What does it carry and how does it get tipped? See them quitr often but no clue
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Just a wild, off the top of my head, sky blue thought, but have you ever considered walking over to it and asking the driver, if he’s not asleep?
Glass , it has extra air tanks and even a compressor , for a smother ride
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Glass carrier.
How its been explained to me by someone who used to drive one.
Body attached to outer rolling shell, load sits on stillage which itself form the main chassis and locks the whole lot together, axles are stub only, driver drops it down to the ground unlocks the body from the stillage/frame and pulls the body on its wheels straight forward, after (un)loading backs onto and picks up stillage/frame and drives away.
You can’t drive the body on its wheels about without the frame present, straight forward/backward movements only.
Lots of air involved and the vehicle never really shuts down, pads are in place to keep the glass sheets compressed together and that pressure must be constant.
As above
Viewed from above it would resemble a “U”. The two sides straddle a central, load carrying, demountable skid.
Seen similar open ones used for concrete floor panels too. Driver can drop 2 or 3 skids on site and return when all tipped. These can be driven as frames only
The extra air is to hold the clamps in place. They need a plug in on ferries.
Franglais:
As above
Viewed from above it would resemble a “U”. The two sides straddle a central, load carrying, demountable skid.
Seen similar open ones used for concrete floor panels too. Driver can drop 2 or 3 skids on site and return when all tipped. These can be driven as frames only
The extra air is to hold the clamps in place. They need a plug in on ferries.
There we differ, i was told the trailers are not designed to be driven normally without a stillage in place to lock the thing together.
Obviouly haven’t driven one myself only going by what i’m told.
Juddian:
Glass carrier.How its been explained to me by someone who used to drive one.
Body attached to outer rolling shell, load sits on stillage which itself form the main chassis and locks the whole lot together, axles are stub only, driver drops it down to the ground unlocks the body from the stillage/frame and pulls the body on its wheels straight forward, after (un)loading backs onto and picks up stillage/frame and drives away.
You can’t drive the body on its wheels about without the frame present, straight forward/backward movements only.Lots of air involved and the vehicle never really shuts down, pads are in place to keep the glass sheets compressed together and that pressure must be constant.
Quite a piece of kit then, and sounds expensive too 
Juddian:
Franglais:
As above
Viewed from above it would resemble a “U”. The two sides straddle a central, load carrying, demountable skid.
Seen similar open ones used for concrete floor panels too. Driver can drop 2 or 3 skids on site and return when all tipped. These can be driven as frames only
The extra air is to hold the clamps in place. They need a plug in on ferries.There we differ, i was told the trailers are not designed to be driven normally without a stillage in place to lock the thing together.
Obviouly haven’t driven one myself only going by what i’m told.
I’ve seen open ones (used for prefab concrete) with no load-skid on the road. It appears that there is a rear cross member that ties it all together on them.
Dedicated glass ones, as the OP pictured, may be different.
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Here we are.
Called an Innenlader or In Loader
Suthrells used to run glass stillages for Pilkington Glass, they were carried on a real low stepframe flat trailer.
Now known as Floatliners they are a trailer as said, sat on stub axles and the strength is in the huge back door when it is locked, some have a heating system to stop condensation forming between the frames or glass.
I stand corrected, thanks Franglais and Wheel Nut, indeed once that back door is closed it would appear possible to drive the shell around.
That back door is a serious affair , wouldn’t want that coming undone and swiping you in the back of the head as you cycled along the road 
One failed in big style at Markham Moor last year, made helluva mess.
Juddian:
I stand corrected, thanks Franglais and Wheel Nut, indeed once that back door is closed it would appear possible to drive the shell around.That back door is a serious affair
Come on Juddian those cyclist helmets make them immortal !
Franglais:
Juddian:
I stand corrected, thanks Franglais and Wheel Nut, indeed once that back door is closed it would appear possible to drive the shell around.That back door is a serious affair
Come on Juddian those cyclist helmets make them immortal !
Glad i didn’t say that about cyclist helmets 
glass transport as mentioned.
I’ve seen foreign drivers with showers in the trailer that can be used when its empty 
Very informative, cheers fellas
I remember this kind of trailer back in the 80s… the older ones amongst us might remember Luxguard. 
Here’s a pic:
Emons run them as dual purpose trailers and going further back than Dave. I think it was Ulosoy who ran 40’ tilts with a stillage system
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The brakes on them are a maintenance nightmare the chambers are in the wheel arches and there’s all these interconnected levers down to the slack adjusters that are just pivoted on greased pins.