Low-Bed Special Vehicle

What this trailer is

A low-bed semi-trailer, manufactured in our own factory, for moving plant by road. Not one trailer but six builds: LHS9404TDP, LHS9403TDP, LHS9351TDP, LHS9401TDPXZ, LHS9405TDP and LHS9407TDP.

Across the range, gross weight runs 35 to 40 tonnes and rated load runs 27 to 33.6 tonnes. Deck lengths run 10.5 to 13.745 m and deck widths 2.8 to 3.0 m, and each build offers a spread of deck heights within that. The deck drops between the gooseneck and the rear bogie, which is the whole purpose of the machine.

What it is used for

Moving other machines. An excavator between two sites. A wheel loader out to a quarry. A road roller down a highway project. A wide-body mining truck to a pit. Drill rigs, crushers, generators and transformers.

It is tagged for construction, mining and haulage because those are the three businesses that need it: the contractor who owns the plant, the mine that moves its own fleet between faces, and the haulier who moves everyone else’s.

Why the deck is low, and why there are six of them

Height is the constraint that stops a load. Put a 3.2 m excavator on a standard flat deck at 1.5 m and you are 4.7 m tall before you have left the yard, which is over the limit on many routes and under a lot of cables. Drop the deck and the same machine travels legally. That is what you are buying.

The six builds exist because “low bed” is a shape, not a size, and the wrong size is expensive in both directions.

Rated load. 27 tonnes and 33.6 tonnes are six and a half tonnes apart. Buy at the bottom of the range for a 22-tonne machine and you have no margin for the bucket, the counterweight and the fuel. Buy at the top for a 17-tonne loader and you have paid for steel you tow empty.

Deck length. 10.5 m against 13.745 m is more than three metres. The longer deck carries a tracked machine plus its attachments in one movement. The shorter one is easier on a tight site and costs less to ship.

Deck width. 2.8 m against 3.0 m is the difference between a wide track sitting on the deck and overhanging it.

Send the machine you are moving and we name the build. That is a shorter conversation than reading six specification sheets.

Condition and what we do before it ships

New build, from our own workshop, powder coated to your colour. The build choice, the ramp arrangement and the axle specification are agreed in writing before any deposit and are what the Proforma Invoice describes.

If you are buying the plant from us as well, say so, because it changes the recommendation. We would rather match the trailer to the actual machine leaving our yard than to a category.

Shipping it, and what the volume means

Shipping volume depends on which build you take, so there is no single figure on this page. A 10.5 m deck and a 13.745 m deck are not the same box on a vessel and we are not going to average them into a number that is wrong for both.

Tell us the build and we will quote the volume and the freight to your port together. Loaded at our yard in Tangshan, shipped through Tianjin Port.

What to tell us

The machine you need to move: its weight, its width, its height and whether it is tracked or wheeled. How it gets on, by ramp or by crane. Your destination port and the quantity. If you are buying the machine from us too, tell us that first, because it settles most of the rest.