Broke Back Trailer

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BK's Comment
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This was at a DC. Bottled water improperly loaded with too much weight in the middle of the trailer. They were in the process of getting the water pallets unloaded. With the trailer in this position, unloading was a very labor intensive process. Plus the trailer was blocking access to the back half of the DC

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G-Town's Comment
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I don’t think improper loading was the culprit. Where are the tandems? Quite the mess though…

Tandems:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

Tandem:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

PackRat's Comment
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I don’t think improper loading was the culprit. Where are the tandems? Quite the mess though…

The tandems? Oh, they're in the back. With the water!

Tandems:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

Tandem:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

G-Town's Comment
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It would be interesting to understand the cause.

Robert B. (The Dragon) ye's Comment
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I’ll jump in on the guessing game !!!! Somewhere outside the photo is a big damn rock or yellow metal pole with the rear tandem assembly hugging it.

Tandem:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

Anne A. (and sometimes To's Comment
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I’ll jump in on the guessing game !!!! Somewhere outside the photo is a big damn rock or yellow metal pole with the rear tandem assembly hugging it.

Yep, I believe you are correct, sir!

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Wow, talk about a BAD DAY, eh?

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Tandem:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

BK's Comment
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I don’t think improper loading was the culprit. Where are the tandems? Quite the mess though…

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The tandems? Oh, they're in the back. With the water!

rofl-3.gif The tandems were sitting to the blind side of the trailer. I asked the men doing the unloading if this was a disconnect. They said no, just too much weight in the middle. I didn’t find out why the tandems were separated from the trailer.

Tandems:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

Tandem:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

Brett Aquila's Comment
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just too much weight in the middle

That makes little sense unless they put about 120,000 pounds in the trailer. Trailers don't just break because of too much weight in the middle. The frame of the trailer must have been compromised.

Pete B.'s Comment
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Reminded me of a scene I passed several weeks ago, In Massachusetts or Connecticut… I was clearly headed in the opposite direction, so know nothing of the backstory…

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