What Are the Benefits of Low Bed Trailers?

Is your transport fleet in need of hauling solutions that are well suited to hauling oversized freight such as heavy equipment, vehicles, and more? Low bed trailers are a versatile option that grants multiple benefits to commercial haulers. As one of China’s top suppliers of trailers and hauling equipment, BAPUTI Trailers is proud to offer advanced products , we’ll discuss some of the main benefits of low bed trailers.

What is a Low-Bed Trailer?

As the name suggests, low-bed (or lowboy) trailers are models that have a lower profile compared to other units facilitated by a drop deck design. This lower profile makes it possible to haul oversized items or equipment that exceeds normal height restrictions. Low bed trailers are particularly helpful when it comes to transporting extremely heavy loads that would risk unbalancing other trailers and both removable gooseneck trailers, as well as mechanical and hydraulic units, offer superior stability no matter your payload.

12 axle 120ton low bed truck trailer

There are three types of low bed semi trailer frames: flat, gooseneck and recessed beam.

Application of lowbed trailer

Lowboy trailers have a wide range of applications spanning multiple industries.Lowbed trailer is usually used to transport heavy vehicles (such as tractors, buses, special cars, etc.), rail vehicles, mining machinery, forestry machinery, engineering machinery (such as excavators, bulldozers, loaders, pavers, cranes, etc.) and other heavy-duty cargo, the lower its center of gravity, the better its stability and safety, the stronger its ability to transport super-high cargo and pass overhead obstacles.

4 line 8 axle 150 ton low bed trailer

Product Features

The lowbed semi-trailer is also widely used, suitable for a variety of machinery and equipment, large objects, highway construction equipment, bulky tanks, power station equipment machine all kinds of steel transportation.

1.Low flatbed

The lowbed semi-trailer has flatbed, concave beam and exposed tire structure, and the longitudinal beam is flat or gooseneck type. Its frame is ladder type, longitudinal beam cross-section is I-beam, with high rigidity, high strength and other characteristics.

2.Freight platform

The main plane of the frame platform is low, which ensures the smoothness of transportation and is suitable for carrying all kinds of construction machinery, large equipment and steel, etc.

3.Three-axle balanced type

Adopting three-axle balanced type, two-axle balanced type or rigid suspension, equipped with mass balance blocks between front and rear steel plate springs, which can make the deflection of front and rear steel plate springs change in equal amount, so that the front and rear axles are subjected to balanced forces, etc..

4.Personalized design

The lowbed semi-trailer series products are suitable for the transportation of various kinds of machinery and equipment, large objects, highway construction equipment, bulky tanks, power station equipment machine various kinds of steel, widely used, efficient and fast. The whole vehicle adopts advanced computer-aided design software to optimize the design flexibility, and design the frame bearing surface according to user requirements to meet the transportation of various special goods.

Benefits

As we mentioned above, there are multiple benefits to hauling with lowboy trailers, two of which include:

Stability

Lowboys are designed to have a lower centre of gravity, which in turns grants better stability compared to other styles of trailers. Combined with a wider cargo plane, you can count on low beds to keep your products safe during transport.

Versatile

In addition to enhanced stability, low bed trailers are popular due to their versatile and adaptable Design. Created to handle the heaviest loads with ease, lowboys are well equipped to take on oversized equipment and stock without compromising safety standards or putting either driver or cargo at risk. The low profile of these trailers makes it easy to stay compliant with height regulations and to transport resources from site to site with minimal difficulties.