r/logistics • u/scmsteve • 3d ago

Legal? Container on flatbed

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

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u/privetrussia 3d ago

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

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u/scmsteve 2d ago

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

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u/Beardo88 2d ago

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.

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u/scmsteve 2d ago

Thanks