Guys were driving down the road, and realized something was off…checked at the stoplight… 
If you have more trailers like that you need to get rid of them. I make the tongues contiguous with the frame.
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That’s exactly what I said…all 3 of those are welded on, even the center one 
It was planned for an off-season tear-down/rebuild of the trailer/deck. It was brand new like 5 years ago…crazy. I may grind it up and run a bean unde that center one back to the center cross member at least. Some thru-bolts and a good weld and it should be good as new, lol
The middle will help, but cut back the sides two feet and make new sides for the tongue. Just notch, heat and bend. Lot more support that way. There’s four trailers at my shop newly made for you to buy when you come get your machines from Diego. Or I’ll have his delivery guy tow one back to his place to mount your new stuff on 
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Yeah, that would be the ideal. I was thinking maybe an angled off piece opf the tube I run down the middle as a super stiffener plate in those corners. In terms of the engineering, I wouldn’t think they would carry much but twisting loads if the center beam was shored up properly…
That an older Powerline trailer? Looks like it….
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If by “older” you mean about 5 years…then yes. It’s been mostly out of service for 2 years now…used mainly to haul water around. I descaled and changed out all the oils last month to have hot water capability again.
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Lol, we’ll I didn’t think it was only 5 years old. I was thinking 10 plus years old. Wow. Love having hot water when I need it, comes in handy in cooler months too.
Seen that too many time’s when I worked in the trailer industry… most of the time it’s overloaded or too much tongue weight. Do you have an idea of what coulda caused it to fail?
@Innocentbystander is right again 
we would also plate the tongue (the underside where the “a frame” attaches) on some of the heavier equipment trailers too. Glad no one was injured or the trailer come off and smack your truck or someone else.
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Yeah, the company is just over 6 years old, and washing was not the initial business. So at most it’s 6 years.
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Exactly what @Innocentbystander said…it was built wrong…well, engineered wrong anyway.
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If you’d wise up & toss the equipment in the trunk of your car, you wouldn’t have to be messing with that pesky trailer all the time.
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Thank God they were not on I-95 like usual!
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I think its time you come see me
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That’s not all they got wrong. SMH at the fact that they used steel hydraulic fittings on the inlet. You’ll see galvanic corrosion on top of the steel flaking just because well it’s steel and water. Then they’re using those cheap GP t-strainers that split at the threads on the polycarbonate bowls. Sending trash to the pump and inviting a air leak no no no
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This is how I think the tongue should be done and the way I do them you don’t need the support in the middle
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Power line must not pay their welders per diem
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Not if you do them like that probably…sound engineering
or their engineers…
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They tow a lot better without it.
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