Did my Andersen No-Sway WDH do this???
Or did the trailer service center? I'm not sure, what caused it, but after hooking up last night I noticed chunks of aluminum on the ground under my setup. I had just got my trailer back from serv...
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Upon further noodling...think you have two claims to make
Am now sure the Anderson did not, unless your plate has marks or paint
scraped off
They used a ball on the end of one fork. I've had that on all of the
fork lifts my startups owned/rented. Most were torched holes and had
that hole back from the fork edge
Think why there are several marks on both sides of the tongue boxed
area. When they 'turned', it tore where it was marking at that moment
in time.
Am also sure the OEM of your trailer did *NOT* properly weld that spot
Notice that the sheetmetal edge is *STRAIGHT*.
If properly welded with enough penetration, it would have ripped and left
a jagged edge.
This is a sheared edge from the sheetmetal shop before welding
The MIG welder was: not setup hot enough; surface prep left alu oxide
to NOT allow an electrical contact; wire feed too fast, so it was melted
and sprayed onto that side which was cold and did not melt
If me, I'd worry about the rest of the trailer welds...sorry about that
Am now sure the Anderson did not, unless your plate has marks or paint
scraped off
They used a ball on the end of one fork. I've had that on all of the
fork lifts my startups owned/rented. Most were torched holes and had
that hole back from the fork edge
Think why there are several marks on both sides of the tongue boxed
area. When they 'turned', it tore where it was marking at that moment
in time.
Am also sure the OEM of your trailer did *NOT* properly weld that spot
Notice that the sheetmetal edge is *STRAIGHT*.
If properly welded with enough penetration, it would have ripped and left
a jagged edge.
This is a sheared edge from the sheetmetal shop before welding
The MIG welder was: not setup hot enough; surface prep left alu oxide
to NOT allow an electrical contact; wire feed too fast, so it was melted
and sprayed onto that side which was cold and did not melt
If me, I'd worry about the rest of the trailer welds...sorry about that
