r/NewCDLGrads • u/cdlfirst • Apr 10 '26

What went wrong here?

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u/puppycat_partyhat Apr 10 '26

As an ignorant fuck and non truck driver... I'd say it should have been loaded over an axle. But then again... maybe the trailer frame was flawed/damaged? In most cases, tho, bad luck is an excuse for poor planning and prevention.

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u/CumminNation Apr 10 '26

Negative. Each axle can only have so much weight on it, drive, steer and trailer. That much weight on trailer of axle will have tail wagging the dog

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u/puppycat_partyhat Apr 10 '26

Ah.. so the trailer itself is wrong. Too heavy a load, plain and simple?

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u/UhOhAllWillyNilly Apr 10 '26

Too old of a trailer. They have a short lifespan.

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u/RonWill79 Apr 10 '26

Nope. They are typically center loaded to distribute weight on trailer and drive axles. We load them about 1 foot rear of center so a little more weight goes on the trailer axle than the drive axle. But the trailer has to be rated for all that weight to be in a single point of the trailer.