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Flatbed trailers come with varying ratings of GVWR as well which play into how much weight can be hauled. If you went to a truck stop and talked to ten different drivers about axle spacing you would probably get ten different answers on what they prefer and why. Truckers can have lift axles or dump valves or sliding axles or traveling axles seen on Landoll style trailers. Many different variations and customizations can be made to the axles. Truckers could prefer axle spacing for other reasons such as city driving with tighter turns you might prefer to have a closed axle flatbed over a spread axle flatbed. Each state has different rules and laws on how much weight can be carried, axles allowed, spread or fixed, et cetera. The more weight the trucker can take the more versatile the tractor truck and semi-trailer combination become and the more loads that are available.

Trucking is a game of pounds and inches a lot of the time, and with a spread axle, the trucker is allowed to carry more weight in some states versus a closed axle. Each axle spacing is desired for various reasons. On a 48ft or 53ft flatbed trailer, the axle spacing is needed for different reasons depending on the application used. This axle spacing is necessary to have the room to install the forklift kit on the rear. On a 45ft flatbed that will have a forklift kit on the back, the trucker would need to have sliding tandem axles where both axles slide together or a sliding rear axle or a set forward rear axle The axle spread on flatbed trailers is essential for many reasons as well. 45x102 flatbeds are not widely popular, but most local haulers use this size to install a Princeton or Moffett kit on the back to be able to haul a forklift for local or short hauls.įorklifts can be as long as 8-10ft, so the shorter 45ft flatbeds are needed to be axble to have a forklift on the rear and not be over length.

There are other sizes such as a 45x102 or 48x96 or 53x96 but not a whole lot of supply or demand for the 96 inch wide trailers. Most flatbed trailers come in two standard sizes either 48x102 or 53x102.

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