SLIDING BOGIE TRAILERS

摘要

The present invention relates to sliding bogie trailers, and in particular to skeletal truck trailers for carrying container loads and to extendible flatbed trailers. A skeletal trailer (1) comprises a chassis section (2) and a wheeled bogie section (3) which is slidably connected to the chassis section (2) and relatively movable between forwards and rearwards positions. The bogie section (3) has a striker pin (9) and the chassis section (2) has two fifth wheel clasp mechanisms (10, 11) which automatically receive and retain the striker pin (9) to lock the sections (2, 3) in place when the sections are moved to the forwards or rearwards position. The clasp mechanisms (10, 11) may each be unlocked to allow the sections to be moved to another of the positions.