Pigeon[sp] Racing trailers too.
I guess you can have a trailer bespoke made to what ever you like, Maybe we should stick to pics of ‘off the shelf’ ones else we might run out of space?
The chassis rails run down the side of the trailer and instead of having conventional axles they use 6 independant stub axles.
That’s them, saw one stuck outside the Docks at Dover last year, the whole stub axle had fallen off complete with the suspension unit and jammed underneath, nice!
And don’t forget Refridgerated Car Transporters 
Used for transporting clay models of new cars.
They use them for winter testing too and will freeze a car, then take it to morocco or somewhere and unload it, to watch the windows pop out and see if it will start 
See Ontime Automotive
Thanks everyone for the reply’s. I think sliding skellie
is a better name than rolling bogie. Those Glass
carrier trailers sound intresting.
These look the same kind of trailers 
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Tautliners and Euroliners
Machinery carrier and Low laoder
To theghostofcain and Wheel Nut - thanks!! That’s what I meant!!
It was bugging me trying to explain and not being able to find a picture. 
dennisw1:
I did have a look for a glass trailer but couldnt find a pic.
I drive rigids for a glass firm out of swansea and will try to get a pic of the jumbo sheets being delivered -your right though the trailers do look weird
A triple decker
Container trailer with front and rear cranes, and rear steer.
Multi-lift trailer
Slope-bed trailer
Roll on, roll off, waste drawbar
Some nice trucks there theghostofcain
any idea what height that triple decker
trailer is .
convoy:
Some nice trucks there theghostofcain
any idea what height that triple decker
trailer is
At a guess, 16 ’ or so 
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what is a reefer?
also, i have noticed a few skellies with the standard 3 axles at the back but with 1 or 2 axles further forward but raised off the ground. what is the deal with them?
Reefer = refridgerated trailer.
The skellies you mention are the type that can be split to carry two 20ft boxes i.e. put the ‘back half’ on a bay to be unloaded and take the ‘front half’ to another drop. They are more common in Europe than UK and, in theory at least, are more productive.
Is a taughtliner the same as a curtainsider. Just been asked on a application form if i had any experience with taughtliners left it blank cause I thought taughtliners were a particular type of curtiansider. 
Yes. Tautliner is the brand name for curtainsiders made by BoAlloy, a company from Congleton, Cheshire who I think I’m right in saying first came up with the idea of a covered body / trailer with sliding curtains for full length access from both sides - around the late 1960s I think.
Nowadays many people refer to any make of curtainsider as a ‘tautliner’.
Can someone please supply a pic of a tilt, cos even after reading the meaning elsewhere on this site, I’m still not sure what one is. The only thing I can think is those trailers you see that have a curtain at the top and a lift down metal flap at the bottom??
This is the only one I could find
Thanks, Convoy. They are as I thought
I think Astran used tilt trailers in the Destination Doha dvd.
I would like to know more about the tilt trailers myself
as they supposed to have removable framework and
I was wondering if they use them as a flat bed or have
I got the wrong idea about them .
Tilts are the flat-bed/curtainsider from hell…they are basically used for just about anything, the only difference being the amount you have to strip down in order to tip/load.
They are pretty much invariably rusty and badly maintained, with a sheet so heavy and stiff that it’s a wonder anyone can move it at all…never mind in the pouring rain/ a force 9 gale. 
As someone who’s done a stint on tilts, I can honestly advise only to avoid them at all costs 
- something that’s becoming easier as operators increasingly see the light and replace them with Euroliners (curtainsiders with sliding roofs).
convoy:
I think Astran used tilt trailers in the Destination Doha dvd.I would like to know more about the tilt trailers myself
as they supposed to have removable framework and
I was wondering if they use them as a flat bed or have
I got the wrong idea about them
The tilt was used before tautliners or euroliners, as you can see from the picture convoy posted. The frame holds the sheet up, they do not have a fixed cantrail like a taut, some have barn doors, but they are a pain as they need a big heavy lintel. To turn a tilt into a flat is a marathon exercise and not to be taken lightly on your own, the sheets alone weigh a ton! (nearly literally) there is nowhere to store the framework, timbers and poles.
The main reasons for us using them on European and beyond was that they are built to a specification approved by the customs in each country, under TIR regs.
Each trailer had a document which was known as a GV60 in the UK, this stated trailer manufacturer, unique number and year of manufacture. It also carried a current photograph of the trailer, which you had to show with your TIR Carnet at customs when you opened the carnet.
The trailer had to be mot tested and a new certificate would be issued if the trailer came up to specification. The trailer was not allowed to have any holes or repairs which were not riveted or welded. when the side boards were closed there had to be a minimum gap between the side raves and the boards and doors. All this was to stop scumbags pushing packets of drugs or contraband inside when it was loaded.
The same type of sealing cord was used as today, which saved you a lot of aggravation at borders, a cursory glance at the seal and your carnet would be stamped and then rechecked at the next border post.
Without a carnet or a GV60 you had to “manifest the load” which meant getting an agent to list all the contents in every language of the countries you were transiting. Each border post was entitled to open the trailer and check that the load was correct, apart from being very time consuming, it was expensive as the driver had to pay an agent at each border.
This is a brief description of the reasons for using tilts, some people love them, some hate them, but it is another of those things in transport that we have lost along with roping and sheeting, and washing & greasing trucks every saturday before you got paid 
I have found a few links that will explain my above post in government speak
unece.org/trans/bcf/tir/syst … istory.htm
vosa.gov.uk/vosa/forms/appli … 20(gv%2062.doc
website.lineone.net/~patgardiner/page13.html
Of course the TIR system works for many other types of transport unit, containers, tilts, tankers, even flats, although Open TIR has different requirements.
Any questions, ask Truckyboy