What is a Lowbed semi-trailer? 

A lowbed semi-trailer is a usually used to transport heavy vehicles (such as tractors, buses, special vehicles, etc.), rail vehicles, mining machinery, forestry machinery, construction machinery (such as excavators, bulldozers, loaders, road pavers, cranes, etc.) ) and other heavy loads, the lower the center of gravity, the better the stability and safety, and the greater the ability to transport super high loads and pass overhead obstacles.

Applications and Features of Lowbed semi-trailers

The lowbed semi-trailer series products are suitable for the transportation of various mechanical equipment, large objects, road construction equipment, large tanks, power station equipment and various steels. They are widely used, efficient and fast. The whole vehicle adopts advanced computer-aided design software, and the optimization design is flexible and diverse, and the frame bearing surface is designed according to user requirements to meet the transportation of various special goods.

The main plane of the frame and platform is low, which ensures the stability of transportation and is suitable for carrying all kinds of construction machinery, large-scale equipment and steel.

The Youcan trailer is a removable or detachable gooseneck trailer, and it has a low center of gravity, good stability, high strength and other characteristics which improve the loading capacity. Some equipment installed in the gooseneck of the semi-trailer can be removed or connected by workers, so construction machinery can unload from the front of the semi-trailer. This trailer is mainly suitable for large construction machinery. It solves the issue of the angle of the ladder on a low bed trailer being too great. This is a reliable product which helps you to save money.

Applications

Low bed trailers are used to transport heavy cargo is different industries. Here are most common uses of the heavy-duty trailers.

Heavy vehicles: Vehicle manufactures use low bed trailers to transport heavy vehicles from one showroom to another. The transporters are used to move the vehicles from the port to showrooms and sometimes to clients.

Some of the heavy vehicles that low bed trailers transport include buses, tractors, and special vehicles. A low bed trailers can transport stacks of small vehicles at the same time.

Rail vehicles: There are different categories of rail vehicles including road-rail vehicles, goods wagon, locomotives, and rail motor coach among others.

The common characteristic of these vehicles is that they are heavy and bulky. Low bed trailers are among the best ways to transport rail vehicles.

Mining machinery: Mining requires heavy machinery for drilling and transporting materials including crude oil and minerals. The machinery is assembled offsite and then transported to the mining sites using low bed trailers.

The heavy haulers are preferred because the structure of mining machinery. Mining equipment is perhaps the heaviest cargo that machinery manufacturers transport on the road.

Forestry machinery: The forestry industry uses heavy machinery as well. Heavy equipment is required to cut down and transport logs. Sometimes the logs are processed into timber and other by-products at the site before transporting the products.

The machinery is manufactured assembly halls or imported before it is transported to the forest. Low bed trailers are used to move the forestry machinery from the assembly to the forests.

The wheels of the trailers can navigate the rough terrain in forests. Low bed trailers are also used to move forestry machinery from one forest to another or back to assembly halls after a project is completed.

Agricultural machinery: Agriculture is another field that uses heavy machinery. The machinery is mostly used for large-scale farming. Such large farms are located far from towns and cities.

The major agricultural machinery that low bed trailers transport includes loaders, excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and pavers. The heavy trailers can navigate muddy agricultural farms and move machinery from one farm to another.

Construction: Low bed trailers are used in the construction industry as well. The heavy duty vehicles are commonly used in the construction of roads and bridges.

Some construction equipment and blocks cannot be transported with the normal semi-trailers. Low bed trailers are used to transport concrete blocks to the construction sites.

The blocks are not only heavy but also large. Constructors use the trailers to transports materials in bulk such as cement and beams

Windmill components: The components of windmills are usually assembly in a factory and then transported to their sites. Similar to other heavy cargo, the components are wide and heavy.

The components cannot fit on a closed trailer because of their design and structure. Lowboy trailers are efficient way of transport these components to their site.

Low bed trailers are not only used to transport machinery and vehicle but all categories of heavy loads. For instance, finished products from these industries are packed in containers and stacked on lowboys for transportation.

The transporters can move stacks of heavy containers without toppling over. Hence, many manufacturers prefer to transported finished products to retailers with low bed trailers.

Advantages of low bed trailers

Low bed trailers are widely used in different sectors because of their advantages over other heavy transporters. The main advantages are outlined below.

Stability

The deck of the lowboys is extremely compared to other heavy haulers. A low-lying deck means that the center of gravity is low. Hence, low bed trainers are more stable when transporting heavy cargo than trailers.

One of the ways of increasing stability is widening the base of support. This is possible with low bed trailers because the cargo plane width can be widened. The trailers remain stable on the road irrespective of the height and weight of the cargo.

Safety

Low bed trailers are specifically designed to carry heavy loads. The trailers are made of high-strength materials that can withstand pressure of up to 700mpa.

In addition, the height of the main beams can be as high as 550mm. Hence, manufacturers are assured of the safety of their equipment and products during the transportation process. Below is a picture ofthe heavy beams that are used to make low bed trailers:

A full discussion of all components and materials used to make low bed trailers follows in Chapter 2.2.1.

Load Capacity

According to the number of axles and the size of the tires, the load of the low-bed semi-trailer is also different. The more the number of axles, the greater the load, and the load range is between 20-150 tons.

Lowbed semi-trailer Supplier 

Youcan Trailer was founded in 1999. Rich experiences of producing Lowbed Semi-trailers ,precisely tailored to your fleet requirements.

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