I had always thought that those were a case where the load was the trailer, or
rather the load was so heavy (strong) it became a structural element. I've seen
things like bridge beams where there was no load deck, just trailing wheels
attached to the other end of the beam.
-Curt
On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 2:42:06 AM EST, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Passed a semi this morning hauling 25 tons of what looked like freeway
> overpass I beams on an open flatbed, no front on the trailer, typical tissue
> paper body on the tractor, 20,000 lb nylon straps holding it down every ten
> feet. It would probably hold together in a panic stop, but if he crashes
> with that behind him, he's having a closed casket funeral.
And, pray tell, just what _could_ kill the inertia of a load of I-beams?
Anything less stout than a bridge abutment? Hard to fit one of those
on the tractor...
-- Jim
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