Yes, brilliant - a lesson for us all!
While balance is indeed important the video is, however, making the point about having the load as near to the Axle as possible and not at the extremities. Any stevedore will tell you that when loading a ship you need all the weight amidships and as little weight as possible in bow and stern areas, otherwise the ship will pitch violently when in rough seas - same principal.
If you want a simple demo, take a light stick ( garden bamboo cane for example ) fix a weight at each end and then, holding it in the middle at arms length twist your wrist back and forth and feel the forces at play trying to prevent you from reversing the direction of swing. Now fix the weights in the middle of the stick and do the same thing - all very obvious really but not so easy to visualise when loading a trailer - or any other vehicle for that matter.
It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing.
How many apostrophes are there in aint and where do you put 'em?
Phil
Last edited by Phil Bleazey; 24/10/19 12:00 PM. Reason: felt a bout of textual diarrhoea coming on!
