Equipment Trailer vs. Flatbed:
How to Know Which You Need
Equipment trailers are for machines that drive on. Flatbeds are for materials that get loaded by hand or by forklift from the side. Skid steers, excavators, and tractors belong on equipment trailers. Steel, lumber, pipe, and palletized construction supplies belong on flatbeds.
Austin construction projects regularly need both types at different phases of the same job. Big Rentals rents both equipment trailers and flatbeds in Austin. The type of load and how it gets onto the trailer is the clear guide to which rental fits.