Everything You Need to Know Before You Buy Your First Flatbed Trailer

What is a flatbed trailer?

Flatbed trailers are a type of heavy hauler transport that typically handles wide loads, oversized equipment, machinery, and bulk cargo. They are constructed of heavy-duty steel and often have multiple axles to allow for heavy cargo to be moved safely.

Because of the flat nature and open sides, flatbed semi-trailer is suitable for transportation of many kinds of machinery and equipment, large objects, highway construction equipment, bulky tanks, ultra-high containers and various kinds of steel, which is widely used and  are one of the most common types used in heavy hauling and oversize load shipping.

Standard flatbeds are essentially box trailers with no sides, doors, or roof. The trailers are bare platforms that can be 20ft, 40ft, 48ft, or 53ft in length.

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Application of flatbed semi trailer

HAULING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

One major reason to use flatbed trailers is to haul equipment. In many cases, equipment used on construction sites and in roadwork, such as skid steers, bulldozers, and excavators, can be difficult to maneuver. These items should not be driven on normal roadways. For this reason, the equipment needs to be transported from one job site to another on the back of a trailer.

TRANSPORTING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

For large building and construction projects, bulky materials will often need to be transported to the job site. Items that might be placed on the back of a flatbed trailer include all of the following:Piping, Rebar, Lumbar, Large concrete blocks,and more.

TRANSPORTING OIL AND GAS RIGS

In many country,  the oil and gas industry has seen a huge boom. This has required teams to constantly build up and tear down rigs in record time. Flatbed trailers are central to this process. With ample room and the ability to tie down multiple pieces of equipment on one flatbed, these trailers make it possible for teams to efficiently transport entire rigs from one job site to another.

MISCELLANEOUS OVERSIZE LOAD USE

You will likely encounter an oversize load or two when travriling. From transporting massive windmill components to moving prefabricated homes, a flatbed trailer is a go-to choice for oversize load transportation.

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• Flatbed semi-trailer, because there is no railings, light weight, load more goods, so that the load-bearing performance of the car and higher requirements for cargo strength.

• No railings, the weight of the whole car is reduced by 400 kg, plus the optional aluminum alloy steel ring, legs, side guards, the whole car can be reduced by 600 kg, that is to say, each trip can pull 600 kg more goods, objectively get more benefits.

• For long-distance logistics, time is money, flatbed semi-trailer can load dense and small volume of goods, convenient loading and unloading, can save a lot of time.

• The trailer adopts high-strength steel and one-piece beam, which effectively increases the bearing capacity of the vehicle and guarantees its anti-distortion, anti-vibration and anti-bumping ability to meet different road bearing capacity.

• High-strength steel spring suspension, reasonable structure, with strong rigidity and strength, used to support the load to slow the impact, and improve the vehicle's cargo strength.

• Humanized design of the vehicle: enlarged thickened and encrypted rope hooks and even design of insertion holes improve the cargo bundling capacity.

• Fuhua axle and Komi ABS effectively increase the braking performance of the vehicle and greatly reduce the wear and tear of the tires.

• Triangle tires, Linglong tires, Bridgestone and other types of tires, aluminum alloy outriggers, tool box, side protection and linkage outriggers and other different configurations for customers to choose, to meet the needs of different customers.