This story appears in the March 9 print edition of Transport Topics. Trailer manufacturers have been pursuing weight reduction for years, trimming pounds from body materials and suspension components ...

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We know what's right, but we're notorious for doing what's wrong. For example, when towing we've been known to hook a trailer to the back of a truck that isn't quite equipped for the weight. Of course ...

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“I get the question all the time,” said Keith Limback, Manac Trailer’s general sales manager for the U.S. “‘What’s the difference in weight and cost for different materials?’” So in the company’s ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. Great Dan Trailers revealed a new lighter weight dry van trailer prototype at the 2011 Mid-America Trucking Show – a version of its Composite HBR trailer that weighs 1,700 lbs. less ...