The welds on both sides of the hydraulic support are SUPPOSED to be welded completely and securely to the frame of the trailer.in this case it is obvious that the welder or the equipment was not adequate for the job at hand. When speaking to the supervisor at All Pro West Trailers Superstore, I was told that this sort of thing happens all the time with their trailers. He said I have not looked at the pictures you sent me, but it is a load issue. At some point that trailer has been overloaded. And we do not warranty load related problems Well, the truth is that I babied the trailer and did not use it very often. It is rated for 7-1/4 tons. The hydraulics would not lift the 6 tons top soil I had in it on a hot, dry summer day. We had to shovel much of it off by hand, it was kind of embarrassing and with the remaining weight in it, it would not come up evenly which was twisting the frame. Why did this happen? The support for the hydraulics was not completely welded to the frame and it was welded using the weakest type of welding equipment to Speed Up Production.
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