ri702bill 8,380 #2 Posted August 15 You cannot over stress the importance of chocking the wheels on both the truck & trailer with that type of shifting load. Watch the hitch rise as it is loaded..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,507 #3 Posted August 15 Also, putting a jack or some blocks underneath the trailer at the ramp will prevent it from raising the tongue of the trailer. There is quite a bit of length behind the axles on that trailer which contributes to the problem as well. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjoemie himself 3,068 #4 Posted August 15 Almost looks staged.. how perfect in frame he is.. Would backing off the trailer with the tractor have saved him? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,924 #6 Posted August 15 This happened to us one time, my truck, grandpa’s trailer, my brother driving the borrowed track loader, and it started moving. He froze like the guy in the video. I hollered at him to keep going and get some tongue weight back! Any time the tow vehicle is a 4x4, I engage it along with jacking the trailer tail and chocking wheels. The other day I loaded the broken Bravada on a trailer with my plow truck and used the same loading technique even slightly UP hill. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike'sHorseBarn 2,999 #7 Posted August 15 Had this EXACT scenario happen at a tractor show 2 years ago. A gentleman tried loading his john deere b on a trailer with this truck pointed downhill. The truck did the exact same thing in the video and it was evening so there was dew on the grass. Truck and trailer came down over the hill. He froze on the tractor and rode down, truck smashed into the back of my mother in laws brand new Chevy Blazer. THANK GOD it did because had it missed it would have ended up hitting campers with people in them. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,376 #8 Posted August 15 It happens in a heartbeat. A friend in Florida had a rather steep driveway. He backed his trailer loaded with a 1941 Willys project car up to the garage door, chocked the rear wheels of the truck and the front wheels of the trailer. As we were pushing the car off the trailer the weight transfer was lifting the trailer tongue along with the chocked rear wheels of the truck and the chocked front wheels of the trailer. The car launched itself into place in the garage and the truck and trailer promptly parked themselves at the bottom of the driveway. It happened so fast that none of us were able to do anything. Three of us who had been on the trailer pushing were now sitting on the trailer laughing while my friend's wife who was in the car steering it was screaming. No one was hurt and we all learned a little lesson about leverage (and gravity) that day. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,305 #9 Posted August 15 10 hours ago, sjoemie himself said: Would backing off the trailer with the tractor have saved him? Yes, but continuing forward 3 more feet would have been better. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjoemie himself 3,068 #10 Posted August 15 26 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: continuing forward 3 more feet Agreed.. doing nothing and jumping off was not the best option. Then again like others said before me, it happens in the blink of an eye. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 2,095 #11 Posted August 15 (edited) 11 hours ago, sjoemie himself said: Would backing off the trailer with the tractor have saved him? Like a few others said, yes it would have, but going forward would have been better. What happened here is that the parking brake and the transmission's park gear only lock the rear wheels (unless the tow vehicle is left in 4x4, then Park will lock all the wheels.) and so when enough weight came off the rear axle of the truck nothing was holding it and it was able to run away. Getting that tractor to the front of the trailer would have been the best because it would have reversed the lever effect, gotten the truck's rear wheels down on the ground with the weight of the truck AND the tractor on them, giving the best stopping. A few things could have been done to prevent this. Blocking wheels on truck and trailer and a jack under the rear of the trailer would have been the best options. Leaving the truck in 4x4 could have stopped this, it could also have damaged the transfer case. A shorter trailer may also have prevented that, but no promises on that one, it's all about leverage. Edited August 15 by adsm08 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
