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The actionable advice here is if you're loading a trailer, you want weight / center of gravity as close to the front / cab as possible. If loading, y'know, 40,0
by an_taeus 4y ago
The actionable advice here is if you're loading a trailer, you want weight / center of gravity as close to the front / cab as possible. If loading, y'know, 40,000 lbs for a tractor trailer and you're loading it with pallets, alternate the pallet rows as far to the left and right as possible, switching direction every row. This prevents tipping and also does a favor to the person who has to unload it at the destination as it prevents weird slippages of pallet orientation and crunching. Poorly loaded trailers can definitely kill the trucker and other drivers. The oscillation severity really depends on the spread between the greatest and least weight of the items going into the trailer.