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Refrigerated trailers have on-board cooling systems that can be set at the desired temperature for the products
being shipped. Produce is often hauled in a refrigerated trailer and they are often called “Garbage Wagons”.
“Covered Wagons” are open-top trailers, which are used to transport grain, wood chips or other loose dry
material. These trailers are supposed to be covered with tarps when they are loaded to prevent loose materials
from flying out onto the road.
Flat bed trailers are just that, flat open trailers. Often, the freight has to be strapped down and tarped to secure
and protect it from the weather.
Log truck trailers are “Flat Beds” with support poles along the side of the trailer. The logs are generally strapped
down but one can’t be too careful about driving around them.
“Drop Decks”, “Double Drops, and “Skate Boards” describe open trailers with different levels. A “Drop Deck” has
two levels, the “Doubled Drop” has three levels like stairs and the “Skate Board” has three levels; the first one
drops down to the second level and back up to the third. There are stretched out versions of these trailers that
are designed to haul large pieces of industrial equipment and generally have to have an escort on the road
because of their large size.
Sometimes you’ll see trucks pulling two or three “Dry Box” trailers hooked together in tandem. Also called “Wiggle
Wagons”, they are a little more difficult to pull, maneuver and almost impossible to back up. It’s best to be
especially careful when driving around “Wiggle Wagons”. They were given that name for a good reason.
Mobile home movers or “Shanty Shakers” are only allowed to move during daylight hours. They transport 14’ to
16’ wide mobile homes components. They are generally escorted down the highway due to the width of the mobile
homes and will have banners or signs on the trucks that say “Oversized Load”. “Shanty Shakers” are also called
“Mobile Modular Residential Commercial Transportation Relocation Technical Specialist”. That is a mouthful to
say on the CB.
Another type of trailer is the “Parking Lot”. These trailers are designed to haul cars, trucks and vans. Some will
be taken to car lots but many of the cars belong to “Snow Birds” who move north or south according to the
weather and have their vehicles transported to summer or winter homes. It can be a lucrative business just
moving cars for “Snow Birds” for a driver with his own “Parking Lot”.
being shipped. Produce is often hauled in a refrigerated trailer and they are often called “Garbage Wagons”.
“Covered Wagons” are open-top trailers, which are used to transport grain, wood chips or other loose dry
material. These trailers are supposed to be covered with tarps when they are loaded to prevent loose materials
from flying out onto the road.
Flat bed trailers are just that, flat open trailers. Often, the freight has to be strapped down and tarped to secure
and protect it from the weather.
Log truck trailers are “Flat Beds” with support poles along the side of the trailer. The logs are generally strapped
down but one can’t be too careful about driving around them.
“Drop Decks”, “Double Drops, and “Skate Boards” describe open trailers with different levels. A “Drop Deck” has
two levels, the “Doubled Drop” has three levels like stairs and the “Skate Board” has three levels; the first one
drops down to the second level and back up to the third. There are stretched out versions of these trailers that
are designed to haul large pieces of industrial equipment and generally have to have an escort on the road
because of their large size.
Sometimes you’ll see trucks pulling two or three “Dry Box” trailers hooked together in tandem. Also called “Wiggle
Wagons”, they are a little more difficult to pull, maneuver and almost impossible to back up. It’s best to be
especially careful when driving around “Wiggle Wagons”. They were given that name for a good reason.
Mobile home movers or “Shanty Shakers” are only allowed to move during daylight hours. They transport 14’ to
16’ wide mobile homes components. They are generally escorted down the highway due to the width of the mobile
homes and will have banners or signs on the trucks that say “Oversized Load”. “Shanty Shakers” are also called
“Mobile Modular Residential Commercial Transportation Relocation Technical Specialist”. That is a mouthful to
say on the CB.
Another type of trailer is the “Parking Lot”. These trailers are designed to haul cars, trucks and vans. Some will
be taken to car lots but many of the cars belong to “Snow Birds” who move north or south according to the
weather and have their vehicles transported to summer or winter homes. It can be a lucrative business just
moving cars for “Snow Birds” for a driver with his own “Parking Lot”.
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