Fontaine announced a new flatbed trailer, Impact, that it said balances strength, weight, and cost for open-deck trucking operations. “The Impact trailer is a durable, lightweight, and cost-effective ...

This story appears in the March 9 print edition of Transport Topics. Trailer manufacturers have been pursuing weight reduction for years, trimming pounds from body materials and suspension components ...

Utility Trailer Manufacturing's newest offering is the 4000D-X Composite van trailer. Designed to be lighter and as strong as a conventional plate trailer, the new trailer has added performance ...

June 8, 2009 Packing your favorite toys and making for the great outdoors doesn't have to mean firing up the gas-guzzling 4WD and hitching a dual-axle trailer. Light-weight trailers make sense - they ...

Why risk a major piece of iron by using the wrong equipment trailer? This is not the place to save money. Instead, think of an equipment trailer as a long-term investment. "A trailer has a life cycle ...

How important is saving weight? It's vital in some operations, such as hauling bulk commodities, especially if trailers are always loaded to the max and tare weight must be cut to enhance payload ...