flatbed trailer

Deckless cargo hauler

A flatbed trailer is a trailer with a flat, open platform and no sides or roof, used for hauling large or irregularly shaped cargo like lumber, machinery, or vehicles.

The lack of enclosure allows loading from any angle and accommodates items that won't fit in a standard enclosed trailer: The construction crew loaded steel beams onto the flatbed trailer.

Related
  • semiLarge freight truck
  • haulingTransporting heavy items
  • cargoTransported goods
  • rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
  • fifth wheelUnnecessary addition to group

eighteen-wheeler · lumber · highway · open road · truck stop · straps · tarp · load · trucker · hitch · axle · freight · pallets · steel · machinery · oversize · pilot car · equipment

Categories
Opposites
cargo enclosure

flatbed trailerenclosed trailer

Boxed vehicle for hauling

box trailer · livestock trailer · tanker trailer · dump trailer

platform configuration

flatbed trailertanker trailer

Cylindrical trailer for liquids

livestock trailer · dump trailer

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G