How To Distribute A Hotshot Load Correctly
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So funny 😂😂 I’m driving a ram dully picking up a ford 250 that can’t drive and I’m on TH-cam tryin figure out where I should place it , and this video come up couldn’t have done it any better . Kept it short and simple .
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Lets break this down... first, this is based on a gooseneck long flat trailer attatched to a HD truck with a load comparable in dimentions to another truck ot car.
Bacic rules for towing:
1.- the center of mass of your load should be directly on top of your axles, the center mass of your empty trailer or somwhere in between those 2.
2.- You want to have somwhere between 10 and 20% of toungue weight. More is very dangerous and less is even more dangerous.
3.- if you have to transport several loads in a sigle shot (more than 1 vehicle, piece of equipment or other items/things), and found your ideal spot for center mass location you want to load the light stuff at the very back, the heavy stuff in the middle and the in between weight in the front.
4.- a bump in the road will help you feel if your weight distribution is okay or not as it applies preassure in the "fall" of the weight.
5.- manufacturers give you guidelines for this stuff, you have a max towing rating and a max payload rating. Follow that and try to keep it under 80% of the limits. Yes, we all know those ratings are below the absolute max capacity of the truck, but most drivers dont have the knowledge, experience and skills to go over 80% of that rating safely. And most of the drivers that do have the knowledge, skills and experience to do it will prefer not to, so please, if your truck says it will tow up to 20k pounds, limit your towing weight to 16k pounds. And if your truck says it will take a payload of up to 2k pounds, make it 1600.
This video only accounts for this trailer, this truck and this size of a load.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thx
Don’t forget on a dual rear wheel truck you can load the freight closer, and the short the load the more room you need to leave.
For example let’s say you are grabbing one 4x4 pallet that weighs 4k# then step back at least 8-10ft
If you have questions feel free to ask
Yeah I know this is an old video from May, but as I'll be starting off hotshotting in the spring. I was curious about that replacement. I think Landstar helps you as well on load securement but looking at getting a 40-foot trailer with the hauling capacity about 15,000. So you're saying if I had some bulk item that was 15,000 pounds I should be back 15 feet from the nose and had the majority of the weight pretty much centered in the on that trailer at the worst case scenario, no closer than 15' from the nose.
My flatbed previous experience, everything was based off the center of trailer and loading from that point north/south so to speak.
Thank you for help.
Great question, this is for partials, so if your max capacity is 15k then put the load where it’s best however let’s say you got 1x 20ft 6k# container, where do you put it? If you start at the back then it’s easier on the truck but you eliminate the opportunity to another load that may require ramps like bobcats, tractors, cars & trucks etc.
However if you want to start at the front how close can you get before you’re over weight on the drives? This is where experience comes in but how do you teach experience? So my “formula” per say is a good place to start for new guys that don’t have that experience.
So on a SRW hotshot that container I would back off 6ft because it weighs 6k# and if I get a partial I’d put it behind the container over the trailer axles. However with a dually you may only need to back off like 3-4ft.
I hope that makes sense. If you have question my email is in the description.
The reason a semi truck starts from the center is because they can take equal weight on drives and trailer axle, I think 34k on each so starting in the middle is one of the safest ways to ensure equal load weight distribution
This link will help www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/cargo-securement/drivers-handbook-cargo-securement-chapter-1-fundamentals-cargo
@@daddybug1 thank you brother.
You did not take into consideration that the payload is front heavy. So maybe 8ft might be a better distance to start with. 🤔
got question my truck gvwr is 12200 my gawr front 5200 rear 9350 my scale ticket empty with trailer hooked up 5120 front 6580 rear and 7340 trailer axel does this mean i can only load 500 on the truck as a payload?
Is the truck in this video a 2500 or 3500 that you’re pulling with
3500
Wouldn’t your drive axle be over since it Max’s out at 7k?
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Why not back the truck onto the trailer .. Would it not be best to have most of the weight on the trailer axles.. I know you need some weight on your truck but it looks like your truck is squatting to much, just curious
Just Me I’ve realized that loading anything backwards for the most part is a bad idea because it wasn’t designed to go highway speeds in reverse. I’ve had things break and/or rip because they were loaded backwards.
The airbags on my truck aren’t inflated so it only looks like it’s squatting but put a little air in there and they’re fine.
@@TowPiglet Thank you
You are tongue heavy that’s why the rear axle on the drive truck is squatted. Back the load up until the drive truck is leval. I would also drive the load truck backwards onto the trailer so the engine is closer to the axles.
How do they know if your drive axle is overloaded? Do they go by tire capacity?
i have a question , i transported 4 pallets of concrete they all weighted the same. so it was a flat load all across the flat bed trailer. now after 55mph my trailer wanted to start dancing from side to side. question here is how would i have to load this to have it not do that?
Move the load further up on the trailer. You will fish tail every time the load is more towards the rear then the front. You should have 10-15% tongue weight
Thank you
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How did you figure out your load was 6300 lbs
I got a scale ticket
@@TowPiglet thanks. I figured it out.
Every Single Video Out there shows this formula and it's WRONG! Every single person overloads the rear Drive Axle and says they are good. The Drive axle is overloaded in this video by either 220 lbs or 1220 depending if you have a 6k or 7k axle. That load needs to be farther back. Especially since all the weight is in the engine.
WHAT LOCKS DO YOU USE TO SECURE YOUR LOADING RAMPS ?
no locks
What are the legal max weights?
For what?