pickup truck, trailer ad flying bobcat

26Red · Jul 1, 2008

On my work this morning, an got an unexpected show.. 1/2 or 3/4 ton dodge pulling a 753 bobcat on a tandem axle bumper pull trailer spin out right in front of me in the blink of the eye.. so I am counting my blessings that I wasn't next to the guy when he lost it. The truck made a sudden swerve and then truck and trailer spun 180, and the bobcat went flying into the ditch.

But what has me wondering is what the heck happened? Flat tire on the truck or trailer?
The guy wasn't speeding, but that bobcat was not secured properly! Maybe driver error?

Who knows, maybe the truck and trailer were undersized or the tires were shot... Anyway, makes me think more about hauling 4000lb tractors around with my 1/2 ton truck and trailer.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 1, 2008

Maybe a leaf spring or shackle snapped. If your pulling any kind of weight you really gotta go over your rig and examine it carefully.

Every now and again i bring the float down to the shop and flip her over and take her all apart, give a good cleaning and a very thorough inspection while i'm at it.
Never know when something is gonna break but with a lot of careful inspections you can keep the number of surprises down.

davediehl@hotmail.com · Jul 2, 2008

Improper tongue weight. Too light along with imperfections in the road plus driver error easily could lead to what you saw.

Offandgone · Jul 21, 2008

A 753 with a regular dirt bucket is more like 7200#. Bobcats are heavy. The rental company's usually want lat you load one on any thing less than a heavy duty 3/4 ton with a 1000# trailer. I saw this happen with a van that said 2500 on the side of it but it was a very light duty van and not heavy enough to control the bobcat.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 1, 2008

How heavy a bucket are you talking about?? Factory literature has the weight of a 753 at 4730 pounds, I'm not sure if that includes a bucket, But I'm pretty sure a 753 isn't going to do much work with a bucket that wieghs 2500 pounds.

There's a pile of 753's being hauled around my neck of the woods behind Half-ton pickups, Local bobcat dealer used to deliver them with a half ton. A little common sense when loading and driving will prevent 99.99% of accidents

FarmerWheels

Anonymous-0 · Aug 3, 2008

Most common mistake, is to balance the load on the trailer, the tail wags the dog. Want it to pull decent make it tongue heavy...Even better use an equalizing hitch and do away with the porpoising.

Oldmax · Aug 7, 2008

And then there are some idoits that hual 4000 fords on a 18' car hualer tied down with one 1/2 ton come-a-long the type from H/F . I saw this the other day at the servise station while getting gas . Then people wonder why some states come down on people hauling farm EQPT. When I haul my small Farm tractor 1715 N/H use chaines and binders.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 9, 2008

If the Bobcat was driven forward on the trailer could easily cause the trailer to sway because 2/3's of the weight of a Bobcat is on the back of it. Most experienced operators drive them backwards when loading them onto a trailer. It stops them from tipping backwards when loading and also puts more weight on the hitch. I blew a tire on my trailer with a similar sized skid steer but just drove to a tire shop to get a new tire. The blown tire didn't touch the ground and since my trailer has 7000 lb. axles, I could do it. The tire shop was only a few miles though. Dave

Ray · Aug 9, 2008

There's not enough weight on a bobcat to make any difference how you load it.Most back them on because the can flip over backwards if you go foreward up steep ramps.

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