40 ft Flatbed Semi Trailer for Containers and Heavy Cargo

A 12.4 m three-axle flatbed for containers, steel and project cargo, finished with a cathodic electrophoresis primer and a powder topcoat.

40 ft flatbed semi trailer, full side view on three axles

The deck is 12,400 mm long and 2,480 mm wide, laid in 2.75 mm checker plate over high-tensile main beams, with 12 twist locks for container work and 16 stake pockets down the sides.

Running gear is the export specification: three FUWA 13-tonne drum-brake axles, two of them with ABS, a JOST bolt-on king pin, FUWA 28-tonne single-speed landing legs, and 12R22.5 tyres on ten-hole rims.

Frames are shot-blasted, degreased and silane-treated, then given a cathodic electrophoresis primer and a powder topcoat — 100 to 150 µm dry film on export units, tested to at least 720 hours of neutral salt spray.

Specifications

Overall dimensions (L × W × H)12,400 × 2,480 × 1,570 mm
Tare weight6,850 kg
Coupling height (unladen)1,300 mm
Front headboardNot fitted as standard
Axles3 × FUWA 13 t, drum brake
ABSFitted on two axles (KEMI)
King pinJOST 50 #, bolt-on
Main beamsQ355B high-tensile steel
Deck2.75 mm checker plate
Container locks12 twist locks
Stake pockets16 (8 per side)
Landing gearFUWA 28 t, single-speed
Brake chambers6
Air tanks2 × 40 L, aluminium alloy
Tyres13 × 12R22.5-18PR (Linglong)
Rims13 × 9.00 × 22.5, 10-hole
Electrical system24 V, 7-pin socket, LED lamps
Toolbox1, 1 m
Fuel tank1,000 L
Water tank1,000 L
Surface treatmentShot blast, degrease and silane pretreatment, cathodic electrophoresis, powder topcoat
Dry film thickness100–150 µm (export specification)
Salt spray test≥ 720 h, neutral salt spray
Transit wax coatingNot included as standard
Frame colourWhite as standard; other colours to order

Front, rear and side views

40 ft flatbed semi trailer, front three-quarter view showing the gooseneck and landing legs
40 ft flatbed semi trailer, rear three-quarter view showing the rear frame and lamp clusters
40 ft flatbed semi trailer, right-hand three-quarter view of the deck and running gear

More flatbed configurations

This is the container-oriented member of the flatbed family: a 12.4 m deck with twist locks fitted, sized around a 40 ft box rather than around general cargo.

If your work is mixed — coils one week, machinery the next, containers when they come — the 13 m platform is usually the better buy, because it gives you deck length you can use for anything and takes a 30 t concentrated load. Tell us the split between container work and loose cargo and we will say which frame earns its keep on your route.

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Tell us what you haul and where it runs.

Axle count is fixed at three. Suspension, leaf pack, side guards, toolbox and paint colour are specified per order — tell us the route, the load and the fifth-wheel height you run.