A while ago there was one of those massive round bails sitting in the ditch at the corner before the scales here. Not sure if it "fell off" to not be overweight, or fell off from not being tied down. Sure wouldn't want to hit one of those though.
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Overload of the Day
- Thread starter Birken Vogt
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Willie B
Senior Member
I lost track who it was. Lead singer from some 1980s musical group. Somebody left a round bale out in a steep meadow. It rolled downhill, across a road & killed the guy as he was driving past. Happened a few years ago.
Locally it's rare for anybody to tie them down in any way. Some have special round bale wagons, each bale gets a gap between two bars to settle into.
Willie B
Senior Member
I'm not sure I see a problem. 13-14 ton excavator & 4 ton loader on a 25 ton trailer. I don't know about the trailer rating of the truck?
Tie down seems lacking. I understood a bucket needs to be chained also.
A fellow I occasionally work with bought a new excavator 18 years ago. I asked before I saw it what it weighs. He said 20 tons. That's all you can haul with a pintle trailer. I'll have to ask again. It seems I see more & more 25 & 30 ton trailers behind tandem dump trucks.
DMiller
Senior Member
There are 25 and 30t tags, takes a very different pintle hitch and ring, Six bolt or Eight bolt pintle is rated higher and I believe the ring is considerably thicker cross section with a spring damper.
If the bales are firm and tied tight( the guy making the bales has to do a good job) then if they are stacked correctly and interlocked they can stay put reasonably well. We mostly only hauled across the fields back to the yard. There was a lot of incentive to stack them correctly as it was even more work to have to re-load if any fell off. We were happy to work with round bales back in the mid 70's. They were a lot faster to make but more expensive to feed because you had to start a tractor every morning.
skyking1
Senior Member
When you know each dip and bump and control those crossings, it is amazing what will stay in place with no tiedowns.
DMiller
Senior Member
Busy Morning so far, fella we hauled dirt to for the employer had a sand stone slab area he had reduced for yard space, I picked up around 1/3 of what he had excavated today for my own use.
Thinking maybe 8-12t On Trailer, 5.2 miles door to door.
Thinking maybe 8-12t On Trailer, 5.2 miles door to door.
skyking1
Senior Member
Love it! I got some slabs from an un named location that were just going to be tossed in a dump truck and trashed. I rented a cheap ex to unload them.
DMiller
Senior Member
I will be scoring these with a compound blade then starting at center chisel lightly full across to fracture and slab off what I want for edging stones.
Willie B
Senior Member
That stuff is tender! An abrasive saw, diamond blade, with water feed will make clean cuts. By the time you score it, it'll break.
DMiller
Senior Member
Thanks
Spud_Monkey
Senior Member
Yeah thanks I was wondering how one would cut this stuff I got same rocks as you and can vouch for the tenderness. Picked up 5 loads couple days ago myself.
materthegreater
Senior Member
Towing a trailer too. Didn't get the pic fast enough to show that
skyking1
Senior Member
This truck really had it out for that car.
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DMiller
Senior Member
Scrappers have been more active of late, hauling into a yard outside of Warrenton MO, there have been MoDOT inspectors stationed along the N Outer Road for several weeks doling out citations for overloads to unsecured loads to unsafe materials conditions(No Brakes or Lights functional on Trailers), ending with many of the more severe towed to impound lots with License removed.
About time.
About time.
DMiller
Senior Member
Heard today these Targeted Scrappers thought they would slip one over on MoDOT Inspectors, shaved the GVWR Tags off of several pickups, lighter 2 ton trucks to sneak by Overloaded, out came the MoDOT Specs Books by Manufacturer and Model types, BONANZA Ticket Day!!!
petepilot
Senior Member
W va was on one of those small truck ticket kicks last year.may still be
Hallback
Senior Member
Not sure this is legal......
skyking1
Senior Member
About as legal as this
You need more tires