Yes always the R/H stakes take the brunt of the load being pushed off These were stakes that were all beefed up at the Hayes Forest shop in Duncan. Now they bend further up right were the reinforcing stops. This was done because the stakes use to break off just below the eye. When we were M&B we had 988 Cat's pushing the loads off so it went very well because they could really push. Then HFS used 960's because they were a cheaper machine, and so does IPL so what happens is they don't have the traction or just go into a converter stall on a good push and the result is logs everywhere. They drop down between the truck and the trailer and some land on the stakes that are already jammed into the deck More times than not the cat log loader on the sort has to come over and pick the mess apart ,broken logs, bent stakes That pretty well says it all. Most of the drivers kind of like the stakes bent in like that because you cant wood the p##s out of the truck, with it bent in like that the loader runs out of room. We break a conventional truck bunk off at least every couple weeks-- Rips the pin right out of the turn table !!!
