Closed box semi-trailers, box semi-trailer

Closed box semi-trailer is one of the types of hard covered body of cargo semitrailers.

Closed box semi-trailer constitutes a framed or frameless box mounted on the chassis of a cargo semitrailer. It typically has two or three axles (less often - one), one or two of which can be retrievable and be lowered only when necessary to transport a large mass of cargo. Like most other semi-trailers, closed box semi-trailer has extensible legs in the front part, which allow keeping horizontal body position when disconnected from the tractor. Double-wing doors are equipped in the rear wall (considerably less often you can see the doors to one of the sides).

The closed box itself can be made of a variety of materials - aluminum alloys, stainless steel, plywood, sandwich panels, reinforced plastic; if necessary, the walls can have a layer of thermal insulating material. Inner paneling may be made of, for example, plastic, zinc, plywood, laminates, etc.

Most typical additional equipment for closed box semitrailers includes access ramps, loading lifts and other loading mechanisms.

Standard closed-box semi-trailer can perfectly protect the cargo from direct sunlight and precipitation. In case of a need to transport goods which are sensitive to temperature conditions, such specialized types of closed-box semi-trailers as refrigerators and isothermal semitrailer are applies.

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