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Trailer TalkFebruary 6, 2011

'What Are Those Things?' Liquid Storage Tanks, That's What

Every so often I see one of these odd, squarish trailers being pulled down an interstate and wonder, "What are those things?" Last fall, while driving down U.S. 23 near Toledo, I spotted a pair parked in a lot and swung around to check 'em out

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Trailer TalkJanuary 25, 2011

Did Jim Carrey Really Heap Praise on Titan Trailers? No, but Jim Carey Did

Last week we got a press release from Titan Trailers that described a customer's use of wood-chip transporters in the woods and roads of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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Trailer TalkOctober 27, 2010

How to Move 1.98 Million Pounds

Reader John M. King Jr. sent us this description and photos of the hauling of a massive load in the Carolinas. The contractor employed a pair of "multi-line" platform trailers from Mommoet in Holland, with each line being a row of hydraulically suspended and steered wheels

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Trailer TalkOctober 10, 2010

Like Late-Blooming Perennials, Trucks and Tractor-Trailers Appear for the Harvest

'Tis the most glorious time of year, when the air turns cool and crisp, tree leaves turn red, gold and yellow, and trucks and tractor-trailers begin working with cutters and threshers to bring in the harvest

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Trailer TalkSeptember 29, 2010

Hello, Dolly! New TMC Recommendations on Dolly Details

Converter dollies have been around so long that you'd think every one on the road is built about as correctly as can be. But some lack handles that drivers can grasp to lift dollies' front ends, and those might also be the ones that don't have enough counterbalancing weight

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