Articles & Buyer Guides
Spec breakdowns, cost comparisons, and jobsite insight to help fleet buyers and owner-operators choose the right heavy-haul equipment.
Written by the people who spec these trailers for working fleets, off real build sheets from units on our own yards rather than brochure copy. Deck heights, tub capacities, axle configurations, legal-height math, what each trailer costs and where each one stops making sense. If you are choosing between two trailers and the spec sheets are not settling it, one of these will.
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- Moving material — aggregate, road base, asphalt, spoil
- belly dump vs. end dump vs. side dump trailers compares how each one unloads and what each one costs.
- Moving machines
- RGN trailers and how to buy one covers detachable-neck loading, extendables and how to size one.
- The spec numbers
- lowboy trailer dimensions, height and weight has deck heights, lengths and tonnage by axle count.
- Choosing between deck styles
- lowboy vs. step deck puts capacities, costs and permit thresholds side by side.
Commercial Trailer Financing: How It Actually Works
Almost everything written about commercial trailer financing is written by lenders, and almost all of it is about trucks. This is the same thing from the dealer's side of the desk: terms, credit, multi-unit fleet deals, and the 12 percent excise tax that is already inside the amount you finance.
Step Deck vs. Flatbed Trailer: What Actually Changes
A step deck is a flatbed with the working deck dropped about a foot, and you buy the difference in legal load height. Deck heights, deck length, securement and cost, compared on two trailers standing on our own yards.
Types of Commercial Trailers, Grouped by the Job
Lowboys, dumps, flatbeds, step decks, and specialty trailers, grouped by the job they do, with the brands we carry and links to live inventory.
Lowboy Trailer Dimensions, Height & Weight
Straight answers, from people who spec lowboys for working fleets. A standard lowboy rides on a recessed well about 18 to 24 inches off the ground, runs 8 feet 6 inches wide and roughly 48 to 53 feet overall, and is rated by the ton commonly 35 to 80-plus tons depending on how many axles are under it.
RGN Trailers: What They Are and How to Buy One
An RGN removable gooseneck is the lowboy you buy when you load and unload the machine yourself, because the neck comes off at ground level and the equipment walks straight up onto the well.
Belly Dump vs. End Dump vs. Side Dump: How to Choose
Belly, end, and side dump trailers compared by a dealer that sells all three — unload method, stability, best materials and jobsites, and what each costs.
Jul 16, 2026
Lowboy vs. Step Deck: Specs, Costs & Jobsite Use Cases
Heavy Equipment Transport · 12 min read. A practical comparison to help fleet buyers choose between a lowboy and a step deck — based on what you actually haul, how often, and how far.
Aug 1, 2025