and trailer, I was guard rail to guard rail for what seemed to be miles. The only thing I could do was hit the gas and straighten it out then try to slow down. It took about ten tries to get stopped. So if your trailer starts to sway gas it and use the brake controller. By the way, the brake controller blew the fuze at some point on the way home before this happened. Had to change my shorts after that!
Or just hit the throttle works the same way as a jackkniife. You should never use a trailer brake like like that, you all just lucked out! Most of these issues stem from lack of experience and/ or drivers who think just because they have a pickup and a diesel engine they can haul lol. Safe travels to you all either way and please don't wreck in front of me, my kw isn't paid off yet lol
Those RV wrecks looked mainly sidewind related to me, as they just came around semis and by looking at the landscape looks like windy environments. But people never believe the weight of the mulcher heads, always funny when you show them the nameplate.
Bulletproof seems to make a good thing to tighten the hitch up just wish they had something for the ball for the drop hitch I had 3 spots of play now I just have 2 where the ball pins to the hitch and the way gatormade has the adjustment on the trailer it self
I was looking for a 3in ball mount for the Ford I came across weigh.safe hitchs love them tells you exactly what your tongue weight is. Granted I don't need it but it's a good insurance and hitch.
Congrats on your baby boy! I flipped my 28ft bumper pull RV with sway control, going 10 miles under the speed limit, and 1 ton truck. I have pulled trailers my whole life, I will never buy one again. The intro gave me flashbacks. I now have a 5th wheel and it has way better handling.
Congrats on the brand new Vbelt! I'm just a normal Joe who hauls fairly light stuff here and there. I have always loaded to where the pickup just starts to squat and that has worked for me so far. Is there a rule of thumb you follow?
“You actually own the machine”!😄 So true! There are so many dudes with 1500 or 2500s that rock the look, but are “All Hat, No Cattle”. 🤔 My setup: Displaced Yankee out of New Jersey in Kentucky. 2018 RAM 3500 G56 upgraded clutch SRW, 14k Dexter axle trailer & GEHL RT 210 with Blue Diamond Hydraulic Brush Cutter for my 30 acres & guns. Trailers & loading is CRITICAL, unless you are a keyboard warrior.🤔
I have a tongue weight scale I use, good up to 2000 lbs. I tell you what, when your tw is right, the rig is rock solid. Especially with weight distribution. I've never had sway and I pray I never do. Seeing those clips gives me a cold sweat
@@gasolinediesel972 best thing you can do is hit your manual brake controller button. i wrecked a truck from trailer sway, letting off doesn't help once it gets going
We load ours backwards for a few reasons. 1. windshield 2.when going over a threshold/transition with a track unit you want to go backward first. 3. You can have forks on with a pallet on but if you go up forward sometimes you won’t have enough room to raise the ramps but backwards you can raise the pallet up and fold the ramps down and set the pallet on the ramps
Found your videos while doing research on trailers, definitely going with a Diamond C LPX bumper pull. Do got a question, do they include the 2ft dove tail in the over all length?
Excellent video. As a builder of bumper pull fuel trailers the 60/40 weight on the tongue keeps you out of trouble and all properly built trailers are built on that principle empty or loaded. Any trailer built heavy rear of axles/ tandems or load for that matter is an accident waiting to happen. On the other hand overloading the tongue with the tow vehicle squatting on the ground and the trailer nose diving is bad too normally due to overloading or not distributing the weight on the trailer correctly as you stressed in your tutorial. Nice work and this should be a mandatory video for anyone pulling a trailer before doing so. 👍
When towing a long flat sided RV be careful passing a semi..the aerodynamics from the semi can and will blow you into a crash.. I've passed thousands of them on my motorcycle.. I can feel the wind being pushed around and the forces can be amazing..
Love the fact that you’re trying to keep people safe. Bless you for that.
If your trailer starts wagging, gun the fuel and apply the trailer breaks. Then reduce the fuel while trailer slows you down. Safe travels
Many people have no idea how to recover from such a situation. Yes floor it and trailer brakes if you have them. Of not floor it and when straight coast.
Was just about to say the same thing brother.
Thanks for the information. I’m new to hauling a trailer and I am looking to buy a camper. This will be handy to know.
Brakes. Breaks. Two very different words.
@@chooch1995 never a good day when the two words get combined either lol
Tried explaining tongue weight to a guy that just got a camper. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what antisway load distribution stuff you buy. You can't pull without proper tongue weight
Congratulations on your newborn!
Holy crap the first few min are EPIC!!!!! Great Vid man!! As a crane operator with a CDL this is priceless advice and instruction!
Love the video just wish we could see what’s going on in stead of seeing a big word GONE and can’t see
I would guarantee that not one of these trailers had stabilising equipment installed.
Congratulations Sam! I'm glad mother and baby are doing well.
Those clips at the beginning of the video are why I prefer 5th wheels as far as travel trailers go. Plus people forget the rake of the trailer and the tow vehicle. I also prefer goosenecks over bumper pulls however that's not always an option. Airbags make a huge difference also. I'll never tow without them again.
Glad to hear your baby boy is doing well! Speedy recovery! 🙏
One thing I always watched for when loading the skidsteer facing forward, even one the smaller trailers we had was to see the actual weight transfer as the balance transferred from the tail over the trailer axles and then onto the hitch. As long as you see that transfer and still have room ahead of you then you don’t need to load the machine backwards.
That's commonsense
In my nick of the woods everyone loads skidsteers forward. Didn't even know there was controversy about it. Yes just drive forward until the weight transfers.
@@Average1212 agreed. I could drive around a month of sunday and never see a skid loaded loaded backwards.
I’ll always back on no tipping issues
Why not always back on? Reduces the chance of rock chips I always figured
Congratulations on the wee guy. Happy to hear everyone is healthy and doing well.
Yes sir. Ive been hauling our newhollands around loaded forwards for 31 years. Thats the way grandpa and my dad taught me. Like watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
Congrats on the growing family and thanks for great videos!
Congratulations on the birth of your son! Forklift operators always crack me up when they don't want to push the pallet in with the forks!
Congratulations on the birth of y’all son, glad to hear mother and son doing well!!
Congratulations on the kid!! Glad everyone is doing well.
Loved the forklift operator story at the end. As a former semi-truck flatbed driver and current gooseneck flatbed owner, I can definitely relate. Most forklift drivers are not truck operators. I say operators and not drivers because there’s a HUGE difference. Most forklift drivers only want you out the gate so they can go home or go on break and never give your safety or anyone else’s a second thought.
Congratulations on the birth of your son! Welcome to fatherhood!
Congrats daddy! Being a dad is awesome. We had a pallet pusher at my last job just for that reason. When I loaded someone I asked where they wanted it and made sure they had tongue weight.
My guy, by far you have to be in my top 3 favorite guys on CZcams!! Hell yeah. Thanks for always keeping it 100%!
Thanks for that information. Kind of made me think a little bit about different scenarios.
Congratulations to your entire family! God bless you all. Take care of your wife!
Congratulations on your new little family member, Taylor doing okay 👌, congrats to both of you.
Congratulations Sam on the little guy! I hope Taylor and he are doing ok, my little guy is 22 now and yes the times fly! Take time to learn your new as Dad...it is new a and great experience.
Lil Callahan cool home boy. Rock the AC/DC for the boy. He will love it. Good job Dad. Love n respect to y'all.
Congratulations To you and your lovely lady on the creation of a full family unit.
If your trailer starts to sway, no matter what happens, DON'T hit the vehicle brakes. Apply the trailer brake while romping on the throttle. You can usually pull the sway out. That will settle it down.
👍🏻👍🏻
One advantage to loading the rear first even with a attachment on the front is road debri, salt, snow, rain etc won’t be entering the cab, garfing up the interior of the cab. Love your videos!!
Don't have to worry about that if you have an enclosed cab
You can always get a newer enclosed trailer
*bobcat* not trailer
but then you have the issue of is there enough weight on ball
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@@mrfordfairmont I don't think that trumps proper weight distribution...which i think was the point of the content.
Congrats on the baby! I also haul a TL12 facing forward. Sometimes with a bucket other times with a rock picker. With a 24 foot bumper pull trailer it goes on far enough to get ample tongue weight. Who wants to mess with loading a machine with a turbo backwards and having to tape up the exhaust anyways.
Congrats on the baby boy!
Congratulations on the little boy, make sure and take time to enjoy!!
Hooray 😃 Callahan is finally here. Congrats you two
I was following a pickup hauling a 16ft. stock trailer with a huge bull as the only cargo. The bull was facing forward and decided he wanted to look at where he had been. He sat down as he pawed the side of the trailer to turn around, I said he was huge. Half way around the back wheels of the pickup went straight up in the air. The driver did his best to keep the truck and trailer straight (all this at about 30 - 35 MPH), but the pickup was no match. The pickup laid over on its side with the trailer still on its wheels, but the bull had had enough and busted out the back gate. No injuries but the Highway Patrol had fun rounding up the bull and getting a wrecker to put the pickup back on its wheels. Take care of mom and the boy after all she did most of the work.
Congratulations on the new addition to your family.
Happy for you guys , now we want to see the little fella.
Hell yeah, brother! Really good video. Welcome to fatherhood! There is nothing else like it...greatest feeling in the world.
Congratulations on the new baby boy,... I have a T76 Bobcat and I always load it forward just add some tongue weight on the ole Cummins 6.7
Awesome congrats for the new addition. Keep doing the vids, they are great. Good job young fella, carry on.
You hit the nail on the head
Hell yeah Brother! Congratulations on your son!
Congratulations to you and Taylor!
All good information. Had a very near identical story with a pallet of water in a dump trailer pretty much had to beg the guy to use another pallet and shove it as far forward as he could reach. Also if your skid steer has a front door load it backwards it’s 1200.00 dollars vs 70.00
Congratulations Sam I hope Mom and baby are doing well. God bless
Congrats on the little guy!!
I have that exact diamond C trailer that carries my skid steer every day. We load forward but have 2 buckets on the machine and a set of forks on the front of the trailer.
Have never had any sway problems but we load pretty far forward.
Your German shepherd just waiting for you to play ball lol, congrats for y’all little one, thanks for the lesson, stay safe
Congrats on y’all’s son. People don’t realize that the so caller 1/2 ton towable campers still require a 3/4 ton once they loaded down with everything
Congratulations on the little guy!!! 👶 🎊🎈🍾
I noticed the cargo trays on the back of the wrecked travel trailers too.
I’ve never loaded a skid steer backwards other than ounce when it had extra weights on the back and no front attachment other than that I’ve always loaded them forwards. On gooseneck or bumper pull. On my gooseneck I just spin around on the deck and go down forward
Congratulations on your new baby!
Also SUPER IMPORTANT: have the correct drop on your receiver hitch :) Ultimately your truck will sit level and your trailer axles will carry the same amount of weight. Spend $5 at your local CAT scale and have all axles weighted, it could save your life! I have found moving my (old, small Bobcat 743) Skidsteeer less then a foot forward/ back on my trailer can make a HUGE difference in ride/ handling. YMMV
Congratulations you guys and welcome Callahan. Your videos are always informative and entertaining😂, that last camper with two loose propane tanks flopping around was cringe worthy😳🙄. Thanks for sharing Sam👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
I have been trying to explain to people for years that they have to balance their trailers properly. It is astounding the number of people who don't know that you need hitch weight to be able to keep a trailer under control. I almost always hear, "But it makes my lights shine too high if I have to drive after dark." I will typically try to explain that with a bumper pull trailer that is kinda normal and if they are that concerned about towing after dark they should plan their trip so that situation can be avoided. But most of all make sure the trailer is loaded properly and make sure the tow vehicle can handle the job! Great explanation on your part, this subject gets ignored way too often and usually ends very badly.
Congrats on the baby!
Congratulations on the birth of your son and your wife is healthy. Enjoy the time since the years go by very fast. I have one suggestion: Make a diary for your son of the events for each month and include pictures (hard copy, since media changes) and make a new one for each year he lives at home. Do the same for all your children and eventually your grandchildren. My children are all getting older with some in their 40's; the time goes by very fast, especially when you are busy.
Keeping it real as always -- Stay safe and productive out there
Thanks for the information.
congratulations on the baby!
LMAO best thing ever, "thats the California edition truck" walk to the 5500 "welcome to party mode" haha love it
Both junk
Haha well put. I don't get it. Team forward/team backward. None of that matters if your weight isn't distributed properly over the axles...
Congrats Mr Sam to you and Yours. Good tidbits of info always. We were always taught that (tongue weight) it's funny round here (east central florida) got one of the biggest land learning contractors does his "smaller" pulling with the Kubota , forget which one but it's DEFINITELY WAY TOO HEAVY to pull it with his tundra (shocks Completely compressed) 👀😲🤦🏼♂️
That opening montage is exactly why I hate bumper hitch. I know its about weight... but I've never had an issue with a gooseneck.
We load our t250 in our 14 foot dump trailer forward with a dirt bucket never has a single issue perfect distribution
Congratulations pops!!
And don't apologize when you school someone, that could have saved someone life. Question... where's life adventure guy..? He was doing good. Cheers love the sound of that exhaust.
Congratulations to you both.
One reason some guys load in reverse is to prevent tip over. You don't always have the ideal flat loading/unloading surface for your trailer. If you're loading forward and start tip tip over backwards, nothing is gonna stop you. If you load in reverse, the skid will not tip over the attachment. I know experienced guys will not have this issue, but some might.
Congrats on the baby! ☮️
Your DIY store story brought me to remember I guy doing the same thing to me several years ago.
I had barrowed a friends trailer to pick up some sheetrock. Guy loading it the load on the back half. Had an actual argument with him convincing him that it was seriously unsafe.
Congratulations Pops. Two things - You tow with real trucks, a forged receiver with 1 1/4" ball shank is for real trucks. ( I broke the 1" thick x 3" wide flat bar on a brand name hitch) . Second - stabilizers are very important on bumper pull livestock trailers because your load can move. Divider panels help but you have to be ready for the whole herd crowding the gate and dividers at the worst possible time
If the tail is wagging the dog. You grab the brake control and stomb the skinny pedal. You will thank me later
Works every time
And if you can’t redistribute load. Slow the heck down. Talk to those folks wrecked. Every one will say it acted up a few times before they lost it. The few times I have too much toward rear. Say hauling 20’ bridge planking on 16’ trailer. Negative tongue weight. Added junk to get a bit of tongue. (But still liftable by hand). By limiting speed to 45mph. 20 mile no problem.
I was hauling a car home when two tie-downs broke. The car rolled back and caused the weight to shift off of the hitch and lift the back of the truck. At that point, I lost complete control of the truck and trailer, I was guard rail to guard rail for what seemed to be miles. The only thing I could do was hit the gas and straighten it out then try to slow down. It took about ten tries to get stopped. So if your trailer starts to sway gas it and use the brake controller. By the way, the brake controller blew the fuze at some point on the way home before this happened. Had to change my shorts after that!
Or just hit the throttle works the same way as a jackkniife. You should never use a trailer brake like like that, you all just lucked out! Most of these issues stem from lack of experience and/ or drivers who think just because they have a pickup and a diesel engine they can haul lol. Safe travels to you all either way and please don't wreck in front of me, my kw isn't paid off yet lol
Just ease of the damn gas pedal and slow down why the hell everyone is in a hurry is beyond me wow its unbelievable how dumb people are.
💯 correct! Tounge weight is everything!
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Those RV wrecks looked mainly sidewind related to me, as they just came around semis and by looking at the landscape looks like windy environments. But people never believe the weight of the mulcher heads, always funny when you show them the nameplate.
LOVE your idea of a home-made greased shim. I hope it’s ok, but I’m going embrace your idea and make one for all my trucks. 4:30ish.
At 3:09 I had to give a like for those true patriotic words of wisdom, thank you good sir.
Congratulations on your little boy!
Great info TY
Congratulations on the new baby boy.
Bulletproof seems to make a good thing to tighten the hitch up just wish they had something for the ball for the drop hitch I had 3 spots of play now I just have 2 where the ball pins to the hitch and the way gatormade has the adjustment on the trailer it self
congrats on the baby!
A video worth watching. Thanks!
I was looking for a 3in ball mount for the Ford I came across weigh.safe hitchs love them tells you exactly what your tongue weight is. Granted I don't need it but it's a good insurance and hitch.
Congratulations on the baby boy brother🇺🇸
Congrats on your baby boy! I flipped my 28ft bumper pull RV with sway control, going 10 miles under the speed limit, and 1 ton truck. I have pulled trailers my whole life, I will never buy one again. The intro gave me flashbacks. I now have a 5th wheel and it has way better handling.
It is also critical to limit how much weight is behind the axles. That will amplify sway.
Congrats on the brand new Vbelt! I'm just a normal Joe who hauls fairly light stuff here and there. I have always loaded to where the pickup just starts to squat and that has worked for me so far. Is there a rule of thumb you follow?
Steep ramps will cause the bobcat to dump backwards-that why its loaded backwards-so the attatchment creates a roll stopper,my experience.
Congratulations daddy!!! 🍻👍
“You actually own the machine”!😄 So true! There are so many dudes with 1500 or 2500s that rock the look, but are “All Hat, No Cattle”. 🤔 My setup: Displaced Yankee out of New Jersey in Kentucky. 2018 RAM 3500 G56 upgraded clutch SRW, 14k Dexter axle trailer & GEHL RT 210 with Blue Diamond Hydraulic Brush Cutter for my 30 acres & guns. Trailers & loading is CRITICAL, unless you are a keyboard warrior.🤔
Congratulations Sam!!
Congratulations Sam great video 🇺🇲💯
Congrats on the little one great video thanks for sharing have a great day and stay safe out there
I have a tongue weight scale I use, good up to 2000 lbs. I tell you what, when your tw is right, the rig is rock solid. Especially with weight distribution. I've never had sway and I pray I never do. Seeing those clips gives me a cold sweat
If you start to sway, then you slow down, so many people try to speed up. Just let off of the throttle. No brakes.
@@gasolinediesel972 best thing you can do is hit your manual brake controller button. i wrecked a truck from trailer sway, letting off doesn't help once it gets going
@@TheSlywright Yes, I forgot to mention that. Letting off does help if the trailer isn't swaying very much.
We load ours backwards for a few reasons. 1. windshield 2.when going over a threshold/transition with a track unit you want to go backward first. 3. You can have forks on with a pallet on but if you go up forward sometimes you won’t have enough room to raise the ramps but backwards you can raise the pallet up and fold the ramps down and set the pallet on the ramps
Except backwards will detonate your turbo!
Found your videos while doing research on trailers, definitely going with a Diamond C LPX bumper pull. Do got a question, do they include the 2ft dove tail in the over all length?
Gratz on the little man bud 😎👍
Congrats man!
We always put the counter balance towards the front so as to not have to much weight on the back.
Congratulations on the baby boy.
Excellent video. As a builder of bumper pull fuel trailers the 60/40 weight on the tongue keeps you out of trouble and all properly built trailers are built on that principle empty or loaded. Any trailer built heavy rear of axles/ tandems or load for that matter is an accident waiting to happen. On the other hand overloading the tongue with the tow vehicle squatting on the ground and the trailer nose diving is bad too normally due to overloading or not distributing the weight on the trailer correctly as you stressed in your tutorial. Nice work and this should be a mandatory video for anyone pulling a trailer before doing so. 👍
Congratulations on the new addition.
When towing a long flat sided RV be careful passing a semi..the aerodynamics from the semi can and will blow you into a crash.. I've passed thousands of them on my motorcycle.. I can feel the wind being pushed around and the forces can be amazing..