The OOOPS thread - don't be shy

[carlos]

great start to the day my trailer and whole axle decided to part company!!!!

fairly new and strong trailer( or so i thought).

will be in contact with the manufacture.

carl

Edited March 22, 2013 by carlos

[mendiplogs]

great start to the day my trailer and whole axle decided to part company!!!!

fairly new and strong trailer( or so i thought).

will be in contact with the manufacture.

carl

 

HI MATE THAT SOUND a night mere mate :sneaky2:jon

[Grass hopper]

great start to the day my trailer and whole axle decided to part company!!!!

fairly new and strong trailer( or so i thought).

will be in contact with the manufacture.

carl

 

Great welding NOT.

[carlos]

its actualy the parent metal which has sheared not really sure why as iam fairly sure i have never overloaded it.

just very, very glad no one else was involved as 3 min further along and i would of been in the middle of a town!

[treequip]

Great welding NOT.

 

The welds look OK, they aren't cracked or even undercut. The steel has sheared above the weld

[carlos]

the way its notched and then not welded on the third surface is what looks a bit odd to me ??

but then iam not an expert either, and i am intrested in what the manufacture reckons is the cause.

[treequip]

the way its notched and then not welded on the third surface is what looks a bit odd to me ??

but then iam not an expert either, and i am intrested in what the manufacture reckons is the cause.

 

That is a bit shoddy

[mechtrev]

The welds look OK, they aren't cracked or even undercut. The steel has sheared above the weld

 

Welds are crap and they missed one weld. They had too much heat in weld and to compensate they used a fast forward speed. too much heat has created weakness in the HAZ.

looks like a case of speed over quality then hope that the galvanizing covers everything up.

[Chippy]

Welds? oh I thought it was bird s**t

[carlos]

personly i think its a design fault along with a weld missing, as its an indespension type axle which means all the force is off centre causing a twist and just these two weld seams very narrow but as i said before iam not an expert just speculating.

the thing is when they fix it i want to be sure its never going to happen again as wasnt a nice experince.

thanks