(Video from YouTube, by TalbertMfg - 5 Oct 2010: Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. designs and manufactures a wide variety of heavy haul trailers and specialized transportation equipment)
NW Indiana,USA -Fleet Owner -18 March 2011: -- Specialty trailer builder Talbert Manufacturing has designed two new trailer models, the 55-ton RA Beam Deck and the 35-ton HRG Double Drop trailer. Both will be on display at the Mid-America Trucking Show, to be held in Louisville at the end of this month... The Beam Deck trailer features a non-ground bearing gooseneck customized with a 114-in. swing clearance, allowing more weight on the steer axle. It also includes a 26-ft. beam deck, a four-axle heavy-duty suspension offering 30,000 lbs. capacity, and a four-hydraulic cylinder design for improved lifting capacity... Talbert’s 35-ton HRG Double Drop Trailer was designed to haul agricultural machinery. An aluminum pull-out system (2 ft. on each side) accommodates wider equipment at lower heights. A hydraulic removable gooseneck offers five different ride heights with an extra full-width deck... There are four hydraulic cylinders for improved lifting capacity. The trailer is built with heavy-duty T1 steel and is equipped with strobe lights, battery backup, aluminum wheels and connections for a flip axle...
Omaha,NE,USA -Truckinginfo -15 March 2011: -- Berkshire Hathaway announced it's buying Marmon Holdings, whose Marmon Highway Technologies makes trailers, fifth wheels, brakes and more for the heavy-duty trucking industry... Berkshire Hathaway too it's buying Lubrizol, which among other things makes additives for fuel and oil, for about $9.7 billion -- $135 per share in an all-cash transaction... It's the biggest deal for billionaire Warren Buffett's company since it bought Burlington Northern Santa Fe for more than $26 billion in 2009... (Photo from trucksystem: A Fontaine trailer by Marmon Highway Technologies)