Trailers

XL Specialized Trailers boosts warranty

XL Specialized Trailers is boosting its warranty coverage, with a new “5-3-1” policy that features five years of structural coverage, three years of paint coverage, and a year of…

Utility offers 7-inch underride retrofits

Utility Trailer Manufacturing dry vans, refrigerated vans and flatbeds produced after 2002 can be retrofitted with the manufacturer’s standard seven-inch-deep horizontal ICC bumper. The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety…

Hyundai Translead sheds weight, unveils new trailer panel

Hyundai Translead has enhanced its 2021 dry and refrigerated van trailers in the name of shedding weight and improving durability – and introduced a lightweight polymer fiber core composite…

Get a leg up into your trailers

Retrac’s HighRise folding rear entry step offers an easier way to enter trailers and cargo areas, and they can be installed in minutes. The corrosion-resistant step features an auto-stowing…

Enercs automates landing gear deployment

Enercs has launched its eDrive-Phi, an electric drive tool that automates landing gear raising and lowering at the push of a button. The tool was developed and built in Canada,…

Newest XL trailer ready for tall, heavy loads

XL Specialized Trailers’ new XL 120 hydraulic detachable gooseneck (HDG) 3+2 trailer boasts a concentrated capacity rating of 120,000 lb. in 10 feet and a mere 18-inch deck height.

Heat King units tap into solar power

Thermo King is now offering solar panels for Heat King heating units, offering a power source that keeps batteries charged and limiting sulfation. The 40-watt solar panel is paired…

vHub adds GPS tracking to trailer marketplace

vHub, an online marketplace that can be used to reposition and share trailers, is now adding precise GPS tracking to its offerings. The system is now integrating TrackLight tail…

Wabash National harnesses solar power for reefer

Wabash National is combining technologies from eNow solar power and Carrier Transicold’s all-electric reefer to create a zero-emission trailer.

55-ton Talbert trailer excels with low-clearance and dead loads

Talbert Manufacturing’s 5553TA traveling axle trailer features a planetary winch and a redesigned piggy-back cylinder offering over 25% more power to move axles in adverse conditions. The 55-ton unit…

Fontaine trailer ready for 60-ton loads

Fontaine Heavy-Haul’s Magnitude 60LCC trailer will haul 60-ton loads in 13 feet with four close-coupled axles. It’s designed for regions where spread axle configurations are not required to maximize trailer…

Fail-safe pintle hitch closes automatically

Premier Manufacturing’s Saf-T-Latch pintle hitch will close automatically if a driver forgets to do the job manually. The mechanism is activated when the emergency brake is released, drawing on…

Talbert AC Series ready to haul equipment

Talbert Manufacturing’s Tag-a-Long Austin Carry-All Series (AC Series) trailers offer an option to haul small- and mid-sized equipment. The 10- to 25-ton trailers feature a seven-degree load angle to transport…

Talbert drop-deck supports small, medium equipment moves

Talbert Manufacturing has introduced a fixed-neck, drop-deck trailer for small- to mid-sized equipment movers that work in oil field, agricultural, construction and demolition applications. The 35-ton 35FG-BVTL is…

Carrier Transicold charger harnesses the sun

Carrier Transicold’s newest charging system for transport refrigeration unit (TRU) batteries is looking skyward for power, and it takes up limited space on top of the TRU itself.