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Overload of the Day

Former Wrench

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2 days ago I was in a traffic snarl on I-5 near Fort Lewis. Along comes an idiot with a 80's-90's era Chevy 1 ton pulling a large goose neck with a 40 foot steel shipping container strapped to it. We were in stop & go traffic so I couldn't tell how it was handling, but I thought, "what a jerk cowboy turd." I noticed him way back because I thought the high beams were on. Turned out to be trailer weight downforce.
 

Spud_Monkey

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2 days ago I was in a traffic snarl on I-5 near Fort Lewis. Along comes an idiot with a 80's-90's era Chevy 1 ton pulling a large goose neck with a 40 foot steel shipping container strapped to it. We were in stop & go traffic so I couldn't tell how it was handling, but I thought, "what a jerk cowboy turd." I noticed him way back because I thought the high beams were on. Turned out to be trailer weight downforce.
Only about 16K lbs back there, most 5th wheels at that weight are pulled by 3/4 ton (class 2 trucks) with no way to stop but to crash into something. Empty shipping containers are only around 8k lbs and a trailer of that size is about same weight, I own both.
 

John C.

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2 days ago I was in a traffic snarl on I-5 near Fort Lewis. Along comes an idiot with a 80's-90's era Chevy 1 ton pulling a large goose neck with a 40 foot steel shipping container strapped to it. We were in stop & go traffic so I couldn't tell how it was handling, but I thought, "what a jerk cowboy turd." I noticed him way back because I thought the high beams were on. Turned out to be trailer weight downforce.

Small world. I saw that guy to and had the same thought. I saw a decal on the door said something about container Sales and delivery.
 

suladas

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2 days ago I was in a traffic snarl on I-5 near Fort Lewis. Along comes an idiot with a 80's-90's era Chevy 1 ton pulling a large goose neck with a 40 foot steel shipping container strapped to it. We were in stop & go traffic so I couldn't tell how it was handling, but I thought, "what a jerk cowboy turd." I noticed him way back because I thought the high beams were on. Turned out to be trailer weight downforce.

Thing with sea cans is they look massive and heavy but when empty in reality weight very little, like 8-9k lbs. See it around here all the time, provided truck and trailer are in working order nothing wrong with it. A big skidsteer or mini ex weighs more. Granted they catch way more wind, but still no heavier then many RV's.
 
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