Table of contents

Chapter 1. What's a flatbed trailer?

  1.1 What is a standard flatbed trailer size?

  1.2 How long is a flatbed semi trailer?

Chapter 2. What is the most common flatbed trailer?

  2.1 Other types of flatbed trailers

Chapter 3. What are the characteristics of a flatbed trailer?

Chapter 4. Flatbed trailer for sale in Ghana

  4.1 Advantages of TITAN flatbed semi trailer

  4.2 Shipping and package of TITAN flatbed trailer

Chapter 1. What's a flatbed trailer?

A flatbed trailer is a type of trailer used for transporting goods and materials. It has a flat, level platform without any sides or roof, allowing for easy loading and unloading from any direction. They are often towed by trucks and are a common sight on highways and at ports sites.

Flatbed trailers are commonly used to transport containers and heavy equipment, machinery, construction materials, vehicles, and other large items that cannot be easily loaded onto a standard enclosed trailer.

The function of a flatbed trailer for sale is made possible through its structure’s design and manufacture. Basically, it is a transport equipment mainly of a steel construction defining its frame. It also comprises a lighting system, brakes and tires.

The size of the container flatbed trailer loading area is determined according to the standard container size. A twist lock device for fixing the container is provided at positions corresponding to the four corners of the bottom of the container.

1.1 What is a standard flatbed trailer size?

The standard size of a flatbed trailer can vary depending on the country and region.

40ft flatbed trailer is the most popular model. According to the length, we can also offer the 20ft, 45ft, 48ft flatbed trailer for sale.

The size of the 40ft flatbed trailer loading area is determined according to the standard container size. A twist-lock device for fixing the container is provided at positions corresponding to the four corners of the bottom of the container.

3 Axle 40ft Flatbed Trailer VS 4 Axle 48ft Flatbed Trailer

1.2 How long is a flatbed semi trailer?

The length of a flatbed semi trailer can vary based on the specific model and configuration, here are some common flatbed semi trailer lengths.

2 axle 20ft flatbed trailer: 7000mm

3 axle 40ft flatbed trailer: 12500mm

3 axle 45ft flatbed trailer for sale: 13950mm

4 axle 48ft flatbed trailer for sale: 14950mm

Chapter 2. What is the most common flatbed trailer?

TITAN flatbed trailers is a kind of trailer whose design is suitably made to carry bulk cargo and containers between shipping facilities and terminals. By simple definition, this is a long flat platform. Flatbed trailer for sale is usually used to transport containers, they are mainly used for container transportation supporting ships, ports, shipping lanes, highways, transit stations, bridges, tunnels, and multimodal transport.

Common flatbed semi trailer has four types according to the number of axles,  which are the 2 axle 20 ft flatbed trailer, 3 axle 40ft flatbed trailer, 3 axle 45ft flatbed trailer and 4 axle 48 ft flatbed trailer. Among them, the best-selling model is the 3 axle 40 ft model.

Flatbed trailers are commonly used to transport various bulk cargoes and containers, 40ft container flatbed semi trailer can transport 1*40ft or 2*20ft container.

3 Axle 40ft Flatbed Semi Trailer for Sale in Ghana

2.1 Other types of flatbed trailers

A flatbed trailer is a very useful platform that is used in the shipping industry. It is primarily used for the transportation of shipping containers of different sizes.

However, it can also be used to take up other different types of loads. These different types of flatbed trailers have different capabilities and usefulness for various applications as discussed in here.

Flatbed trailer with side wall

The flatbed trailer with boards also called side wall trailer. This flatbed trailer with boards use to load a wide range of products and materials, like sand, bags, poultry etc. Also the some bulk cargo, very widely used in the transportation industry. Suitable for the mid/long distance transportation of the mid/heavy duty and bulk cargo. The flatbed trailer with side wall can be added with a container turn lock to transport the container.

Interlink flatbed trailers

Interlink trailer for sale consists of two units flatbed semi trailer. TITAN produces high quality interlink flatbed trailer to carry container 20/40ft container and bulk cargo.

For the superlink flatbed trailer is populaized because of its flexibility. Each of the trailers can operate independently and increase the utilization coefficient of the tractor truck. In this case, superlink trailer truck makes transportation much easier. Interlink flat deck trailer for sale working life is 5 times longer than other brand trailer. Its lighter tare weight can also down the fuel consumption for the user.

Interlink Flatbed Trailer for Sale in Ghana

Tipper flatbed trailer

The striking feature with the tipper flatbed trailer is a mechanism that makes it easy to unload the container.There are apparatus added as modifications to the conventional tri axle trailer models further simplifying the process of offloading cargo from the container.

Tipper flatbed trailers have many uses, and it can transport and unloading 20ft and 40ft containers. This type of flatbed semi trailer for sale in ghana offers an easy way of unloading cargo. There is a hydraulic cylinder installed in it to raise the platform ready for transportation of the loaded cargo.

During the offloading process, the container is set to fall steadily through gravity. The container falls freely backwards once it is unlocked and loosed from the trailer’s top section. This is enhanced with the downward tilting of the trailer. On touching the ground on its back, the truck moves in the forward direction allowing the container to keep sliding gradually. 

Extendable flatbed trailer

TITAN produces extendable flatbed trailer for the transport of long rails, pipes, 40ft container, 20ft container or other bulk cargos. And the 40ft extendable flat bed trailers extension length of trailer from 12.5 meters extend to 24 meters, and the trailer can carry 40ft container or 20ft container after it's at close state.

The pulling and closing operation of an extendable flatbed trailer is very simple. You only need to use the tractor to move forward or reverse when the rear axle is braked. After reaching the working distance, lock it with the positioning pin.

Chapter 3. What are the characteristics of a flatbed trailer?

Some of the characteristics of a flatbed trailer are:

Open design: The flatbed trailer for sale has an open design which allows for easy loading and unloading of cargo.

Versatility: Flatbed trailers can carry a wide range of loads, from containers to heavy machinery, due to their open design.

Size: Flatbed trailers come in a variety of sizes, from 2 axle flatbed trailers used for hauling 20ft contaienrs to 4 axle flatbed trailers designed for 48ft containers use.

Durability: TITAN flatbed semi trailer for sale in ghana is made of high strength steel and famous parts which can withstand heavy loads and endure harsh weather conditions.

Ease of maintenance: Flatbed trailers have simple designs that make them easy to maintain, repair, and replace parts when necessary.

Video of Flatbed Trailer Loading Test

Chapter 4. Flatbed trailer for sale in Ghana

Dear friend, TITAN's aim is to provide the highest-quality trailers to our customer. So we use the best material and the best parts to produce the trailer. We promise our flatbed trailer for sale in Ghana can be used for more than 10 years.

4.1 Advantages of TITAN flatbed semi trailer

1. The main beam of TITAN flatbed semi trailer for sale in ghana is made of Q345 high strength steel,who has more loading capacity. The service life will be more than 10 years.

TITAN also adopts advanced submerged arc welding technique,there is no welding interface between middle, bottom and upper plate of main beam.

The middle plate is 500 mm high, 8 mm thick; upper plate is 14 mm thick, 140 mm wide; bottom is 16 mm thick, 140 mm wide.

2. TITAN reinforces the main beam. As for the gooseneck parts of the main beam, the bottom plate has been reinforced, which makes the main has small deformation even if loading heavy things. The middle plate at gooseneck part is double.

3. The height of the side beam is 160mm. the height of the across beam is 100 mm, and every across beam has it own support. And there are 6 beam on the across beam. All of the through beam are supported by the Inclined support frame, and the distance of these frame no more than 500mm, which can ensure the flatbed semi trailer price not easy to deform.

4. TITAN's floor plate is the 3 mm, and it’s diamond plate, It is thicker than the 2.5 mm or 2 mm floor plate of other factories. The floor plate is strong and durable, and is not easy to deform.

5. TITAN uses the reinforced suspension on our flatbed trailer, 70 mm center balance pin. For some other factories, they use the light type suspension, the center pin is 45 mm only, will make a short service life. A separate focus on road conditions in Africa, addressing dirt and poor road conditions.

6. We used a 16 ton brake axle. TITAN's flatbed semi trailer axle has 9 years of experience in production quality, better bearing capacity and good braking effect. Other factories use 13 ton brake system axle.

7. For the braking system, effective braking, fast braking response, braking distance reduction of more than 5 meters. Also available is the WABCO braking system.

8. TITAN use the polyurethane paint to paint the flatbed trailer for sale in ghana, who has high adhesion, high chroma, beautiful color. The cost of Polyurethane paint is double than the ordinary paint. It will not come off after 5 years use.

9. If you choose container to ship the flatbed semi trailer for sale, It needs to be disconnected from the rear part. TITAN uses 5 bolt and more material to enhance it, you just need to fix the bolts rather than weld them together.

4.2 Shipping and package of TITAN flatbed trailer

TITAN recommends the most suitable and cheapest transportation for customer. There are usually 2 ways, By Container and By Ro-Ro Ship.

By Container

Since the container is a solid and sealed box, the container itself is a solid package. One ticket to the end, even after long-distance transportation or multiple replacements, it is not easy to damage the goods in the box.

Compared with various transportation methods, the container transportation time is shorter, and container transportation can ensure the state of the trailer is better than bulk cargo transportation. Therefore, it is recommended that customers choose container transportation.

By Ro-Ro Ship

Shipping flatbed trailer by bulk or frame, frame shipping cost is higher, so bulk shipping is flatbed trailer is also the most commonly used shipping method. We will spray a thick layer of wax on the trailer to reduce the damage caused by seawater erosion of the flatbed trailer during transportation. After the trailer is sprayed with wax, we will wrap the body with rain cloth, which is also to reduce the erosion of the semi trailer by seawater during transportation.