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Why Choose a Drawbar Truck?

Many years ago, a drawbar truck and trailer was a common sight on the UK’s roads. These were affectionately known as a ‘Wagon & Drag’ or ‘Wag and Drag’. If you are new to transport and looking to start out on your own in the UK, there hardly any occasions when opting to invest in a drawbar outfit would be of benefit. However, there are certain applications where the drawbar can be of benefit and may be worth considering depending on operating duty cycle.

Brilliant for Bricks

Bricks are heavy. Cranes are also heavy. Put the two together on a normal eight-wheeler and you run the risk of overloading an axle. Use a 6×2 artic and tri axle trailer then your crane cannot reach the stacks of bricks at the back. So, invest in a 6×2 (or 6×4) rigid with a rear-mounted crane and a three-axle drawbar trailer and the job becomes easier. You can take the rigid on its own for smaller jobs and hitch the trailer for larger deliveries using the crane that can reach all the blocks as it is in the centre of the load.

Perfect for Plant

Many plant hire companies will use a standard artic and low loader for moving kit around.  These are well suited for the larger pieces of kit, such as a wheel loader or even an ADT (Articulated Dump Truck). If your business has a variety of small to medium size items to transport, then the flexibility of a drawbar combination could be perfect. Run just the rigid or for larger jobs, hitch up the trailer too. Get the design right and the operator could load through the trailer onto the rigid truck without the need to uncouple.

Handy for Hay

Not just hay, but any high cube, low weight operation could benefit from the additional load volume available to drawbar operators. You may see these combinations piled high with bales on rigid and trailer plus some on a frame above the cab!

Simple for Skiploaders

Assuming you have some skilled drivers, then a drawbar combination could double your effectiveness as a skip operator. If your operating area is significant then having three loaded skips in one vehicle could be the answer (not if you operate in built up urban areas). Check out the Skipmate Skip Trailers shown below:

Advantages of a Drawbar Combination vs. Tractor & Semi Trailer

• Trucks more familiar to drivers of Rigids
• Smaller truck for local deliveries when decoupled
• Higher load volume
• Flexibility of running without trailer

Disadvantages of a Drawbar Combination vs. Tractor & Semi Trailer

• Difficult to couple
• Difficult to reverse
• Cannot simply swap prime mover to a new, loaded trailer
• Takes longer to load and unload on loading bay