One thing I always watched for when loading the skidsteer facing forward, even one the smaller trailers we had was to see the actual weight transfer as the balance transferred from the tail over the trailer axles and then onto the hitch. As long as you see that transfer and still have room ahead of you then you don’t need to load the machine backwards.
In my nick of the woods everyone loads skidsteers forward. Didn't even know there was controversy about it. Yes just drive forward until the weight transfers.
Yes sir. Ive been hauling our newhollands around loaded forwards for 31 years. Thats the way grandpa and my dad taught me. Like watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations on your newborn! Holy crap the first few min are EPIC!!!!! Great Vid man!! As a crane operator with a CDL this is priceless advice and instruction!
One advantage to loading the rear first even with a attachment on the front is road debri, salt, snow, rain etc won’t be entering the cab, garfing up the interior of the cab. Love your videos!!
Congratulations on the baby . Some of what those rv trailer people don't think about is the cross winds that come off us commercial trucks when they have taken all the fresh water out of the tanks which are in the front and now have grey water in the rear little cross wind on the tail and away they go
Many people have no idea how to recover from such a situation. Yes floor it and trailer brakes if you have them. Of not floor it and when straight coast.
Congratulations Sam! I'm glad mother and baby are doing well. Those clips at the beginning of the video are why I prefer 5th wheels as far as travel trailers go. Plus people forget the rake of the trailer and the tow vehicle. I also prefer goosenecks over bumper pulls however that's not always an option. Airbags make a huge difference also. I'll never tow without them again.
Loved the forklift operator story at the end. As a former semi-truck flatbed driver and current gooseneck flatbed owner, I can definitely relate. Most forklift drivers are not truck operators. I say operators and not drivers because there’s a HUGE difference. Most forklift drivers only want you out the gate so they can go home or go on break and never give your safety or anyone else’s a second thought.
I have been trying to explain to people for years that they have to balance their trailers properly. It is astounding the number of people who don't know that you need hitch weight to be able to keep a trailer under control. I almost always hear, "But it makes my lights shine too high if I have to drive after dark." I will typically try to explain that with a bumper pull trailer that is kinda normal and if they are that concerned about towing after dark they should plan their trip so that situation can be avoided. But most of all make sure the trailer is loaded properly and make sure the tow vehicle can handle the job! Great explanation on your part, this subject gets ignored way too often and usually ends very badly.
@ That’s why I said they need to have a tow rig heavy duty enough for the job but regardless the angle of the tow rig is going to change due to the weight on the back of any standard vehicle. Because the back of the back of the vehicle is lower than normal it will knock their headlights out normal unladen direction. You need to use a little bit of common sense when it comes to towing, it’s just sad common sense isn’t that common anymore.
I have a buddy that hauls his skid steer dangerously. Weight too far back, travelling much too fast, poorly tied down. I rode with him once, and my heart nearly stopped. I follow in my own truck now, at a distance.
Congrats on the baby! I also haul a TL12 facing forward. Sometimes with a bucket other times with a rock picker. With a 24 foot bumper pull trailer it goes on far enough to get ample tongue weight. Who wants to mess with loading a machine with a turbo backwards and having to tape up the exhaust anyways.
I like the flasher warning device you put for blind corner. I always put a cone out! Good to know you are safe minded and give a damn about avoiding a catastrophe
Tried explaining tongue weight to a guy that just got a camper. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what antisway load distribution stuff you buy. You can't pull without proper tongue weight
Congrats daddy! Being a dad is awesome. We had a pallet pusher at my last job just for that reason. When I loaded someone I asked where they wanted it and made sure they had tongue weight.
I was following a pickup hauling a 16ft. stock trailer with a huge bull as the only cargo. The bull was facing forward and decided he wanted to look at where he had been. He sat down as he pawed the side of the trailer to turn around, I said he was huge. Half way around the back wheels of the pickup went straight up in the air. The driver did his best to keep the truck and trailer straight (all this at about 30 - 35 MPH), but the pickup was no match. The pickup laid over on its side with the trailer still on its wheels, but the bull had had enough and busted out the back gate. No injuries but the Highway Patrol had fun rounding up the bull and getting a wrecker to put the pickup back on its wheels. Take care of mom and the boy after all she did most of the work.
All good information. Had a very near identical story with a pallet of water in a dump trailer pretty much had to beg the guy to use another pallet and shove it as far forward as he could reach. Also if your skid steer has a front door load it backwards it’s 1200.00 dollars vs 70.00
Congratulations on the birth of your son and your wife is healthy. Enjoy the time since the years go by very fast. I have one suggestion: Make a diary for your son of the events for each month and include pictures (hard copy, since media changes) and make a new one for each year he lives at home. Do the same for all your children and eventually your grandchildren. My children are all getting older with some in their 40's; the time goes by very fast, especially when you are busy.
i agree with you about loading the machine forward , buy a trailer long enough for the machine to fit. I have an issue with the twisted safety chains when hooked to the 3500, while dot regs don't specifically address it, if it were done on a load securement chain it would be a violation. A safety chain is subject to the same deformation as a load securement when put under tension so it would have the same tendency to break for that reason I wouldn't twist them.
Congratulations pops!! And don't apologize when you school someone, that could have saved someone life. Question... where's life adventure guy..? He was doing good. Cheers love the sound of that exhaust.
Congratulations Sam on the little guy! I hope Taylor and he are doing ok, my little guy is 22 now and yes the times fly! Take time to learn your new as Dad...it is new a and great experience.
I have a tongue weight scale I use, good up to 2000 lbs. I tell you what, when your tw is right, the rig is rock solid. Especially with weight distribution. I've never had sway and I pray I never do. Seeing those clips gives me a cold sweat
@@gasolinediesel972 best thing you can do is hit your manual brake controller button. i wrecked a truck from trailer sway, letting off doesn't help once it gets going
Congrats on your son! Happy for you both and I am sure your dad is stoked to be a grandpa! I have never had a problem with your loading placement. You are far wiser than your age Sam.
If your trailer starts to sway, no matter what happens, DON'T hit the vehicle brakes. Apply the trailer brake while romping on the throttle. You can usually pull the sway out. That will settle it down.
How’s that work if they don’t have trailer brakes??? I know they crap they’re pants while I watch and laugh most of the time this happens is because they’re going to fast in the first place with an uneven load or they’re hitch is way to low and the trailer is nose diving going down the road
Man or man I love that party mode truck😎🤘🏼Nice video about tongue weight and properly loading and congratulations to you and Taylor on your new baby boy!!!
Congrats on your baby boy! I flipped my 28ft bumper pull RV with sway control, going 10 miles under the speed limit, and 1 ton truck. I have pulled trailers my whole life, I will never buy one again. The intro gave me flashbacks. I now have a 5th wheel and it has way better handling.
Good video. The ball itself is rated for the load but the square tube hitch the ball is mounted on is not. That one is rated for maybe 7,000 lb and 700lb tongue weight. It should be solid cast rated for at least 16K. You are very educated in towing. Nice job. Congrats on the baby
Also SUPER IMPORTANT: have the correct drop on your receiver hitch :) Ultimately your truck will sit level and your trailer axles will carry the same amount of weight. Spend $5 at your local CAT scale and have all axles weighted, it could save your life! I have found moving my (old, small Bobcat 743) Skidsteeer less then a foot forward/ back on my trailer can make a HUGE difference in ride/ handling. YMMV
Congratulations Pops. Two things - You tow with real trucks, a forged receiver with 1 1/4" ball shank is for real trucks. ( I broke the 1" thick x 3" wide flat bar on a brand name hitch) . Second - stabilizers are very important on bumper pull livestock trailers because your load can move. Divider panels help but you have to be ready for the whole herd crowding the gate and dividers at the worst possible time
Congratulations and my best to Taylor and you. Callahan the Mulcher man. Sounds good. My uncle had me driving tractor at 4 years old so you don't have long to wait for a three man team. Because I load my trailer to the gills, I got a tongue scale. Loaded my trailer wanting about 1500 pounds of tongue weight. I have a good guesser. Got done and weighted the tongue. 1500 right on the nose. A weight distributing hitch is really necessary for that sort of weight on a bumper pull. Setting it up takes at least a whole day. Each corner of the truck should settle the same amount hitched. And the trailer should be level. I have a Reese Dual Cam. So you start with a good guess. Hitch drive around turn both directions then end with the truck and trailer straight. On the dual cam you have to adjust the length of the cam arms too. Adjust go again, adjust go again adjust etc. And of course you have to have the correct load bars. So for mine I have 1500 pound load bars.
Your DIY store story brought me to remember I guy doing the same thing to me several years ago. I had barrowed a friends trailer to pick up some sheetrock. Guy loading it the load on the back half. Had an actual argument with him convincing him that it was seriously unsafe.
I have that exact diamond C trailer that carries my skid steer every day. We load forward but have 2 buckets on the machine and a set of forks on the front of the trailer. Have never had any sway problems but we load pretty far forward.
Congratulations you guys and welcome Callahan. Your videos are always informative and entertaining😂, that last camper with two loose propane tanks flopping around was cringe worthy😳🙄. Thanks for sharing Sam👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
You should hold an expert webinar on Load management for all of these superstars buying 90k trucks and pretend-hauling their 108 month financed piece of equipment in the most unsafe manner. Too bad their father's couldn't manage their own load at the time..
I’ve never loaded a skid steer backwards other than ounce when it had extra weights on the back and no front attachment other than that I’ve always loaded them forwards. On gooseneck or bumper pull. On my gooseneck I just spin around on the deck and go down forward
Excellent video. As a builder of bumper pull fuel trailers the 60/40 weight on the tongue keeps you out of trouble and all properly built trailers are built on that principle empty or loaded. Any trailer built heavy rear of axles/ tandems or load for that matter is an accident waiting to happen. On the other hand overloading the tongue with the tow vehicle squatting on the ground and the trailer nose diving is bad too normally due to overloading or not distributing the weight on the trailer correctly as you stressed in your tutorial. Nice work and this should be a mandatory video for anyone pulling a trailer before doing so. 👍
We load ours backwards for a few reasons. 1. windshield 2.when going over a threshold/transition with a track unit you want to go backward first. 3. You can have forks on with a pallet on but if you go up forward sometimes you won’t have enough room to raise the ramps but backwards you can raise the pallet up and fold the ramps down and set the pallet on the ramps
And if you can’t redistribute load. Slow the heck down. Talk to those folks wrecked. Every one will say it acted up a few times before they lost it. The few times I have too much toward rear. Say hauling 20’ bridge planking on 16’ trailer. Negative tongue weight. Added junk to get a bit of tongue. (But still liftable by hand). By limiting speed to 45mph. 20 mile no problem.
I was hauling a car home when two tie-downs broke. The car rolled back and caused the weight to shift off of the hitch and lift the back of the truck. At that point, I lost complete control of the truck and trailer, I was guard rail to guard rail for what seemed to be miles. The only thing I could do was hit the gas and straighten it out then try to slow down. It took about ten tries to get stopped. So if your trailer starts to sway gas it and use the brake controller. By the way, the brake controller blew the fuze at some point on the way home before this happened. Had to change my shorts after that!
Or just hit the throttle works the same way as a jackkniife. You should never use a trailer brake like like that, you all just lucked out! Most of these issues stem from lack of experience and/ or drivers who think just because they have a pickup and a diesel engine they can haul lol. Safe travels to you all either way and please don't wreck in front of me, my kw isn't paid off yet lol
@@aegeusmax3646 The back side of a skid steer isn't shaped like an airplane either, and it doesn't fly 12 feet behind a huge truck either. You need a lesson in physics
Old man mechanic told me once to never load a skid loader backwards because it spins the turbo with no oil in it and wears them out faster so facing forward and closer to the tongue is always my way
Congratulations! It makes me wonder how much extra energy (and extra emissions created) we use to make all the electric vehicles and emissions crap to the emissions we actually reduce! 🤔
Dont forget the coal plant which likely supplies electricity to charge, as well as the energy required to recycle the battery end of use, comes again from a coal plant. They need to stop barking up that tree -- whatever is up there, will soon be within reach when it is cut down!
Ground to wheel efficiency is superior on electric cars even with coal powered plants. I love how dipshits talk as if we have to be done with electric optimization before starting to use it. Absolutely asinine
“You actually own the machine”!😄 So true! There are so many dudes with 1500 or 2500s that rock the look, but are “All Hat, No Cattle”. 🤔 My setup: Displaced Yankee out of New Jersey in Kentucky. 2018 RAM 3500 G56 upgraded clutch SRW, 14k Dexter axle trailer & GEHL RT 210 with Blue Diamond Hydraulic Brush Cutter for my 30 acres & guns. Trailers & loading is CRITICAL, unless you are a keyboard warrior.🤔
Cover your exhaust if your going to load it backwards your turbo will spin with no oil always haul mine facing forwards have an awesome protective snap on cover for the front
Congrats Mr Sam to you and Yours. Good tidbits of info always. We were always taught that (tongue weight) it's funny round here (east central florida) got one of the biggest land learning contractors does his "smaller" pulling with the Kubota , forget which one but it's DEFINITELY WAY TOO HEAVY to pull it with his tundra (shocks Completely compressed) 👀😲🤦🏼♂️
Those RV wrecks looked mainly sidewind related to me, as they just came around semis and by looking at the landscape looks like windy environments. But people never believe the weight of the mulcher heads, always funny when you show them the nameplate.
I have a fifth wheel trailer but I use a gooseneck hitch. So much easier to use especially since I have a damaged spine/back. No real heavy loads for me to carry. One reason I have two heavy duty hand trucks.
Also another reason to load the machine backwards with a bucket or a forks is for stability. Going backwards has a less chance of flipping over. Just like going up and down a hill. Drive down backwards up. But with your mulcher head your okay going forward because you have the weight to balance.
Lol idk what kind of ramps you’re using to load but even without a bucket or anything for a front attachment, you shouldn’t be even coming close to flipping it backwards unless it’s a straight drop off the back 😂
Love the fact that you’re trying to keep people safe. Bless you for that.
One thing I always watched for when loading the skidsteer facing forward, even one the smaller trailers we had was to see the actual weight transfer as the balance transferred from the tail over the trailer axles and then onto the hitch. As long as you see that transfer and still have room ahead of you then you don’t need to load the machine backwards.
That's commonsense
In my nick of the woods everyone loads skidsteers forward. Didn't even know there was controversy about it. Yes just drive forward until the weight transfers.
@@Average1212 agreed. I could drive around a month of sunday and never see a skid loaded loaded backwards.
I’ll always back on no tipping issues
Why not always back on? Reduces the chance of rock chips I always figured
Yes sir. Ive been hauling our newhollands around loaded forwards for 31 years. Thats the way grandpa and my dad taught me. Like watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
My guy, by far you have to be in my top 3 favorite guys on TH-cam!! Hell yeah. Thanks for always keeping it 100%!
Congratulations on your newborn!
Holy crap the first few min are EPIC!!!!! Great Vid man!! As a crane operator with a CDL this is priceless advice and instruction!
One advantage to loading the rear first even with a attachment on the front is road debri, salt, snow, rain etc won’t be entering the cab, garfing up the interior of the cab. Love your videos!!
Don't have to worry about that if you have an enclosed cab
You can always get a newer enclosed trailer
*bobcat* not trailer
but then you have the issue of is there enough weight on ball
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@@mrfordfairmont I don't think that trumps proper weight distribution...which i think was the point of the content.
Congratulations on the birth of your son! Forklift operators always crack me up when they don't want to push the pallet in with the forks!
Congratulations on the baby . Some of what those rv trailer people don't think about is the cross winds that come off us commercial trucks when they have taken all the fresh water out of the tanks which are in the front and now have grey water in the rear little cross wind on the tail and away they go
If your trailer starts wagging, gun the fuel and apply the trailer breaks. Then reduce the fuel while trailer slows you down. Safe travels
Many people have no idea how to recover from such a situation. Yes floor it and trailer brakes if you have them. Of not floor it and when straight coast.
Was just about to say the same thing brother.
Thanks for the information. I’m new to hauling a trailer and I am looking to buy a camper. This will be handy to know.
Brakes. Breaks. Two very different words.
@@chooch1995 never a good day when the two words get combined either lol
Congratulations Sam! I'm glad mother and baby are doing well.
Those clips at the beginning of the video are why I prefer 5th wheels as far as travel trailers go. Plus people forget the rake of the trailer and the tow vehicle. I also prefer goosenecks over bumper pulls however that's not always an option. Airbags make a huge difference also. I'll never tow without them again.
Glad to hear your baby boy is doing well! Speedy recovery! 🙏
Loved the forklift operator story at the end. As a former semi-truck flatbed driver and current gooseneck flatbed owner, I can definitely relate. Most forklift drivers are not truck operators. I say operators and not drivers because there’s a HUGE difference. Most forklift drivers only want you out the gate so they can go home or go on break and never give your safety or anyone else’s a second thought.
Congratulations on the birth of your son! Welcome to fatherhood!
I have been trying to explain to people for years that they have to balance their trailers properly. It is astounding the number of people who don't know that you need hitch weight to be able to keep a trailer under control. I almost always hear, "But it makes my lights shine too high if I have to drive after dark." I will typically try to explain that with a bumper pull trailer that is kinda normal and if they are that concerned about towing after dark they should plan their trip so that situation can be avoided. But most of all make sure the trailer is loaded properly and make sure the tow vehicle can handle the job! Great explanation on your part, this subject gets ignored way too often and usually ends very badly.
If it makes their headlights shine too high and their trailer load is balanced, they are overloaded.
@ That’s why I said they need to have a tow rig heavy duty enough for the job but regardless the angle of the tow rig is going to change due to the weight on the back of any standard vehicle. Because the back of the back of the vehicle is lower than normal it will knock their headlights out normal unladen direction. You need to use a little bit of common sense when it comes to towing, it’s just sad common sense isn’t that common anymore.
Congratulations on the wee guy. Happy to hear everyone is healthy and doing well.
I have a buddy that hauls his skid steer dangerously. Weight too far back, travelling much too fast, poorly tied down. I rode with him once, and my heart nearly stopped. I follow in my own truck now, at a distance.
LMAO best thing ever, "thats the California edition truck" walk to the 5500 "welcome to party mode" haha love it
Both junk
The sound of politicians getting in charge of something...Earned a subscription.
At 3:09 I had to give a like for those true patriotic words of wisdom, thank you good sir.
Congrats on the baby! I also haul a TL12 facing forward. Sometimes with a bucket other times with a rock picker. With a 24 foot bumper pull trailer it goes on far enough to get ample tongue weight. Who wants to mess with loading a machine with a turbo backwards and having to tape up the exhaust anyways.
I like the flasher warning device you put for blind corner. I always put a cone out! Good to know you are safe minded and give a damn about avoiding a catastrophe
Congratulations on your new little family member, Taylor doing okay 👌, congrats to both of you.
Tried explaining tongue weight to a guy that just got a camper. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what antisway load distribution stuff you buy. You can't pull without proper tongue weight
Congrats daddy! Being a dad is awesome. We had a pallet pusher at my last job just for that reason. When I loaded someone I asked where they wanted it and made sure they had tongue weight.
Congratulations on the new addition to your family.
Congrats on the baby boy!
Hooray 😃 Callahan is finally here. Congrats you two
Congratulations on the birth of y’all son, glad to hear mother and son doing well!!
I was following a pickup hauling a 16ft. stock trailer with a huge bull as the only cargo. The bull was facing forward and decided he wanted to look at where he had been. He sat down as he pawed the side of the trailer to turn around, I said he was huge. Half way around the back wheels of the pickup went straight up in the air. The driver did his best to keep the truck and trailer straight (all this at about 30 - 35 MPH), but the pickup was no match. The pickup laid over on its side with the trailer still on its wheels, but the bull had had enough and busted out the back gate. No injuries but the Highway Patrol had fun rounding up the bull and getting a wrecker to put the pickup back on its wheels. Take care of mom and the boy after all she did most of the work.
Congratulations on the new baby boy,... I have a T76 Bobcat and I always load it forward just add some tongue weight on the ole Cummins 6.7
Congratulations to your entire family! God bless you all. Take care of your wife!
All good information. Had a very near identical story with a pallet of water in a dump trailer pretty much had to beg the guy to use another pallet and shove it as far forward as he could reach. Also if your skid steer has a front door load it backwards it’s 1200.00 dollars vs 70.00
Congratulations on the birth of your son and your wife is healthy. Enjoy the time since the years go by very fast. I have one suggestion: Make a diary for your son of the events for each month and include pictures (hard copy, since media changes) and make a new one for each year he lives at home. Do the same for all your children and eventually your grandchildren. My children are all getting older with some in their 40's; the time goes by very fast, especially when you are busy.
i agree with you about loading the machine forward , buy a trailer long enough for the machine to fit. I have an issue with the twisted safety chains when hooked to the 3500, while dot regs don't specifically address it, if it were done on a load securement chain it would be a violation. A safety chain is subject to the same deformation as a load securement when put under tension so it would have the same tendency to break for that reason I wouldn't twist them.
They will drag on the ground if I don’t twist them
Double the links up with a wire tie. If the chains are needed I don't think that wire tie would be a problem.
Congrats on the Little Guy!
@@VBELTandSON zip tie the links to take up slack, then they still do the job properly.
IT IS GREAT THAT YOU EXPLAINED THE "WHY" AND NOT JUST THE WHAT.....GOOD VIDEO.....
Hell yeah, brother! Really good video. Welcome to fatherhood! There is nothing else like it...greatest feeling in the world.
Congrats on y’all’s son. People don’t realize that the so caller 1/2 ton towable campers still require a 3/4 ton once they loaded down with everything
Congratulations To you and your lovely lady on the creation of a full family unit.
Congrats on the little guy!!
Congratulations pops!!
And don't apologize when you school someone, that could have saved someone life. Question... where's life adventure guy..? He was doing good. Cheers love the sound of that exhaust.
Your German shepherd just waiting for you to play ball lol, congrats for y’all little one, thanks for the lesson, stay safe
Congratulations Sam on the little guy! I hope Taylor and he are doing ok, my little guy is 22 now and yes the times fly! Take time to learn your new as Dad...it is new a and great experience.
Congratulations Sam I hope Mom and baby are doing well. God bless
V Belt, Son, and Grandson now. Congratulations Sam. No feeling in the world like being a daddy.
Joe Rogan always says. Stop reading the comments and letting the negative dingleberrys affect you. You’re videos are awesome. Keep it up bro ✊🏽
I have a tongue weight scale I use, good up to 2000 lbs. I tell you what, when your tw is right, the rig is rock solid. Especially with weight distribution. I've never had sway and I pray I never do. Seeing those clips gives me a cold sweat
If you start to sway, then you slow down, so many people try to speed up. Just let off of the throttle. No brakes.
@@gasolinediesel972 best thing you can do is hit your manual brake controller button. i wrecked a truck from trailer sway, letting off doesn't help once it gets going
@@TheSlywright Yes, I forgot to mention that. Letting off does help if the trailer isn't swaying very much.
Love the video just wish we could see what’s going on in stead of seeing a big word GONE and can’t see
I would guarantee that not one of these trailers had stabilising equipment installed.
Congratulations on the little boy, make sure and take time to enjoy!!
Congrats on the growing family and thanks for great videos!
Congrats on your son! Happy for you both and I am sure your dad is stoked to be a grandpa! I have never had a problem with your loading placement. You are far wiser than your age Sam.
Congratulations on the kid!! Glad everyone is doing well.
If your trailer starts to sway, no matter what happens, DON'T hit the vehicle brakes. Apply the trailer brake while romping on the throttle. You can usually pull the sway out. That will settle it down.
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How’s that work if they don’t have trailer brakes??? I know they crap they’re pants while I watch and laugh most of the time this happens is because they’re going to fast in the first place with an uneven load or they’re hitch is way to low and the trailer is nose diving going down the road
Congratulations on the little guy!!! 👶 🎊🎈🍾
Man or man I love that party mode truck😎🤘🏼Nice video about tongue weight and properly loading and congratulations to you and Taylor on your new baby boy!!!
Congrats on your baby boy! I flipped my 28ft bumper pull RV with sway control, going 10 miles under the speed limit, and 1 ton truck. I have pulled trailers my whole life, I will never buy one again. The intro gave me flashbacks. I now have a 5th wheel and it has way better handling.
Hell yeah Brother! Congratulations on your son!
Congratulations on the new baby boy.
Good video. The ball itself is rated for the load but the square tube hitch the ball is mounted on is not. That one is rated for maybe 7,000 lb and 700lb tongue weight. It should be solid cast rated for at least 16K. You are very educated in towing. Nice job. Congrats on the baby
It’s not hollow. 22k rated hitch. And thank you
Watched it again, I was wrong. It is solid. Glad to see someone who understands all aspects of towing heavy loads correctly
Appreciate it
Happy for you guys , now we want to see the little fella.
Also SUPER IMPORTANT: have the correct drop on your receiver hitch :) Ultimately your truck will sit level and your trailer axles will carry the same amount of weight. Spend $5 at your local CAT scale and have all axles weighted, it could save your life! I have found moving my (old, small Bobcat 743) Skidsteeer less then a foot forward/ back on my trailer can make a HUGE difference in ride/ handling. YMMV
We load our t250 in our 14 foot dump trailer forward with a dirt bucket never has a single issue perfect distribution
Haha well put. I don't get it. Team forward/team backward. None of that matters if your weight isn't distributed properly over the axles...
Steep ramps will cause the bobcat to dump backwards-that why its loaded backwards-so the attatchment creates a roll stopper,my experience.
Awesome congrats for the new addition. Keep doing the vids, they are great. Good job young fella, carry on.
Congratulations Pops. Two things - You tow with real trucks, a forged receiver with 1 1/4" ball shank is for real trucks. ( I broke the 1" thick x 3" wide flat bar on a brand name hitch) . Second - stabilizers are very important on bumper pull livestock trailers because your load can move. Divider panels help but you have to be ready for the whole herd crowding the gate and dividers at the worst possible time
Congratulations on your new baby!
Congratulations and my best to Taylor and you. Callahan the Mulcher man. Sounds good. My uncle had me driving tractor at 4 years old so you don't have long to wait for a three man team. Because I load my trailer to the gills, I got a tongue scale. Loaded my trailer wanting about 1500 pounds of tongue weight. I have a good guesser. Got done and weighted the tongue. 1500 right on the nose. A weight distributing hitch is really necessary for that sort of weight on a bumper pull. Setting it up takes at least a whole day. Each corner of the truck should settle the same amount hitched. And the trailer should be level. I have a Reese Dual Cam. So you start with a good guess. Hitch drive around turn both directions then end with the truck and trailer straight. On the dual cam you have to adjust the length of the cam arms too. Adjust go again, adjust go again adjust etc. And of course you have to have the correct load bars. So for mine I have 1500 pound load bars.
Congratulations on your new little mechanic!!!!
Congrats on Callahan! Like the name it's unique and not something off the wall or mainstream 👍
Your DIY store story brought me to remember I guy doing the same thing to me several years ago.
I had barrowed a friends trailer to pick up some sheetrock. Guy loading it the load on the back half. Had an actual argument with him convincing him that it was seriously unsafe.
I have that exact diamond C trailer that carries my skid steer every day. We load forward but have 2 buckets on the machine and a set of forks on the front of the trailer.
Have never had any sway problems but we load pretty far forward.
I noticed the cargo trays on the back of the wrecked travel trailers too.
Congratulations you guys and welcome Callahan. Your videos are always informative and entertaining😂, that last camper with two loose propane tanks flopping around was cringe worthy😳🙄. Thanks for sharing Sam👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Congratulations on new baby Sam Taylor! V Belt Jr.
Thanks for that information. Kind of made me think a little bit about different scenarios.
You should hold an expert webinar on Load management for all of these superstars buying 90k trucks and pretend-hauling their 108 month financed piece of equipment in the most unsafe manner. Too bad their father's couldn't manage their own load at the time..
Congratulations on the baby boy brother🇺🇸
I’ve never loaded a skid steer backwards other than ounce when it had extra weights on the back and no front attachment other than that I’ve always loaded them forwards. On gooseneck or bumper pull. On my gooseneck I just spin around on the deck and go down forward
Excellent video. As a builder of bumper pull fuel trailers the 60/40 weight on the tongue keeps you out of trouble and all properly built trailers are built on that principle empty or loaded. Any trailer built heavy rear of axles/ tandems or load for that matter is an accident waiting to happen. On the other hand overloading the tongue with the tow vehicle squatting on the ground and the trailer nose diving is bad too normally due to overloading or not distributing the weight on the trailer correctly as you stressed in your tutorial. Nice work and this should be a mandatory video for anyone pulling a trailer before doing so. 👍
That is one heavy pull, 16,0000 plus the trailer weight. Strong truck. Good information on trailer loading.
We load ours backwards for a few reasons. 1. windshield 2.when going over a threshold/transition with a track unit you want to go backward first. 3. You can have forks on with a pallet on but if you go up forward sometimes you won’t have enough room to raise the ramps but backwards you can raise the pallet up and fold the ramps down and set the pallet on the ramps
Except backwards will detonate your turbo!
If the tail is wagging the dog. You grab the brake control and stomb the skinny pedal. You will thank me later
Works every time
And if you can’t redistribute load. Slow the heck down. Talk to those folks wrecked. Every one will say it acted up a few times before they lost it. The few times I have too much toward rear. Say hauling 20’ bridge planking on 16’ trailer. Negative tongue weight. Added junk to get a bit of tongue. (But still liftable by hand). By limiting speed to 45mph. 20 mile no problem.
I was hauling a car home when two tie-downs broke. The car rolled back and caused the weight to shift off of the hitch and lift the back of the truck. At that point, I lost complete control of the truck and trailer, I was guard rail to guard rail for what seemed to be miles. The only thing I could do was hit the gas and straighten it out then try to slow down. It took about ten tries to get stopped. So if your trailer starts to sway gas it and use the brake controller. By the way, the brake controller blew the fuze at some point on the way home before this happened. Had to change my shorts after that!
Or just hit the throttle works the same way as a jackkniife. You should never use a trailer brake like like that, you all just lucked out! Most of these issues stem from lack of experience and/ or drivers who think just because they have a pickup and a diesel engine they can haul lol. Safe travels to you all either way and please don't wreck in front of me, my kw isn't paid off yet lol
Just ease of the damn gas pedal and slow down why the hell everyone is in a hurry is beyond me wow its unbelievable how dumb people are.
Haven’t even watched yet but I have never loaded a skid steer backwards I’ve always driven them on the trailer.
Much nicer when unloading
@@zytekfan Much harder when loading.
@@aegeusmax3646 Seriously you don't understand aerodynamics if you think a bucket catches air. I suppose you think your tailgate does too.
@@aegeusmax3646 LOL you keep thinking that way 😂 and make sure you put your tailgate down for better mileage
@@aegeusmax3646 The back side of a skid steer isn't shaped like an airplane either, and it doesn't fly 12 feet behind a huge truck either. You need a lesson in physics
Congratulations on the baby boy.
Lol you still have your hospital band on
Congratulations on the new baby boy
Old man mechanic told me once to never load a skid loader backwards because it spins the turbo with no oil in it and wears them out faster so facing forward and closer to the tongue is always my way
Congratulations! It makes me wonder how much extra energy (and extra emissions created) we use to make all the electric vehicles and emissions crap to the emissions we actually reduce! 🤔
Dont forget the coal plant which likely supplies electricity to charge, as well as the energy required to recycle the battery end of use, comes again from a coal plant. They need to stop barking up that tree -- whatever is up there, will soon be within reach when it is cut down!
Ground to wheel efficiency is superior on electric cars even with coal powered plants.
I love how dipshits talk as if we have to be done with electric optimization before starting to use it. Absolutely asinine
LOVE your idea of a home-made greased shim. I hope it’s ok, but I’m going embrace your idea and make one for all my trucks. 4:30ish.
Congratulations on your little boy!
Congrats on the baby! ☮️
“You actually own the machine”!😄 So true! There are so many dudes with 1500 or 2500s that rock the look, but are “All Hat, No Cattle”. 🤔 My setup: Displaced Yankee out of New Jersey in Kentucky. 2018 RAM 3500 G56 upgraded clutch SRW, 14k Dexter axle trailer & GEHL RT 210 with Blue Diamond Hydraulic Brush Cutter for my 30 acres & guns. Trailers & loading is CRITICAL, unless you are a keyboard warrior.🤔
Cover your exhaust if your going to load it backwards your turbo will spin with no oil always haul mine facing forwards have an awesome protective snap on cover for the front
That's a myth about the turbo
Congrats Mr Sam to you and Yours. Good tidbits of info always. We were always taught that (tongue weight) it's funny round here (east central florida) got one of the biggest land learning contractors does his "smaller" pulling with the Kubota , forget which one but it's DEFINITELY WAY TOO HEAVY to pull it with his tundra (shocks Completely compressed) 👀😲🤦🏼♂️
Those RV wrecks looked mainly sidewind related to me, as they just came around semis and by looking at the landscape looks like windy environments. But people never believe the weight of the mulcher heads, always funny when you show them the nameplate.
Thanks Sam, Great video. GOD BLESS ALL Y'ALL
I noticed all of the examples were bumper pulls.
Give me a choice and I'll chose the gooseneck every single time.
And not duallys
I have a fifth wheel trailer but I use a gooseneck hitch. So much easier to use especially since I have a damaged spine/back. No real heavy loads for me to carry. One reason I have two heavy duty hand trucks.
I’ve hauled our Takeuchi TL10 facing forwards with just a dirt bucket on the trailer for close to a couple years without any issues at all.
Also another reason to load the machine backwards with a bucket or a forks is for stability. Going backwards has a less chance of flipping over. Just like going up and down a hill. Drive down backwards up. But with your mulcher head your okay going forward because you have the weight to balance.
Lol idk what kind of ramps you’re using to load but even without a bucket or anything for a front attachment, you shouldn’t be even coming close to flipping it backwards unless it’s a straight drop off the back 😂
@@scottgentz334 never did I say it was me... but I have seen some pretty stupid people that get in a hurry and do some stupid things
Loading should be slow and easy, if you do that your not flipping a skidsteer off a trailer.
What brand are your chain binders? Being able to use the impact gun instead of hand cranking would be helpful for this old guy!
Congrats on little guy. Put us a link for what Taylor wants and we can get gifts.