[vc_row type="full_width_content" full_screen_row_position="middle" equal_height="yes" content_placement="middle" bg_color="#f4f4f4" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" shape_type=""][vc_column column_padding="padding-10-percent" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" el_class="truck_section_left" width="2/3" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_row_inner column_margin="default" text_align="left"][vc_column_inner enable_animation="true" animation="none" column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][nectar_animated_title heading_tag="h2" style="color-strip-reveal" color="Accent-Color" text="Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver's Guide"][vc_column_text]Specialized heavy haul jobs let truckers pull thebiggest loads with jaw-dropping equipment.[/vc_column_text][nectar_animated_title heading_tag="h3" style="color-strip-reveal" color="Accent-Color" text="TALL OR LONG LOADS: STEP DECK TRUCKING AND OTHER SPECIALTY TRAILERS"][vc_column_text]These trailers handle cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the legal load. Step deck and drop deck trailers provide a few more feet of clearance for the tall load. Stretch trailers offer the option turning that load on its side to remain legal.
These trailers also carry oversized cargo within routine permit limits.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" background_image="2874" enable_bg_scale="true" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" el_class="truck_section_right" width="1/3" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type="full_width_content" full_screen_row_position="middle" equal_height="yes" content_placement="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" shape_type=""][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" background_image="2669" enable_bg_scale="true" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" el_class="truck_section_right" width="1/2" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding="padding-10-percent" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" el_class="truck_section_left" width="1/2" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_row_inner column_margin="default" text_align="left"][vc_column_inner enable_animation="true" animation="none" column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][nectar_animated_title heading_tag="h3" style="color-strip-reveal" color="Accent-Color" text="STEP DECKS – OR SINGLE DROP DECKS"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck. It’s also called thesingle drop deck.
The step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor.The top deck is 60” off the ground. The lower main deck is about 2’ lower than the front deck.
Step deck trucking is used for tall loads. Step deck trailers cancarry legal loads with cargo up to 10’ high.They commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight that’s over 9’ tall.Because step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, their cargo can roll to the ground.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][nectar_animated_title heading_tag="h3" style="color-strip-reveal" color="Accent-Color" text="REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers are equipped with removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground. It creates a ramp for self-powered cargo, like heavy vehicles and equipment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][nectar_animated_title heading_tag="h3" style="color-strip-reveal" color="Accent-Color" text="DOUBLE DROPS – OR LOWBOYS"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. It looks like a step deck or RGN in the front. It has another short deck over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs along, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”
The double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high. Most double dropshave a “flip axle” to handle the weight of these large loads. The flip axle is attached to the trailer’s rear frame by hinge plates and pins. It folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.
RGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.
Conventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs)more often are loadedby crane.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][nectar_animated_title heading_tag="h3" style="color-strip-reveal" color="Accent-Color" text="STRETCH AND EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed. It adjusts to optimum size for the load.
Stretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You canfind them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.
Generally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, windmills. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type="full_width_content" full_screen_row_position="middle" equal_height="yes" content_placement="middle" bg_color="#f4f4f4" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" shape_type=""][vc_column column_padding="padding-10-percent" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" el_class="truck_section_left" width="2/3" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_row_inner column_margin="default" text_align="left"][vc_column_inner enable_animation="true" animation="none" column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][nectar_animated_title heading_tag="h2" style="color-strip-reveal" color="Accent-Color" text="HEAVY LOADS"][vc_column_text]Truck weights have been regulated since the early 20th century. The first laws attempted to prevent damage by early iron and solid rubber wheels to dirt or gravel roads. Current law protects bridges and pavement from the weight of ever-larger loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" background_image="2874" enable_bg_scale="true" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" el_class="truck_section_right" width="1/3" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][nectar_animated_title heading_tag="h3" style="color-strip-reveal" color="Accent-Color" text="AXELS AND WEIGHT LIMITS"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed. It adjusts to optimum size for the load.
Stretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You canfind them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.
Generally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, windmills. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]