Lowboy (trailer)

A lowboy trailer carrying a truck
A typical lowboy load configuration

A lowboy (low loader in British English, low-bed in western Canada and South Africa or float in Australia) is a semi-trailer with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels. This allows the deck to be extremely low compared with other trailers. It offers the ability to carry legal loads up to 12 ft (3.66 m) tall, which other trailers cannot. Lowboys are used to haul heavy equipment such as bulldozers, industrial equipment etc.

History

The first lowboy trailer was invented in the 1920s; it featured a riveted gooseneck and solid rubber tires. The first detachable gooseneck trailer, referred to as an RGN (Removable goose neck), was invented in 1958.[1]

Types

The lowboy trailer comes in several types, for a wide range of tasks. Some types are:

Features

Lowboy trailer features include:

Suspension types

Main article: Suspension (vehicle)

Structural types

Gallery

See also

References

  1. RGN trailers- Accessed 2012-04-06
  2. Fixed goose neck trailer- Retrieved 2012-04-06
  3. - Hydraulic Detachable Gooseneck
  4. Mechanical removable gooseneck- Retrieved 2012-04-06
  5. Mechanical folding gooseneck- Retrieved 2012-04-06
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