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Weigh Scissor Lift Trailer and Record Capacity

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We Try to Break A dump trailer SEVERE OVERLOAD!

What happens here

Once the scissor lift trailer is loaded to its capacity, drive the entire truck and trailer combination onto a truck scale. Carefully disconnect the gooseneck hitch from the truck's bed to allow the scale to measure only the trailer's weight. Record the total weight displayed on the scale. Subtract the empty weight of the trailer (5,700 lbs) to determine the actual load capacity of the scissor lift system. The scale reads 27,200 lbs, meaning the actual load lifted was approximately 22,000 lbs.

Goal: Quantify the maximum load the scissor lift hoist can lift

Tools and materials

  • Texas Pride Dump Trailer — The trailer being weighed
  • Truck Scale — Measuring the total weight of the loaded trailer

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was fifty seven hundred pounds that gives us 22 000 pounds roughly that this trailer was able to lift before it failed the intent here is i'm the warranty manager that's what i spend most of my day doing so we take in all of that information and the best way to make improvements is to study things when they're falling apart so find those weaknesses find those failure points you know get feedback from customers good bad and different the next one to get tested is the dual hoist system brad figures this one will perform better than the scissor lift this actually has two hoists positioned about the midway point of the body to help it lift and the dump material the telescopic lift is the last and brad figures that one's going to perform the best but before we move on to that one we've got to see exactly where this one failed at so we load it up to the point where it stops lifting and then we weigh it and see where that comes out sir so part of this process we disconnected off from the hitch so we can get an accurate weight is this trailer weigh about five grand two fifty five hundred brad [Music] six on this one this trailer weighs more because it has the dual hoist that extra voice has extra weight what

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