Flat deck trailers are built with the deck between the trailer wheels. This simple design is the most popular type of trailer, so you have undoubtedly seen them on the road. The trailer is not high above the ground, which gives it a low center of gravity and makes it easy for you to load and unload.

A flatbed trailer has a flat deck, open sides and no roof. Flatbeds are a class of semi trailers used to transport all kinds of cargo from lumber and raw materials to finished products and even hazardous goods.

There are 5 most common types of flatdeck trailers: Standard Flatbed Trailer, Lowboy Trailer, Removable Gooseneck Trailer (RGN), Drop Deck, and Extendable Drop Deck.

There's no lip to lift things over, and you can load from any direction you want. Loads can be strapped down easily when you know what you're doing, and oversized loads can be accommodated without difficulty. You'll find driving a flatbed truck a lot easier than navigating with a trailer behind you.

Flatbeds can haul oversized loads. Items that are too big to fit inside a dry van trailer, such as big machinery equipment, can be loaded onto a flatbed for transport. Flatbeds are more versatile because freight can be loaded from the rear, the side, or the top via crane.