How not to load a trailer
So I've been working on my rock wall and my rock curb-strip. In order to get the flagstone level, and fill in the gaps, I've gone and bought 3 tons of sand. Two trailer loads full. $30 a pop, so it isn't expensive at all.
Problem is the trailer load bed is slightly behind the centerline of the axle, and although it's never been a problem before, when the trailer is loaded, the CG (center of gravity), is rear-ward.
I had it balanced pretty well, but this morning when I backed up the Land Rover to hook up the trailer, I bumped the hitch, and pitched the trailer on it's tail. I had to laugh.
I scooped out some of the sand into a wheelbarrow, climbed on the tounge, and down she came onto the trailer hitch. BAM! Emeril would have been proud.

Problem is the trailer load bed is slightly behind the centerline of the axle, and although it's never been a problem before, when the trailer is loaded, the CG (center of gravity), is rear-ward.
I had it balanced pretty well, but this morning when I backed up the Land Rover to hook up the trailer, I bumped the hitch, and pitched the trailer on it's tail. I had to laugh.
I scooped out some of the sand into a wheelbarrow, climbed on the tounge, and down she came onto the trailer hitch. BAM! Emeril would have been proud.


