Juddian:
Back in my early days where i worked we used to rent some US made trailer, Strick if i recall was the make.
Full 40 foot tandems but with spoked wheels, most unusual at the time, the wheels right at the back, standard connectors, i recall them obviously cutting corners more but they were much more stable on the road than our typical trailers.
The trailer in the pics above, i agree are either glass or steel carriers.
The glass carriers you see most of tend to be lower riding than those, with each of the 6 wheels mounted on individual stubs axles, so when the stillage which doubles as the centre of the trailer chassis is dropped for (un)loading the cover complete on its 6 wheels can be driven forwards leaving the stillage on the deck.
Bottom left white trailer looks quite normal to me, but happy to be wrong, most US trailers i’ve seen here the wheels are right at the back.
Most of ours have the wheels right at the back too and they do handle nicely.
Juddian:
Bottom left white trailer looks quite normal to me, but happy to be wrong, most US trailers i’ve seen here the wheels are right at the back.
The ones at Mildenhall and Lakenheath were a mixture of US spec 45’ tandem trailers with wheels right on the back, US spec Tri-axles with wheels in normal position for Europe and some European trailers, including low loaders and curtainsiders, which was a novelty for the US drivers there, apparently they didn’t have anything like them in the US at the time.
I reckon if that is a US trailer, then more than likely it’s an AAAFI trailer, which I think were the on base shops, like our Naafi’s.
Juddian:
Bottom left white trailer looks quite normal to me, but happy to be wrong, most US trailers i’ve seen here the wheels are right at the back.
The ones at Mildenhall and Lakenheath were a mixture of US spec 45’ tandem trailers with wheels right on the back, US spec Tri-axles with wheels in normal position for Europe and some European trailers, including low loaders and curtainsiders, which was a novelty for the US drivers there, apparently they didn’t have anything like them in the US at the time.
I reckon if that is a US trailer, then more than likely it’s an AAAFI trailer, which I think were the on base shops, like our Naafi’s.
Your right, certainly not as many curtainsides over here but this firm has a few and this driver has the rear tandems all the way at the back.
Janos:
There are loads of US type trailers that come into Seaforth via the ACL boats. Mainly oversize loads for Aerospace and wind farm blades. They are not used for general haulage, just specialised roll on roll off cargo.
Although, back in the day, as is still the current practice in US ports, ACL provided their own trailers for container haulage. Different bolster heights and different tyre sizes make them look different to UK trailers. Different susie lines too.
We get the US type trailers from Seaforth in our place. They are pulled with a normal scania. I’ll get a pic next time I’m in that yard.
Wish i cut that green trailer out of picture, got sent these pics so i guess its ‘normal’ in the uk. Apparently, so i’m told, all american vehicles have red indicators/hazards lights.
wolves:
Wish i cut that green trailer out of picture, got sent these pics so i guess its ‘normal’ in the uk. Apparently, so i’m told, all american vehicles have red indicators/hazards lights.
Looks like they moved the kingpin back on this trailer, there’s usually a big space between the front and back of cab for us fat Yanks to connect air lines Red lights at the rear is the norm and yellow sides and front. The legal height limit is 13’6" here so that must seem like a little trailer to you guys
When I was on the ACL/Cunard contract out of Seaforth we used to pull American flat trailers on a regular basis, they were prefixed ACLZ and their own boxes were usually ACLU, flats had palm couplings and we always carried a set of adaptors for our C couplings.
The flats usually had a sliding bogie but we were not allowed to mess around with it and the bogie was usually set to the very rear of the trailer, they had the usual American lighting set up with amber markers down each side and on the corner’s, rear light’s were usually all red fixed lense’s including indicators, also there was no place for a UK number plate so we had to have trailer plates made up with a little chain and clip on the top corners to hang it on the back.
These flats were usually used for plant from America returning to Groves/Coles Cranes ? in Sunderland with a reload from the same place with new/repaired/recon plant, their own skel trailers were all gooseneck 40ft tandems on springs.
Red lights at the rear is the norm and yellow sides and front. The legal height limit is 13’6" here so that must seem like a little trailer to you guys 