Enclosed Trailers: Everything You Need to Know

The enclosed performance of enclosed trailers provides safe transport protection for goods, food, and cars. Whether it’s an individual or a company, enclosed trailers offer many advantages. This guide is centred around the types of enclosed trailers, and the advantages. And tells you how to choose the right trailer. And to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

What is an enclosed trailer?

Enclosed trailers are fully enclosed with a towing unit. It consists of a floor, four wall panels, and a roof, and has a chassis. It is manufactured from composite materials, aluminium alloys or steel plates. It can be an enclosed car trailer or an enclosed cargo trailer. It can transport different goods such as refrigerated food, parts and motors. As well as products that need to be refrigerated, insulated, or waterproof. The enclosed trailer can be towed by a small car or pickup truck. It is very convenient. It is available in various sizes, and the Composite Box can be customised to offer even more sizes. Enclosed trailers have the advantage of being very versatile and multi-functional.

What are the types of enclosed trailers?

Enclosed trailers can be classified into 5 types according to their structure and usage to meet different transport needs. The following are the main types:

1. Standard Enclosed Trailer: Made of aluminium alloy or steel, equipped with ramp doors or side doors to provide basic protection, suitable for transporting small cars, motor or equipment, commonly used in logistics and personal use.

2. V-Nose Enclosed Trailer: The front end is a V-shaped design, increasing internal space and reducing wind resistance, suitable for long-distance transport of racing cars or classic cars, taking into account fuel efficiency and stability.

3. Gooseneck Enclosed Trailer: connected to the bed of pickup trucks and SUVs through gooseneck hooks, high stability, suitable for transporting heavy vehicles such as caravans or large racing cars, commonly used by racing teams.

4. Fifth Wheel Enclosed Trailer: similar to gooseneck but with a fifth wheel coupler, suitable for extra heavy loads, widely used for commercial transport and long-distance travelling.

5. Stacking Enclosed Trailer: Multi-level design, can transport multiple vehicles at the same time, suitable for car dealers or racing teams to transport multiple racing cars or small vehicles efficiently.

Which is the best material for an enclosed trailer?

Enclosed trailers with fiberglass foam panels are the best. Fiberglass foam material is a composite material. It is structurally very strong, water and moisture resistant, insulating and high strength. It is superior to materials such as steel and wood panels in many ways.

Comparison with steel plate: fiberglass composite is more than 70% lighter than steel plate, which is prone to rust and corrosion. And requires more maintenance. It conducts heat faster and does not have thermal insulation properties.

Comparison with aluminium alloy: aluminium alloy is also a lightweight material and is still 20% heavier than fiberglass. fiberglass composites have a high strength to weight ratio, aluminium alloy conducts heat faster and is more prone to corrosion.

Comparison with wood panels: Wood panels have a very short service life and are prone to warping.

What types of hitches are available for enclosed trailers?

There are 4 types of hitches for enclosed trailers, how you choose them needs to depend on the size and weight capacity of the trailer, to ensure safe transport, the following are important:

– Receiver Hitch: the most common, divided into five categories (Class 1-5). Class 1 is suitable for small trailers (up to 2,000 lbs), Class 5 carries up to 30 ,000 lbs, fits large enclosed trailers, common for pickups and SUVs.

– 5th Wheel Hitch: designed for pickups, bed mounted, holds up to 30,000 lbs, fits heavy duty trailers (such as racecar hauling), uses kingpin connection.

– Gooseneck Hitch: For pickups, up to 30,000 lbs, ball mount, fits gooseneck enclosed trailers, provides better stability.

– Ball Mount: Used in conjunction with the receiver hitch to ensure that the trailer is level, choose between rise or drop depending on the height of the trailer.

What are the benefits of enclosed trailers?

Enclosed trailers have many benefits. Benefits such as versatility, multi-purpose, high performance and safety. Making it quickly popular in the global market. Making it an enclosed cargo trailer, enclosed car trailer, motor trailer, small refrigerated trailer and many more. Here are his benefits.

Extra space

Small enclosed trailers can be towed by small cars. Boost storage space and transport more items. Allows you to have better safety without worrying about storage space.

Versatile

Enclosed trailers can be converted into refrigerated trailers, motor trailers and more. It can transport items of any size. Can be produced in any size.

Security

Enclosed trailers can prevent the chance of theft. Has a high-strength exterior that can be waterproof and moisture resistant. Compared to open trailers, it can better protect the items inside. You can transport any item to various places.

Easy to maintain

Composite Box has developed modular trailers that not only become easier to install but also reduce the maintenance in many places. It keeps the trailer in good condition, extends the maintenance intervals and saves you more time.

Number of Axles for Enclosed Trailers

The number of axles on an enclosed trailer is usually determined by its size and load requirements. They are classified as single, double or triple axle. These correspond to small enclosed trailers, medium enclosed trailers and large enclosed trailers.

How to Choose the Right Enclosed Trailer

In order to choose the right enclosed trailer, you need to base it on the purpose, load capacity and size. Gooseneck and V-nose trailers are suitable for long-distance transport. For small trailers, or for transporting motor and small amounts of goods, it is enough to choose a standard trailer. The length of the trailer is usually 4.9~11.6 metres. Just choose according to the actual needs. They have a load capacity of 2300kg~4200kg, make sure the load is within the load capacity. In terms of material, it is best to choose fiberglass foam wall panels as the material. Choosing the right enclosed trailer is also a no-brainer.

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