Our Equipment
R B browns takes pride in the quality of our equipment, and the way your products are carried. Our fleet can load a variety of product legally weighing up to 49,000 pounds to meet your customer's needs. Laminated beams and pipe measuring 68 feet and over are handled with proper permits and other safety precautions so the load can be transported to the final destination safely. Additionally, over-length product, over dimensional machines and steel products can be hauled on our step decks, and some specially equipped flat beds.
Trailer descriptions:
- Our most common trailer is the flat bed. They can haul just about anything, and are equipped with tarps for loads needing to be protected. Permits can help if the load is too wide, or high, and allows the load to be safely moved according to safety requirements in each state.
- A step deck is simply a flat bed, with part of the deck lowered, allowing loads as high as 10 feet 6 inches to be loaded onto the truck. A standard step deck has 10 feet at the front of the deck at normal height. The rest of the deck is split 2 feet lower, which makes an appearance of a step towards the front of the deck; where the name comes from.
- Curtain vans are similar to vans. They are a flat bed with a stationary head board at the front, and have doors that swing open in the back. The top of the curtain is held up by poles that can be removed; the poles also have extenders that push the curtains out further for loads that need that extra space to fit. Attached with rollers at the top of the curtains, the black vertical tarps can be pulled to the front or rear of the deck allowing the poles to be taken out so product can be put in.
- Roll tops are in many respects just like curtain vans. In fact, a roll top is often mistaken for a curtain van. The difference in the two is noticeable once you know the differences. A roll top is like an accordian, and can be pushed and pulled over the deck of the truck. Similar to the curtain van, the front head board is stationary, but the back does not have doors. The tarps are held up by upside down u shaped metal pieces that are stretched over the length of the trailer. Where the tarps meet the deck, rollers are attached. Once you unlock the pin, it allows the roll tarp to be pushed or pulled over the entire flat bed. These types of trailers are convenient for loads requiring flat bed conditions; such as crane offloads, and tarping.
Each of these trailers is available to preview in our slideshow, with a variety of loads as examples.