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Tilt trailer
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Because the "bed" of the trailer can tilt or rotate on the axles so the rear end can lower to the ground enabling something to be driven or loaded onto it more easily... Here's one;
http://www.hhtrailer.com/05-5x8GeneralPurposeTrailer.asp
Something like these:
http://reveg-catalog.tamu.edu/13-Transport%20Trailers.htm
Principal's the same, regardless of size or adaptation...
So we know what we are talking about, here is a photo (though its not stripped out, but you can see the outline of the horizontal boards at the back end)
http://www.vanhool.be/products_iv_opleggers_detail.asp?id=31&*****************=27&TabID=13
As to why they are called a tilt, after 15 years in the industry I have never found out. All I know is they can be an absolute pig to strip and put back together (especially if its windy!). Personally I used to have a Euroliner, which still has the sideboards like a tilt, but no drop leaf sides, so it was like a normal curtainside, which was far easier to contend with. I could strip my Euroliner in 5 minutes, but my brother in law (who had a tilt) used to take 15 minutes with me helping him!
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