hard to explain but they have a box body on them but there seems to be about 3 ft of clearance between the wheel arches and the trailer wheels them selves, just wondered what those trailers carry…
cheers
CC
I think what your talking about are used to carry sheets of glass
Do you mean one like THIS :iF SO AS POSTED BEFORE ITS A GLASS CARRIER
Robertthegreat:
I think what your talking about are used to carry sheets of glass
If so, they are called Innenladeren or singular Innenlader.
They have a large frame inside that rides on rails.
The driver puts the trailer into position then lowers the suspension on the trailer. This places the rack on the ground and then they open the back door and pull the trailer forward, leaving the glass sheets on the rack behind.
I’ve looked for a vid on it but can’t find one, but I hope that give some insight into the question.
That is of course if the above link is the trailer you mean, 
EDIT: The nice member below has posted a superb vid of this one.
Cheers!
CD…
caitlinsdad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c15UIb9_y5gCheers!
CD…
Cor aint that clever.
They will sort your reversing out, get that wrong and it could be expensive 
Here is a link to many more innenladers.
glastransporter.de.tl/1–.-- … B6%2B7.htm
Many will remember the Turks who ran tilt trailers with innenlader equipment fitted, textiles out and glass back.
They looked like hard work to work with and must have been bloody heavy!
That’s bloody amazing.
Although these trailers appear to be triaxles, they do not in fact have any “axles” as such.
The wheels and suspension units are each mounted independently each side of the trailer,
leaving the centre of the trailer completely clear, this also explains the sturdy construction
of the rear door which adds integrity to the strength of the rear of the trailer.
The trailer in the vid. is carrying only two packs of glass, but I have seen them carrying
four packs and occasionally six packs - very heavy.
Craneage is essential for unloading, sheets of glass this size are impossible to handball.
Learn something everyday on here, seen these trailers for st gobain on the m62 many times,i realised its glass they carry,but didn’t know how or what is exactly inside them. Im genuinely impressed with the engineering and ingenuity that has gone into the design of that trailer,many thanks for the vid.
caitlinsdad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c15UIb9_y5gCheers!
CD…
Don’t let H&S see that vid,NO HI-VIZ,H&S will be having a dickie fit.
they are also used for moving large slabs of concrete for prefab buildings, there’s a company in belgium (the name escapes me at the mo) that sell complete houses to be moved to spain in pieces we load the stuff that fits on a 2.4m wide trailer but the slabs that are say 3m wide can be put in these glass trailers on their sides
Would that sort of work be considered quite well paid compared to general haulage?
I would imagine the Euro work would get you around abit but not much in the way of back loads though?
bullitt:
Would that sort of work be considered quite well paid compared to general haulage?I would imagine the Euro work would get you around abit but not much in the way of back loads though?
there’s quite a few portugese and spanish running to the north of europe and come back empty so must pay ok
axletramp:
Although these trailers appear to be triaxles, they do not in fact have any “axles” as such.
The wheels and suspension units are each mounted independently each side of the trailer,
leaving the centre of the trailer completely clear…
Many of these suspension units are made by Tridec in Holland, Tridec was sold to JOST in 2008 iirc. Tridec was owned by Ton Van Haughton (SP) who previously owned Esteppe!! Very very clever man and nice as well!!
tridec.nl/tridecsite/engels/ … index.html
Many of this type of suspension units where used on Tescos early doubledecks and more recently citylink 'deckers. The common ones used for ‘normal’ ones used are the LV O model. If anyones interested Tridec also supply the command steer for the city trailers that Tesco run, look on the link in the left hand column.
what is the asking price for a trailer like that?
suffolk gold;750913:
what is the asking price for a trailer like that?
A £1.
Notice they have a recall going on some kingpin products supplied over three years up to Jan 2010.Says their supplier has notified them of a possible defect.
bullitt:
Would that sort of work be considered quite well paid compared to general haulage?I would imagine the Euro work would get you around abit but not much in the way of back loads though?
I would guess that the money is a bit better than you would get on general,
it certainly couldn’t be any less!
I don’t know if these glass firms run their own fleets any more, but if they do, these are the sort of
jobs to strive for, beats general haulage any time.