Critique what went wrong.

[sea2summit]

Gotta say that I thought I knew what you were saying, and I agreed the first time around, until I re-read it.

I thought you were saying, or intended to say, that the tension was adding to the bending load on the trailer bed. The reason I was thinking that is because I have seen that happen when I strapped down a utility tractor on my lowboy double-axle bumper pull. After tightening the chains, connected to the sides, I looked underneath to see the angle irons over the axle with a very visible bend in them.

Trailer axels have a camber.....if they are straight you should worry.

 

[Rod in Forfar]

This is a local photo taken by someone I know. This is the South.

He's lucky he didn't have to roll that log up onto a band mill.

 

[bartjoebob]

This is a local photo taken by someone I know. This is the South.

Forgot to flick the ratchet strap and say "that's not going anywhere"

 

[lilranch2001]

He also failed to hook up the sky hook, to take up any excess weight that the trailer was unable to handle!

 

[newbury]

That's one hell of a log. I bet they are going to roll it on their WoodMizer.

No- their Harbor Fright sawmill!

 

[JerryBuilt]

Whoever loaded this monster log had to have some serious equipment to place it on the trailer. Surely the operator/loader knew better.

 

[DieselBound]

To answer the question of what went wrong: EVERYTHING!

Not sure I'd even put that on my 12k trailer!

 

[Cameron Smith]

A loose nut behind the wheel!

 

[DieselBound]

The guy could take up a raffle of guessing the actual weight of the wood. Prize? (wood, trailer? <- hey, it's now famous!) That should probably pay for a new trailer, a trailer that he'd also likely look to find out what it's real capacity is!

All in the name of science...

 

[Tony H]

That first pic looks like about 3 tons of wood on a 1-ton trailer.

3 tons of wood. that's what she said