hi chaps… i am new to curtainside trailers and i need opinion from others. what is maximum width between support pillars? is there any way for widening distans between them to easly accomodate 2600mm rigid load(no way of squashing it) any advice much appreciated.
Just move them to a point nearest the position markers so you can get load on (that’s assuming you’ve got an SDC or other make with the post that have the right angled tongue on them )
that s the problem. becauae my load might be as long as 10.5m so I qont be able to move pillars anywhere near marker points. will this not damage the roof structure? What i gathered that distance between the pillars ia 2550mm so i am short of 25mm each side.
eyhaulage:
that s the problem. becauae my load might be as long as 10.5m so I qont be able to move pillars anywhere near marker points. will this not damage the roof structure? What i gathered that distance between the pillars ia 2550mm so i am short of 25mm each side.
You need either post less trailer or a flatbed and sheets
I am trying to move away from flatbed.
thanks for reply
Is this being loaded with a forklift and it’s one package/lump.
In the past I have had similar and opened the back doors. Then the forklift hooks/swings the load in and hanging out the back doors, then when he is straight reverse the truck back slowly so that the load is inside the back doors. But I guess in these days of H&S that’s a no no now.
i am carrying panels and they have sharp ish egdes which are keep ripping my sheets on flatbed. because they need to be straped tight. with curtainsider i wont have this problem as curtains will be touching just sided of panels. the real question is that if i place support pillars 5ft away from each end of the trailer will the roof structure withstand about lets say trip 300miles with pillars placed in slightl different position ? I dont worry about curtain if is bulging 2inch on each side.
eyhaulage:
i am carrying panels and they have sharp ish egdes which are keep ripping my sheets on flatbed. because they need to be straped tight. with curtainsider i wont have this problem as curtains will be touching just sided of panels. the real question is that if i place support pillars 5ft away from each end of the trailer will the roof structure withstand about lets say trip 300miles with pillars placed in slightl different position ? I dont worry about curtain if is bulging 2inch on each side.
Why wouldnt the tautliner sheets get damaged equally? The roof is designed to be supported by the posts in their marked positions. If they arent there it will over stress the roof, remember the sheets are being pulled down both by the sheet straps pulling down and by the load pushing into the sheets. As a one-off you may “get away with it”, as an ongoing plan, it ain`t a good one.
Id say youd be better putting corner boards of some form on the panels you carry.
why nyou just use corner boards then you can still keep impressing all the stobart type cabbages with your dolly knot expertise?
if your panels rip sheets,then wont they rip curtains if they overhang a few inches each side? 
well the sheets are going over the edge of the panels where curtainwill be just touching flat edge of the panels hence there wont be any rips. i have done it on the rigids trucks before but never done it on artic. thats why asking about them pillars.
dieseldog999:
why nyou just use corner boards then you can still keep impressing all the stobart type cabbages with your dolly knot expertise?if your panels rip sheets,then wont they rip curtains if they overhang a few inches each side?
Great minds?
Or fools seldom differ? 
Franglais:
dieseldog999:
why nyou just use corner boards then you can still keep impressing all the stobart type cabbages with your dolly knot expertise?if your panels rip sheets,then wont they rip curtains if they overhang a few inches each side?
Great minds?
Or fools seldom differ?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
great minds mate…or am i being foolish? 
Franglais:
dieseldog999:
why nyou just use corner boards then you can still keep impressing all the stobart type cabbages with your dolly knot expertise?if your panels rip sheets,then wont they rip curtains if they overhang a few inches each side?
Great minds?
Or fools seldom differ?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
great minds mate…or am i being foolish?
Get a euro-liner, or old skool tilt.
With euro-liner post will move whole length of trailer to load then put them back in.
Old skool tilt, strip it out, load rebuild it.
eyhaulage:
i am carrying panels and they have sharp ish egdes which are keep ripping my sheets on flatbed. because they need to be straped tight. with curtainsider i wont have this problem as curtains will be touching just sided of panels. the real question is that if i place support pillars 5ft away from each end of the trailer will the roof structure withstand about lets say trip 300miles with pillars placed in slightl different position ? I dont worry about curtain if is bulging 2inch on each side.
Lawence david trailers are postless , ours are ex Meachers transport and Meachers transport still buy and use same type to this day
all ours vary from 14ft 7in to 15ft tall
I thought they’d ditched those ones years ago, just after Noah discovered the elephants kept bending them enroute to the arc?
The ones I’ve worked with will only fit in certain places on the side, assuming they aren’t bent to hell, but I guess some will fit anywhere. Would double check a long time before doing it for real.
Btw, don’t forget to only remove 1 bar at a time! Do more than that and the trailer bends as its loaded…good luck getting any bars to fit.
Time to rent a trailer without bars?
I would have thought the simplest solution is to carry on with the flatbed, use corner boards where the load is strapped and a couple of old scrap sheets underneath your good ones.