xXCARL1992Xx Screens & Blender work

[xXCARL1992Xx]

out of boredom i just calculated what the square tubes SCS made do weight, ingame they are declared as ~12t, the tube is 120x120x13.5mm (a size that is already not a standard) and something over 12000mm long (12100 something i think) so a bit longer then standard sold tubing wich would be 12m +/- tolerances for length, i came to a weight of 42t (!) for the tube on the trailer alone, 1 pipe weights a bit over 500kg itself and because i have to do with this kinda stuff every day i couldnt let it be and made my own model

150x150x10 and 12000mm length, this now weights roughly a bit over 24T and doesnt destroy the suspension of truck and trailer, by consequence some pipes got lost, from the 80 only 48 remain
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it is so easy to look up this kinda stuff, there are literal pages of it from sellers with measurements and weights for them it shouldnt be this hard to do it right

[JUseeTV]

This just illustrates that details matter and that a bypass out of lazyness is not a right excuss to leave it. The broad mass probably won't notice it but people like us do.

[Eugene]

I don't think that vehicle designers know this kind of stuff. It's us industry insiders who might know this stuff.
In my opinion, there should be a research team for this kind of stuff and this must have some serious knowledge...

[Dotec]

Only 4 straps for 24t?
BAG likes that

[xXCARL1992Xx]

still have to change stuff, some anti slip mats are missing also, or i replace the wood with rubber blocks entirely

[Trucker_71]

Only 4 straps for 24t?

If it were my load, I'd belly wrap front and back and have 3 - 4 straps in between.
A real flatbed driver puts one twist in the straps on both sides of the trailer so that the wind going down the road doesn't vibrate them loose.

[galimim]

The length of the pipes would be about 5-10cm above the spec for 12m sections, so that would not be that unrealistic. But the 120x120x13,5 is a custom dimension and generally not available.

[xXCARL1992Xx]

making them a bit longer isnt the problem only the decision from where the pipes come, directly from manufacturing or cut to length for the customer

in the mean time i added more straps and anti slip mats for more security

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[JUseeTV]

Looks good to me

[xXCARL1992Xx]

aaand my 45ft Krone Boxliner eLTU5 Plus is back in action

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redone from the ground up, nothing is reused from the old Krone HCT mod i once had