Great Western Transportation offers many services with one of our premier specialties being Flatbed Trucking. Flatbeds are trailers with no walls and are ideal for unloading and loading when there is no dock or when the product won’t quite fit in the confines of a dry van.
Flatbeds are very commonly used when moving construction equipment because often the location of the equipment is at constructions sites that don’t have access to docks and need the ability to load from the side with either a crane or forklift. Although construction equipment is very commonly associated with flatbed trucks, there are many other types of products that commonly move on flatbeds like pipe and steel with options to tarp the product so it is protected from the weather.
There a few different types of trailers in the category of flatbeds that offer abilities to fit different needs like easier loading and offloading and more room to fit items so that they better fit the dimensions required by law without requiring permits. Common types of flatbed trailers are the regular straight flatbed which is usually 5 feet high and the step deck which is a trailer that attached to the hitch of the truck but then dips down to about 3 feet high allowing you to fit items that are larger in height.
A good example to illustrate how the different flatbed trailers can suit different needs would be moving a piece of machinery that is 10 feet high. With a regular flatbed the highest you can generally go is 8’6” but if you use a stepdeck you can generally go up to 10’6” and still be within the dimensions set by the Department of Transportation.
At Great Western Transportation we have experienced professionals who know exactly what type of trailer you need based on the type of product and its dimensions. Feel free to visit our Flatbed Trucking page or give us a call if you have any questions we may assist you with.
