Platform trailers, flatbed trailer

A platform trailer is a type of an open-body cargo trailer. Structurally it is a cargo platform mounted on the cargo trailer frame. Depending on the specific model and modifications, platform trailers may have different dimensions, load capacity and the number of wheel axles. As a rule, they are used as a part of a road train with a tractor unit or a truck.

Platform trailers are a kind of basic type of the cargo trailer, which can, when necessary equipment is added, be used to perform a wide variety of transport tasks. For example, when ramps, as well as special fasteners and recoil mechanisms are added, platform trailers can be used as auto transporters, tow trucks and transporters for road, construction and agricultural machinery, which is not suited for independent moving on the public roads network.

Due to the lack of side walls, platform trailers boards are perfectly suitable for transportation of various types of oversized or bulky cargo. A specific variation of these trailers are the so-called low loader trawls - platform trailers with high load capacity and the loading height ranging from 0.5 m to 1 m.

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