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Re: Re: Hauling Questions about Farmall Super A
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 16, 2004 at 03:54:13 from (209.226.247.78):
In Reply to: Re: Hauling Questions about Farmall Super A posted by Haas on March 15, 2004 at 18:28:23:
Haas: You make a good point on having enough length to balance your weight at the right point on trailer. This mistake gets a lot more amatures in trouble then no brakes on trailer. The guy with no brakes on trailer is usually carful and a very defencive driver. I was approaching a sawmill one day with tractor trailer grossing about 140,000 lbs. At about half mile away I could see a Ford Bronco leaving mill with a 4x8 trailer and 12' lumber stacked 2.5' deep with all excess length of lumber over the tail end of trailer. He accelerated quite quickly coming towards me, I decided to slow right down as I could see disaster coming. Low and behold the Bronco and trailer started fish tailing. He did about 450 degrees right in front of me and got stopped blocking the whole roadway. Damage, flat tires on trailer and both rear corners of the Bronco stoved in. I guess that was better then what would have happened, had I not anticipated coming events and slowed down to a speed that I was able to stop about 25' from him. This can also happen with the big highway rigs. I was at a safety meeting once. They showed slides of a Super B train (two trailers behind one tractor for those who don't know the term) It filped in the middle of a traffic circle at 30 mph. The load was lumber, our chalange was to identify why this happened. Straps had held load in place. Problem was exactly same as the Bronco I had seen a few weeks earlier, just more truck and more weight involved. My point is hauling weight is a professional job, clearly not for the guy who need ask if a Super A will fit on a 7 or 8 foot trailer.
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