Description
Load and Drop a 40 ft Box Without Lift Equipment
The hard part of container transport has never been the driving, it is the loading. A crane at one end and a forklift at the other turns a two-hour move into a full-day operation with three people involved. This 40 ft gooseneck tilt bed chassis removes that dependency: the 12-volt twin-cylinder hydraulic pump tips the deck, and the eight 4 in. winches mounted along the sides pull the container up the incline and hold it there.
Underneath, it is built like the tool it is. A 12 in., 14# I-beam frame and neck carry repeated container drops without the deck taking a set, a torque tube keeps everything rigid when a box loads unevenly, and angle-iron skid plate runners take the abrasion as steel container rails drag across the frame. Two 10,000# axles with electric brakes ride on dual wheels for the weight of a loaded box.
This suits container dealers, modular-build crews and site operators who reposition storage or converted boxes between locations on their own schedule. It ships with no floor by design, because the frame is laid out to support container rails rather than loose freight, and the tapered rear with a 24 in. keyholed tail plate is what gets the first corner started up the deck.
Specifications
- Two 10,000# axles with electric brakes and dual wheels
- 12-volt twin-cylinder hydraulic lift pump
- Eight 4 in. winches mounted on the sides
- 12 in. x 14# I-beam frame and neck
- 30,000# adjustable coupler
- Two 12,000# jacks
- 3 in. x 5 in. x 3/8 in. angle iron skid plate runners and winch plate
- 235/80/16 (E) 10-ply tires on silver mod wheels
- Emergency breakaway kit with built-in charger
- Sealed wiring harness, LED lights and D.O.T. reflective tape
- Bed tapered at the rear with a 24 in. tail plate and keyholes
- Torque tube, safety chains, enamel paint finish, no floor
Start with the truck. A loaded 40 ft container is a serious gooseneck load, so confirm the bed-mounted ball, the hitch installation and the truck itself are all rated for what you intend to pull, and that your controller can drive four electric brakes. The 30,000# adjustable coupler is useful here because it lets one chassis sit level behind two different trucks instead of running nose-high on one of them.
In use, the routine checks are the winch cables and straps, the hydraulic pump and its battery feed, brake response, coupler play and tire condition, and those are worth running through before every long move rather than once a year. Dual axles on dual wheels give this chassis the capacity headroom that a single-wheel setup simply does not have when a full-length box sits on the deck.
Atlas Container Supply covers freight to all 48 contiguous states at no cost, with Puerto Rico at a flat $550, and most chassis leave within a few days of a cleared bank transfer for a 4 to 10 day arrival window. Ask for a delivered quote on the contact page, review the shipping policy for oversize handling, or see the rest of the chassis and trailer range.









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