ChelseaScott:
Apologies if this subject has been covered. What is the difference between a tilt and a tautliner trailer?
A tautliner has curtains which slide on tracks like this:
Wheras a tilt has drop-sides and the roof and sides are usually the same sheet:
When it’s all laced up, they can be deceptively similar…
It doesn’t matter whether it’s an artic or a rigid, the terms “tilt” and “tautliner” refer to the type of bodywork, not the chassis.
Mataos32, del949 and weewulliewinkie are all correct, I just supplied a couple of pics for clarity
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That helps loads, Thanks dave
Is there any web site I can go to to see euroliner trailer being stripped down to flat trailer ? I have been searching all through this internet thing and cant find a thing. Tried y/tube for a demo video but seems its the only thing not on y/tube too. I am looking to get a trailer for the boss and the euroliner seems the right choice but it would be good to see the stripping down process 1st. Thanks in advance
ChelseaScott:
Apologies if this subject has been covered. What is the difference between a tilt and a tautliner trailer?
A tautliner has curtains which slide on tracks like this:
Wheras a tilt has drop-sides and the roof and sides are usually the same sheet:
When it’s all laced up, they can be deceptively similar…
It doesn’t matter whether it’s an artic or a rigid, the terms “tilt” and “tautliner” refer to the type of bodywork, not the chassis.
Mataos32, del949 and weewulliewinkie are all correct, I just supplied a couple of pics for clarity
Did this help
That helps loads, Thanks dave
Is there any web site I can go to to see euroliner trailer being stripped down to flat trailer ? I have been searching all through this internet thing and cant find a thing. Tried y/tube for a demo video but seems its the only thing not on y/tube too. I am looking to get a trailer for the boss and the euroliner seems the right choice but it would be good to see the stripping down process 1st. Thanks in advance
daftvader:
Pretty sure you can’t strip a euroliner down to a flat…As the door posts and framework does’nt come apart like a tilt does…
A Euroliner seems to be along the lines of a curtainsider with an opening roof to allow over head loading ?.In general a tilt provides the best of all worlds combination of all the advantages of both a flat and a curtainsider.
daftvader:
Pretty sure you can’t strip a euroliner down to a flat…As the door posts and framework does’nt come apart like a tilt does…
A Euroliner seems to be along the lines of a curtainsider with an opening roof to allow over head loading ?.In general a tilt provides the best of all worlds combination of all the advantages of both a flat and a curtainsider.
I’m not sure I’d ever say ‘best’ and ‘tilt’ in the same sentence. The Euroliner is the most versatile all round trailer these days as it doesn’t come with the disadvantage of hours of back breaking faffing about. We do a lot of euroliner work, brilliant bits of kit.
daftvader:
Pretty sure you can’t strip a euroliner down to a flat…As the door posts and framework does’nt come apart like a tilt does…
A Euroliner seems to be along the lines of a curtainsider with an opening roof to allow over head loading ?.In general a tilt provides the best of all worlds combination of all the advantages of both a flat and a curtainsider.
I’m not sure I’d ever say ‘best’ and ‘tilt’ in the same sentence. The Euroliner is the most versatile all round trailer these days as it doesn’t come with the disadvantage of hours of back breaking faffing about. We do a lot of euroliner work, brilliant bits of kit.
I’ve never used a Euroliner but as far as I know in the case of it’s overhead abilities and load flexibility it’s still limited by a fixed curtain sider type body structure ?.While tilts can be used as ‘either’ a flat for overhead awkward flat type jobs ‘or’ a curtainsider for the usual type of side rear loaded jobs.On that note I don’t think I ever needed to strip or rebuild a tilt more than once or twice a week in the yard with help and which was more than made up for by being able to use it like a curtainsider the rest/most of the time.But having said that I can understand the issue if a tilt was being used for regular overhead loading type jobs needing stripping and rebuilding on a regular journey by journey basis.
Tilt trailer…and from the slogan, it obviously didn’t and a tornliner. It did say torn didn’t it? Joking aside and to the left a bit, wish our ‘fleet support department’ had purchased some of those ‘Speed Curtain’ trailers youtu.be/mO8NFPuwTUI
You are right carryfast,the e/liner from the outside resembles a t/liner,difference being e/liner has timber or ally boards same as a tilt and a sliding roof which is a godsend when loading overhead compared to a tilt.
regards dave.
P,S. They also come as coilers.
daftvader:
Pretty sure you can’t strip a euroliner down to a flat…As the door posts and framework does’nt come apart like a tilt does…
A Euroliner seems to be along the lines of a curtainsider with an opening roof to allow over head loading ?.In general a tilt provides the best of all worlds combination of all the advantages of both a flat and a curtainsider.
I’m not sure I’d ever say ‘best’ and ‘tilt’ in the same sentence. The Euroliner is the most versatile all round trailer these days as it doesn’t come with the disadvantage of hours of back breaking faffing about. We do a lot of euroliner work, brilliant bits of kit.
I’ve never used a Euroliner but as far as I know in the case of it’s overhead abilities and load flexibility it’s still limited by a fixed curtain sider type body structure ?.While tilts can be used as ‘either’ a flat for overhead awkward flat type jobs ‘or’ a curtainsider for the usual type of side rear loaded jobs.On that note I don’t think I ever needed to strip or rebuild a tilt more than once or twice a week in the yard with help and which was more than made up for by being able to use it like a curtainsider the rest/most of the time.But having said that I can understand the issue if a tilt was being used for regular overhead loading type jobs needing stripping and rebuilding on a regular journey by journey basis.
There are hardly any flats these days so that aspect of a tilt isn’t a big thing. Most companies who run flats do it for very specific work and have the market sewn up. The best thing about a Euroliner is the fact you can go from everything open to everything closed in 5 minutes
i may be wrong but i think that a tautliner is a fixed body trailer with a curtain that you tention with built in straps. whereas a tilt is a trailer with a removeable frame coverered with a tarpaulin that you can strip right down to a flat bed
tilt is basically a flat trailer with a removable frame and cover for access if needed. but its the stuff off nightmares dismantling and rebuilding them especialy if the holes in the sheet dont line up. they were generaly used for international work. tautliners are really trailers with curtains along the side for ease of access and are widely used for everything. hope that helps
And a Tautliner is a trade mark for a curtainsider
Like Hoover is a trade mark for a vacuum cleaner.
or Jeep is not a Land Rover or Japanese
Tilts were originally designed for cross border transport and were built so that they could be sealed by customs and there were no gaps or hidey holes for contraband. They ran under the convention of TIR which was a common agreement between many countries and had common paperwork to accompany the load. Nowadays it is possible to have a curtainsider built under a TIR agreement but is less common since more countries are coming into the EU. A development of the curtainsider is the euroliner, another trademark but basically a curtainsider with a sliding roof, and cargo boards
