Critique what went wrong.

   / Critique what went wrong. #51  
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.
 
   / Critique what went wrong. #52  
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.
 
   / Critique what went wrong. #54  
He also failed to hook up the sky hook, to take up any excess weight that the trailer was unable to handle!
 
   / Critique what went wrong. #56  
Whoever loaded this monster log had to have some serious equipment to place it on the trailer. Surely the operator/loader knew better.
 
   / Critique what went wrong. #57  
To answer the question of what went wrong: EVERYTHING!

Not sure I'd even put that on my 12k trailer!
 
   / Critique what went wrong. #59  
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...
 

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