6 Types of Major Heavy Hauling Equipment That Everyone Should Know About.

Nov 5
21:24

2020

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When shipping oversized & overweight items like Industrial machinery, large-scale construction materials, or military equipment that requires special attention can have a unique challenge when it comes to transport. That's why heavy haul freight services always rely on the right hauling equipment to safely and efficiently move overweight loads. Below mentioned are the types of heavy hauling equipment for better understanding:

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When shipping oversized & overweight items like Industrial machinery,6 Types of Major Heavy Hauling Equipment That Everyone Should Know About. Articles large-scale construction materials, or military equipment that requires special attention can have a unique challenge when it comes to transport.

That's why heavy haul freight services always rely on the right hauling equipment to safely and efficiently move overweight loads. Below mentioned are the types of heavy hauling equipment for better understanding:

 

  • 2 Axle Extendable

 The configuration of an extendable trailer is a mechanism that is towed by a tractor-trailer to move the special load for heavy haul transporters. We can extend the trailers to accommodate loads that may be used for many different lengths depending on what the cargo is demanding. The telescoping mechanism of an extendable trailer can be a part of both the chassis front as well as rear. Usually, both the front and rare chassis using a rigid connection compliment the trailers versatility when the trailer is expanded along the horizontal axis.

 

  • 2 Axle Step Deck

 These step deck trailers are a version of flatbed trailers which are having lower and an upper deck. It is used to transport a taller load which cannot be transported by conventional flatbed trailer. These trailers are known as most versatile trailers as a range from over height, over width and any unconventional shape or almost any cargo can be shipped with this type of trailers.  Being closer to the ground they are much easier to load with a forklift. These 2 axle step decks can be only loaded from the side or top. These trailers combined with load levellers can even out the decks. Some loads are transported by 2-axle step deck trailer, are like tall machinery, large load and equipment as well as building and construction materials.

 

  • 4 Axle Step Deck

Managing load distribution is the key to meet regulations for weight and safety. 4 axle step deck are used to meet the conditions of a specific load weight, height and width characteristics. When combining the trailer tare weight and the load weight the gross weight will be the target weight to consider when determining if a load is underweight and if the three-axle trailer can be used instead of a four-axle, then we can use more weight on cargo if it can be distributed properly. Another tool with these step deck trailers to get proper load distribution is the sliding fifth wheel located over the drive axle and tandems. This transfers the weight in between the steer axles and drives axles. Each tandem axle hole usually shifts the load in two hundred pound increments.

 

 

  • Four Axle Step Deck Extendable

These adjustable trailers can accommodate different weights, sizes, and shapes of cargo from mining equipment to military vehicles, aeronautics, etc. Four axle step deck is especially known for providing exceptional support to cargo with, stretch trailers which make it possible to limit and not to consider the risk associated with overhanging cargo. These types of trailers are majorly used to carry these excessively long loads within the size, weight regulation nationwide. Expandable flatbed trailers can haul freight with the legal maximum and weight designated for each axle. Heavy Hauling Transporting Company helps to track real-time and in-depth attending to all permits, routing, clearances, inspections, and trapping details.

 

  • 5 Axle Climate Control

This 5 axle climate control trailer has a special feature for shippers who required strict climate control environments for their loads when being transported. These trailers utilize the latest advancements in technology to create exact specific climate condition as required by the cargo's requirements. By this, it reduces the chance for irreparable damage to your cargo.

Loads like Wine, Food, and Artwork, Life science, Government projects for defence and the pharmaceutical are some of the examples for cargo that required climate change shipping.

 

  • 9 Axle Trailer

These 9-axle flatbed trailers can weigh up to 75 tons. Because these 9-axle can safely carry this additional tonnage there is less need to dismantle cargo to meet weight regulations. When using the correct equipment you can save in fuel, cumulative labour, and assembly time by shipping your heavy haul trucking cargo in one piece vs. piecemeal. A 9-axle trailer has the ability to stretch or double drop depending on the cargo's configuration. Transporting your load in one go is both labour and time saving and positively reflected on your bottom line. These trailers can handle length of just over one hundred feet and heights of twelve feet. Distributing the weight is hydraulically controlled over the rear three axles to make sure the weight is evenly distributed with little effort.