Southern Fried
Well-Known Member
Thought about this while reading the "trailer strength" thread.
Would you ever buy a used straight truck or trailer from an outfit like U-haul, Ryder, etc that had been made available to the General Public??
GP has no idea about overloading weight or load securement, etc and the stresses that places on equipment.
Give you an example. Back when I started my little trucking business up home, I often did "customer breakdowns" for a guy who had a U-haul franchise. 99% of the times it was because the rental vehicle was grossly overloaded. Once I got sent to a lady who had one of those single axle van type trailers hooked to her car. Blown tire I was told. Oh yeah, it was..... both tires and the axle was bent all to heck. When I tried to winch it up on my deck I said "holy crap, this thing is heavy". Got her to unlock the back doors and looked in. . Books....front to back and to the roof. "But they're just books", she said. No clue.
Would you ever buy a used straight truck or trailer from an outfit like U-haul, Ryder, etc that had been made available to the General Public??
GP has no idea about overloading weight or load securement, etc and the stresses that places on equipment.
Give you an example. Back when I started my little trucking business up home, I often did "customer breakdowns" for a guy who had a U-haul franchise. 99% of the times it was because the rental vehicle was grossly overloaded. Once I got sent to a lady who had one of those single axle van type trailers hooked to her car. Blown tire I was told. Oh yeah, it was..... both tires and the axle was bent all to heck. When I tried to winch it up on my deck I said "holy crap, this thing is heavy". Got her to unlock the back doors and looked in. . Books....front to back and to the roof. "But they're just books", she said. No clue.