I agree.

 

Probably 500# did u say u had two trucks on trailer

 

so easy a caveman can do it.

 

That's funny right thar, i don't care who ya are

 

Is that brandon on the far right?

 

time to box in the frame after the fix with 1/4" steel plate lol

 

x2 post pics of the trailer and load!!!!

 

If it is, boy you need a steak with fat, some taters with alot of butter and a tall glass of whole milk. Often...

 

I'm built more like the guy holding the "useless" sign

 

 

You should see what the PO did to the frame of my truck. They welded a 1/4" plate from just behind the front cab mount all the way to the front of the rear leaf spring mount. It is on the outside of the frame, so not boxed (which would have made more sense and been stronger), but he was definatly afraid of tweakin his frame with whatever was on the goose kneck. The only other thing I could think of for the PO doing this was it had a dump bed on it for a while and that was to prevent frame twisting.
DS79

 

Wow that makes me glad to have built my bed and it only has a gooseball for heavy loads and reciever for the light stuff cause it will bend the 6"channel on the reciever

 

You asked if we have seen this type of thing before.........I did see a brand new Ferd bend a frame and have a big gap between the cab and box when some people were loading an old JD 830 backwards onto a car trailer. It was ugly when the trailer hitch slammed into the ground. Worst thing is, the owner has big trucks and trailers but went to an auction with the small unit and did not want to make another trip.

Big loads need to be hauled correctly or very bad things can happen. Glad you or somebody else didn't get hurt.

 

my 90 shop manual says
reinforcement can be made from channel, angle or flat stock of common carbon steel and approximately equal in thickness to the part to be repaired.A reinforcement should provide and adequate section in cracked area and have sufficient overlap with the original part and be properly attached. Reinforcing channel should have flanges shorter than sidemember flanges to preclude welding along edges of rail flange. otherwise longitudinal welds are quite acceptable. complete transverse welds are to be avoided. I know most of you guys would take this as common sense, but Im bored and home drunk so I put it out there.. but it does sound like way to big of a bumper pull. I want a gn for any more than 10k with my pos.

 

humm.... it seems you speel good for being drunk :-)
Heres a video of a frame bender...
http://www.foundrymusic.com/media/di...a.cfm/id/20960