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FLAT BED SEMI-TRAILERS
Boxed or raw freight, like lumber needed to be hauled on a flatbed semi-trailer platform without sides. These loads were invariably high weight and required steel reinforcement. These trailers came with I –Beam axles, mountain-type brake systems and main-plus helper springs. Some customers modified flatbed trailers with grain boxes or livestock cages for multiple uses. These semi-trailers eventually were used in the piggy-backing and fishy-backing systems created in the 1950’s which gave way to the later invention of the shipping container.
Boxed or raw freight, like lumber needed to be hauled on a flatbed semi-trailer platform without sides. These loads were invariably high weight and required steel reinforcement. These trailers came with I –Beam axles, mountain-type brake systems and main-plus helper springs. Some customers modified flatbed trailers with grain boxes or livestock cages for multiple uses. These semi-trailers eventually were used in the piggy-backing and fishy-backing systems created in the 1950’s which gave way to the later invention of the shipping container.
