This is up over the 8 6 maximum height on a standard flatbed.
Step deck trailer max height.
A stretch single drop deck trailer can be used to accommodate freight that is an extended length from 38 to 63 feet long and slightly taller up to 10 feet in height.
Overall weight capacities for drop deck trailers are close to that of standard flatbeds at up to 48 000 pounds.
For additional height the double drop flatbed would be the next option with a maximum height of 11 2 for your cargo.
Please use our permits and escort page to view a state s max legal hauling limits.
Also known as a single drop trailer the step deck flatbed has a lowered deck.
On a standard step deck trailer you can load up to a max of 10 high calculating from the lower deck.
Using a double drop trailer or what some call a lowboy you can increase that max height up to 11 6.
Typical payloads for drop deck trailers include tractors machinery and stacked freight or heavy freight over nine feet tall.
60 inch top deck and 42 inch bottom deck weight capacity.
Stepdeck trailers otherwise known as single drop trailers are specifically used to haul freight that exceeds 8 6 in height that you would normally put on a flatbed trailer.
48 to 53 feet top deck is 11 feet long width.
8 feet 6 inches deck height.
Drop deck trailers also known as step deck trailers are versatile open trailers constructed with a gooseneck that drops the trailer height below the level of standard flatbed trailers and is designed to handle taller loads.
The next graphic shows the legal hauling dimensions for a step deck trailer but these can also vary by equipment and by states in which you re hauling.
This allows the step deck to haul loads that are too tall to be transported with a conventional flatbed trailer and still require a 30 to 42.
In this video i go into more detail and further explain the step deck trailer dimensions.
With a step deck trailer the maximum height of the trailer is raised an additional 20 inches over the maximum height of the flatbed trailer that s a height of 10 2 for the standard step deck trailer.