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Flatbed Trailer: A flat oriented trailer typically ranging from 45' to 53' the maximum length permitted for a trailer. The trailer is usually 96” wide however legal trailers can be up to 102” wide.
Stepdeck Trailer: A flat oriented trailer that has a step at the front that is usually three feet higher and about 10' long.
Removable Goose-neck Trailer (RGN): a flatbed oriented trailer which has a removable goose-neck in the front. This goose-neck detatches from the trailer and when detatched the trailer acts as a ramp for loading heavy equipment onto the trailer. Removable goose-neck trailers are typically used to haul heavy equipment from job site to job site and have extra axles in order to accommodate the extra weight.
Perimeter Frame Deck: A perimeter frame deck trailer is for the most part two long rails with axles under them. A permiter frame deck trailer is used primarily to haul round object such as tanks which rest on each rail supporting the round tank.
Double Drop: A double drop trailer is like a flatbed trailer that is lower to the ground in order the avoid height obstructions.
Stretch Trailer: Any flatbed oriented trailer that has a mechanism enabling it's deck to stretch longer.
Pilot Car: A vehicle that leads or follows a heavy, long, wide or tall load depending on it's requirements to travel by laws.