The mention of the word “trailer” usually reminds us of a picture of a long vehicle carrying multiple luxurious and fancy cars all at once. In case you are looking forward to being a part of this glorious trailer family and start a car trailing business, and wish to learn about car trailers, this blog can help you. Before you go on to buy race car trailers, here are a few types available in the market.
Types of Car Trailers
In the simplest form, a trailer can be defined as an unpowered vehicle that is being towed by another. The term trailer actually refers to the box that is pulled by a motored vehicle for hauling items from one location to another. A trailer can be pulled by anything- a car, truck, tractor, or any other type of vehicle. If you go to buy race car trailers for sale in the market, you are likely to come across the following types of trailers:
Semitrailer
A semitrailer is a trailer without a front axle. This means that its back is being supported by wheels and the front is being supported by a towing vehicle. In the US, the same term might be used to describe the hybrid trailer entailing the combination of a truck and a semi-trailer (also called semi-trailer truck). These are highly used for hauling cars.
Pig trailer
Pig trailers have one axle set placed near the middle of the trailer. More than half of the weight is supported through this axle set while the remaining weight is supported by the fifth wheel. There is a drawbar that connects with the towing vehicle.
Convertor dolly
Dolly refers to an unpowered trolley that can be latched on to a semi-trailer to haul more carriage. On the basis of configuration, there are two types of convertor dolly- A type with a single drawbar and centred coupling; C type with two separate couplings side by side. Although these aren’t a commercial option, if you still think of buying them for your own purpose, remember that the state requires you to add brakes to the tow dolly as a part of the regulation.
Box trailer
As the name suggests, a box trailer has 4 walls with an enclosed top (like a box with a lid) as a trailer. Due to the presence of walls, trailer owners can only carry a certain number of trailers.
Tabletop
Also going by the name, flat-bed trailers, the tabletop has a tray body without any sides. Since, these have no sides, these trailers can carry greater number of vehicles at once, thus, are another popular choice among trailer owners.
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