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ozzy
10-05-2010, 07:05 PM
I see all types of trailers. wally mo and the likes.

now I am getting for my cdl, and the thing I learned in cargo section that cargo should be centered and low as possible. When cargo is high there is a chance of trailer tipping over. This is what i read but don't know by experience.

well I see trailers load with car that have all the cars on the high ramp parts and not using the low ones.

is this a safety concern, or are the car haulers designed to be used that way? meaning it doesn't matter on the low parts or high parts.

thanx

Buster
10-13-2010, 11:23 PM
Thats a good question. First, it is called top loading and bottom loading. Yes these types of trucks are designed to be able to top load only but, often the reason you see them with top load only is because they had more than one delivery or pick up. When you load a 10 car trailer you load the top first then you load the bottom. You unload in reverse. Bottom first and then top.

ozzy
10-14-2010, 07:48 AM
thanks buster

haulin rv
10-14-2010, 10:20 AM
Then there are the guys you see with one car all the forward on the flips on a wedge....:eek::confused::eek:

h2oskibumz
10-14-2010, 10:36 AM
Hey, I'm not going go move it down unless its gonna be lonely up there for 3 hours or more... Yeah, its a wind drag, but I'm NOT moving it. I'm WAY too lazy for that...

haulin rv
10-14-2010, 11:53 AM
Just watch out for those quick turns:D:D

cosgo
10-14-2010, 03:45 PM
i watched a guy in an older dodge with a big tex wedge dump a car turning INTO the auction we were at. had it loaded all the way up front and on his very last turn.... BAM, whole thing went over.... Almost made it!!! LOL

twoduners11
10-15-2010, 02:39 AM
http://www.karshipping.com/gallery/v/vehicle-shipping-videos/auto-transport-mistakes/CAR_CARRIER_FLIPS_OVER_WITH_CAR_ON_IT-E_HAZEL_CREST__amp__AIRLINE_TOWING.html

cosgo
10-16-2010, 03:55 PM
damn... that'll teach him to slow down on those ramps!!! thats not to far from the house, its a good ramp!!