Jan 23 2008
Leut Renovation 2 - Oops!
We encountered a small problem, yesterday, as we tried to shift the boat into the shed at the boatyard. Welded to the bottom of the trailer we built are 10 trolley wheels. They are rated to 300kgs each. The boat we judged to be 5 tons. But of course 10 x 300 doesn’t equal 5000. We assumed that the wheels’ manufacturer had allowed a large safety margin with the rating. Well, we were wrong - and the wheels buckled as the forklift tried to pull the boat in. We will now have to lift the boat off and drag her in the old way - Egyptian style - on about 20 sections of pipe.
I guess there is a moral to this story…
