Curtainsider Trucks for Sale (516)

Curtainsiders are the workhorses of the transport industry.  Extremely flexible, a curtainside truck can be used for such a wide range of delivery tasks. It can obviously do everything a box truck can do.  If you want to load and unload quickly then there are the rear doors – either roller shutter style or with barn doors where the truck can be loaded from a loading bay. Where curtainsiders come into their own is when there are cumbersome objects that do not lend themselves to being loaded on pallets easily, but require the protection from the weather that a flatbed or drop side truck cannot afford. A forklift can load the truck quickly from either side – if you are in a rush and have the resources, the curtainsider can be loaded on both sides at the same time using two forklifts.

Used Curtainside Trucks & Trailers

After the ubiquitous box truck, the curtainsider is the second most popular rigid truck for sale at Truckpages.  If you include the curtainside trailers then they usually top the charts.  The most popular curtainside truck brand is, unsurprisingly, the market leader DAF, whilst the largest choice of curtainside trailers comes from leading manufacturer, SDC .

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Curtainsider

A curtainside truck can be a rigid or articulated trailer where the sides of the body can be slid back like a curtain to reveal the load area. This makes loading easier than with solid sides but safer and drier than an open backed truck.

Both have sides of the bodies that slide back. Curtainisder is a generic term, whilst Tautliner is a brand of body belonging to Boalloy. The Tautliner version runs along rails at the top and the bottom, whereas the curtainsider is typically loose at the bottom and on a runner at the top of the curtain

Both have curtains that slide back, but the title version that is more popular on the continent has the cover all the way over the body sitting on a frame which, when revealed, means that the truck can be loaded from the top using a gantry crane as well as the sides. In the UK these tend to be used only for metal coil carriers.

Since whole vehicle type approval came in, more truck manufacturers are supplying trucks with the bodies already fitted. However, there are a number of specialist curtainside body builders, suc as J C Payne, Alloy Bodies and the Bevan Group. For Curtainside trailers, Montracon, SDC and Schmitz Cargobull.

If you need to be loaded and unloaded by a forklift quickly, as opposed to a raised loading bay or using a tail lift at the rear, the a curtainsider truck is the best solution as the load area can be accessed quickly whilst the load is protected from theft and the elements when travelling.

Buying a Used Curtainsider

Buying a used curtainside truck is no different to making any other secondhand truck purchase.  You must take a good long look over the driveline, check the wheels and tyres etc.  The only additional area you need to consider is the state of the curtains and tracks themselves.

Take your time and undo every clip that holds the curtains in place, then fully slide them along to reveal the while of the loading area.  Make sure the belts are not worn and that there are no tears in the curtains.  Check of any earlier repairs to the curtains – it is not necessarily a terrible thing that they have been damaged slightly in the past, but the repair will need to be solid.

Some curtains look tired when they have had their previous graphics removed, but often, a decent quantity of traffic film remover can sort this out.  Buying a curtainsided truck with the logos simply painted over could be a lot of work to remove and you may be better negotiating a great deal with the seller and investing in a new set of curtains.

Curtain Replacement

It is not the end of the world if you have to replace the curtains – doing so will really smarten up the truck in any case.  Buying new curtains for the truck also means that you can change the colour to one that suits you better.  Bear in mind that there is usually only a choice of base colours – matching your livery may be a lot trickier.

Recycle Old Curtains

If you are buying new curtains for the curtainsider, then don’t just throw away the old ones – there is a company in Switzerland called Freitag (translated as Friday) that buys these curtains to make them into handbags and satchels.

Other Names for Curtainsiders

Tautliner

Over the years there have been plenty of companies making these types of truck bodies.  Sometimes the brand names stick – think Hoover and vacuum cleaners.  You may hear people talk about ‘Tautliners’ – this is a brand of curtainside body that is built by Boalloy in Cheshire.  They differ slightly to many curtainsiders in as much as the bottom of the curtain is never removed and the curtains simply slide along a rail.

Tilt Body

These are a type of curtainsider that is a lot more popular on the continent.  They are essentially a dropside truck with a removable frame and series of curtains.  This means that the truck can be used as a curtainsider, but if there are loads that are too tall for the frame (and are OK being exposed to the weather) then the frame is removed and the truck is a standard dropside.  This type of ‘Tilt’ or ‘Tiltliner’ body is common for semi-trailers in the continent.

In the UK we see the vast majority of trucks as traditional curtainsiders, with a tiny percentage being tiltliners.

Euroliners

These are trailers that look like curtainsiders that are used on the continent.  The main difference is that the roofs slide open to help loading from overhead.  This means that loading long items or heavy coils from an overhead gantry crane is possible.

Megaliners

Mega trailers in general are those that run on smaller wheels and tyres with a low-ride tractor unit.  Using smaller wheels means that the height of the body can be taller giving more load space.  In the UK this is less of a problem, as our motorway bridges are higher than on continental Europe.  We are able to have overheight trailers running on normal wheels and tyres.

 

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Curtainsider
Make
Isuzu
Model
N75
Location
2010 10 reg Isuzu Forward N75.190 Auto Curtain Sider (Direct Council) For auction: 13th March - 20th March on: Mar 20, 2024 12:00 PM GMT Lot No: 9
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Curtainsider
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Mercedes
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Atego
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Curtainsider
Make
Lawrence David
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For Auction at Fleet Auction Group on 2024-03-20
Lot No: 245.0 13.6m - BODY - LENGTH, - Standard - Axle - CONFIGURATION, - Drums - BRAKES - WITH - BPW - HUBS - AND - Air - SUSPENSION ~ Roller, OVERALL HEIGHT 8FT8, No of Keys: 0 ~DHOLLANDIA TUCKUNDERVAT Status: Commercial (plus VAT) MoT:...
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Curtainsider
Make
DAF
Model
CF
Location
2019 (19) DAF CF 260 Sleeper Cab, 28ft Curtain Body, Rear Barn Doors, V-Rave, 1500kg Tuckaway Tailift, Automatic Gearbox, Euro 6, Rear Air Suspension, Air Conditioning, Night Heater, Factory Fitted Imobiliser, Digital Tacho, CD Player, Multifunction Steering Wheel, Lane Departure Warning System...
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Curtainsider
Make
Scania
Model
P Series
Location
For Auction at Fleet Auction Group on 2024-03-20
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Curtainsider
Make
DAF
Model
CF
Location
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Curtainsider
Make
Krone
Location
For Auction at CVA Carr Hill Industrial Estate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8DE on 2024-03-19
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Curtainsider
Make
Iveco
Model
Eurocargo
Location
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Curtainsider
Make
DAF
Model
LF
Location
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Curtainsider
Make
Iveco
Model
Daily
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Curtainsider
Make
Lawrence David
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For Auction at Fleet Auction Group on 2024-03-20
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Curtainsider
Make
DAF
Model
CF65
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Curtainsider
Make
Concept
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For Auction at Fleet Auction Group on 2024-03-20
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Curtainsider
Make
Krone
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For Auction at CVA Carr Hill Industrial Estate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8DE on 2024-03-26
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Curtainsider
Make
Tiger
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Curtainsider
Make
DAF
Model
LF
Location
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Curtainsider
Make
Isuzu
Model
N75
Location
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Curtainsider
Make
Lawrence David
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Curtainsider
Make
Iveco
Model
Stralis
Location
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Curtainsider
Make
Mercedes
Model
Actros
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