[truckerboy]

Originally Posted by cttandy

No offense taken, hope I didn't come across that way. I get a lot of people that ask me about my trailer loading, I am pretty particular. I run 4 tow straps and a safety chain, I get at least one person to ask why every time I haul a load. I also take the time to balance the trailer until the tow vehicle sits level, and attach my straps to 2 frame points in the front and a "non-suspended" point in the rear. I find this gives me the best ride and handing.

I had a tow dolly break while towing a car at 55 MPH, and a strap break on my trailer while towing a car. I also picked up 2 Bronco II 4x4 trucks in 2 days and strapped them down by the axles, one nearly got blown over by the wind (extremely nerve wrecking, seeing air under the trailer tires while traveling 45 MPH, new shorts were in order) and the other nearly rolled off the trailer on a curvy road (sway bars were later found to be damaged on the bronco in a way that made it lean very uncomfortably in turns). I don't take chances anymore. I might not be perfect, but I do my best for my and everyone else's safety.


Oh worth noting, the long bed weighs 5400 lbs across the scales, the short bed weighs around 3600 lbs. Blew my mind, I would have figured around 4400 lbs at least.

I understand the caution if you. I have the same issue, just never pulled a truck (blazer or car) on the trailer. I carry mulch, sand, rock, dirt, concrete statues, and other landscaping products. I keep 2 20X40 tarps and no less than 10 ratchet straps, plus 2000 foot of 3/4" rope. I just cant afford to have anything not tied down, or out of balance.

The weight of that short bed confuses/surprises me. I junked a old 81 F100 truck not too long ago that weighed 4575 w/o the engine. Id think that chevy would be close.