Quote:
Originally Posted by Shepherd777
If you've ever seen the completely dopey, completely impracticable Euro trucks with the whale-back trailers, forget it. You would get laughed-off a shippers lot (and everywhere else) pulling in with a trailer like that here in the U.S. Not to mention the fact that you couldn't even back up to a loading dock with it.
|
Donbur trailers ?
They don't reduce the volume compared to regular trailers.
There's actually more volume in them, though i'd think it's hard to use.
They use the UK regulations (which allows higher trailers than continental Europe) to make their hump-backed trailers more fuel efficient, yet still fitting loading docks.
Of course you could build a higher trailer with the same height overall as the hump, but apparently that's not always what's needed.
They also build double-deckers with flat roofs, it just depends on what the customer needs.