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Flatbed Trailer

What is a Flatbed Trailer?

A flatbed trailer is a typical open deck equipment that has no roof nor sides. It is mainly used for transporting heavy, oversized, wide and indelicate goods such as machinery, building supplies or equipment. The flatly shaped body makes it much easier to load and unload goods.

Due to the flatbed truck open body, the goods transported with it must not be vulnerable to rain. With its versatility, the trailer is one of the most used. Generally, the length of the trailer ranges between 48 and 53 feet. By functionalities, flatbed trailer is comparable to a flatbed truck.

A flatbed trailer is a flatly shaped trailer for transporting goods with unique dimensions.

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