When freight is tall, trailers that carry it must be short. That’s the reason for the drop deck, a variant of the flatbed or platform trailer. A “single drop” or “step deck” has a forward down-step ...

Lately I’ve been zeroing in on drop decks, partly because I’ve always been curious about them, but mostly because I’m writing a story on drop decks for the May issue of HDT. Drop decks are a variation ...

Introduced by Transcraft Corp. in October 2000 as a drop-deck version of the trailer maker’s aluminum/steel combo Eagle flatbed, the D-Eagle has now been redesigned for increased strength and enhanced ...