Posted by Jon f mn on January 29, 2019 at 17:04:31 from (174.219.3.148):
Sure was a cold one today, started about -10 and dropped all day. But the wind was the worst, man it was cold. Of course I had to test fate and break a trailer today. Picked up a full load of bulk soybeans in this container, they load me on a scale to 79,800 or so. When I went to slide the wheels they were frozen and wouldn't slide in the lot because it was ice covered. So I pulled onto the road and when traffic was clear went to move them. They stuck, but then let go and it slid all the way to the stop and slammed and broke the stop off. That is also what holds the wheels on, so the front of the wheels dropped, tearing off air lines and wires too. So there I sat blocking traffic and can't move. Not a good way to be, and not a way to make friends with the highway patrol. Lol. Luckily it didn't pull all the way out like they usually so, so I was able to push it back up onto the wheels.
You can see the lower frame hanging down in those pics. Had to have a service truck come out and release the brakes so I could get it off the road. We just chained the frame up and I was able to move it back to the lot I loaded at. They were kind enough to let me use their shop to fix the chassis. You can see in these pics that the bolts that hold it together have been broken for years.
They must have seen an issue, but didn't know what was wrong because they didn't replace the bolts, they welded some plates on to hold it. They did a real poor job of it tho.
I was able to get it back in place and get new bolts in.
Took a few hours to get it in place and bolted and fix the air lines and wiring so I could get it to the rail and get the can off and the chassis back to the owners. They were a little panicked and wanted all the info on what happened as they have a bunch of those chassis. The broken bolts were hidden because they were stuck to the frame with rust so you couldn't tell they we're broken just by looking at them. I had to twist each one loose with a socket to get them loose. So a simple walk around wouldn't find this issue. They said they will be checking all of them for similar problems.
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