When freight is tall, trailers that carry it must be short. That’s the reason for the drop deck, a variant of the flatbed or platform trailer. A “single drop” or “step deck” has a forward down-step ...

At the Great American Trucking Show, Benson introduced its redesigned all-aluminum drop deck trailer, which features a newly designed front deck frame, transition and main-frame inner crossmembers ...

This trailer is the first to include new 12,000-lb. capacity axles from Dexter Inc. and the first to include a brand-new replaceable aluminum fender option on a Towmaster model. The ...

Lately I’ve been zeroing in on drop decks, partly because I’ve always been curious about them, but mostly because I’m writing a story on drop decks for the May issue of HDT. Drop decks are a variation ...

Felling's FT-16 IT-I features a removable attachment rack with multiple securement points with rub rail stake pockets along with bolt-on tubes on the roadside for storage of shovels and brooms. The FT ...

The Transcraft DTL-3000 beavertail, drop-deck trailer with level-deck ramp system now incorporates 6-inch structural-steel side rails for added stiffness, recessed D-rings to provide lashing points ...

Beavertail ramp systems on the DTL 2100 and DTL 3000 drop-deck trailers now come standard with the level-deck option. With that option, the ramp system can be loaded all the way to the end of the ...

Mexican truck parts and trailer specialist Fultra bought trailer manufacturer East Manufacturing, the companies said. East declined to disclose the price. Randolph, Ohio-based East, which was founded ...