Have you seen a trailer like this?

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last night on the roundabout at end of A50 / M1, i saw a foreign registered unit and normal length trailer which was a step deck but was the same height as a straight frame and it only had one axle at the rear of the trailer.The wheel was. a small one too.It just looked weird

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Oh :unamused:

I saw a strange thing last week as well - a car transporter front bit with no trailer on at all :open_mouth: What’s happening eh :unamused:

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Has anyone seen the Out and About section in the Jan 14 issue of Trucking Magazine? There is a picture of a Scania towing a little 10ft mobile catering container. It looks like its not got any wheels and is just getting dragged along the Motorway. That’s quite a strange looking trailer.

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I keep seeing a Scania Longline pulling a 20’ container using only the front section of a splitter trailer.

Looks very odd having the tractor unit bigger than the trailer!

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LeedsChris:
last night on the roundabout at end of A50 / M1, i saw a foreign registered unit and normal length trailer which was a step deck but was the same height as a straight frame and it only had one axle at the rear of the trailer.The wheel was. a small one too.It just looked weird

Some of our foreign friends do run some odd trailer configurations. Could have been a specialist furniture trailer, single axle indicating a low payload.

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LeedsChris:
last night on the roundabout at end of A50 / M1, i saw a foreign registered unit and normal length trailer which was a step deck but was the same height as a straight frame and it only had one axle at the rear of the trailer.The wheel was. a small one too.It just looked weird

I saw something like this a while ago; was something to do with Airbus.

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There certainly are trailers similar in description to that doing stuff like plane wings and fuselage.

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Bacon Sandwich:
I keep seeing a Scania Longline pulling a 20’ container using only the front section of a splitter trailer.

Looks very odd having the tractor unit bigger than the trailer!

Ah come to think about it i’ve spotted that a couple of times it does look silly.

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Bacon Sandwich:
I keep seeing a Scania Longline pulling a 20’ container using only the front section of a splitter trailer.

Looks very odd having the tractor unit bigger than the trailer!

Are you sure it’s the front end of a splitter trl or is it an old 20" skelly with no neck or short neck

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440Mopar:

LeedsChris:
last night on the roundabout at end of A50 / M1, i saw a foreign registered unit and normal length trailer which was a step deck but was the same height as a straight frame and it only had one axle at the rear of the trailer.The wheel was. a small one too.It just looked weird

Some of our foreign friends do run some odd trailer configurations. Could have been a specialist furniture trailer, single axle indicating a low payload.

Sealy beds trailers are like that, single axle on tiny wheels yet look about normal length, rear steer too.

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long ago where I was working we had a single axle 18 ft trailer for tight spots.
When coupled to my Transcon it sat so high at the front that we couldn’t load pallets with a forklift.

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del949:
long ago where I was working we had a single axle 18 ft trailer for tight spots.
When coupled to my Transcon it sat so high at the front that we couldn’t load pallets with a forklift.

did you try loading them at the back :smiley: most forks will lift 12 ft how high was the bed of the trailer that a fork couldn’t reach it :smiley: :smiley:

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I keep seeing a Home Bargains twin axle short (10m?) double decker trailer. Looks quite odd, bet it blows about a bit too!