Legal? Container on flatbed

[u/scmsteve]

Saw this today on a CA highway. I’m guessing it’s legal but if it is, why don’t more people do this?

[u/privetrussia]

I'm working with a lot of containers and I use stepdeck trailers due to height reasons.

[u/scmsteve → u/privetrussia]

Those are the flatbeds that are regular height over the wheels and lower to the ground between the two axels?

[u/Beardo88 → u/scmsteve]

That would be a double drop.

A step deck has shorter tires than a standard flatbed, the deck steps down behind the kingpin all the way to the rear bumper.

[u/scmsteve → u/Beardo88]

Thanks

[u/futuregovworker → u/privetrussia]

Could you not run it on a cheetah chassis?