Vehicles & Trailers

Skeletal Trailer

Built for flexible container handling.

Indicative side-view drawing of a 12.2 m skeletal container semi-trailer — Indicative layout · Nominal lengths from the configuration

Key features

High-tensile steel chassis
Dependable support for a wide range of container types.
Secure container locks
Standard, high-cube and tanktainer loads held in place.
Fixed-length or retractable
Matched to different container sizes.
Lightweight design
Helps maximise payload capacity.

Carries

Standard containers
High-cube containers
Tanktainers

Maximum payload: 35,330kg
Maximum gross combination mass: 49,500kg
Lightest tare weight: 3,600kg
Configurations: Five

Reference figures for each configuration, taken from manufacturer specifications. Payloads assume a truck tare of about 9 500 kg. Actual payload, tare and dimensions vary with the truck, the body build and permit conditions; our bookings team confirms the vehicle for your load before it is booked.

Five configurations

Skeletal Trailer configurations compared
	7.3 m tandem axleTandem-axle semi-trailer	12.2 m tridem axleTridem-axle semi-trailer	13.2 m tridem axleTridem-axle semi-trailer	12.2 m retractable12.2 m retractable tridem-axle semi-trailer	12.9 m high-cube compatible12.9 m high-cube-compatible tridem-axle semi-trailer
Payload	22,000 kg	34,200 kg	35,330 kg	33,600 kg	33,900 kg
Gross combination mass	35,100 kg	49,500 kg	49,500 kg	49,500 kg	49,500 kg
Tare weight	3,600 kg	5,800 kg	4,670 kg	6,400 kg	6,100 kg