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Rear Door Latch System, Axles, and Carrying Capacity

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Caesar demonstrates the trailer's rear door system, highlighting the 'slam latch' mechanism. He shows how quickly and effortlessly the doors can be opened and securely closed with a simple motion, requiring minimal effort. He emphasizes that this system is fast, simple, and reliable, always working without requiring excessive time. He also points out the presence of a safety pin to prevent the doors from swinging open while traveling on the highway. He then mentions that the trailer is equipped with two 8K axles, which means it has a total carrying capacity of 16,000 lbs. He adds that the empty weight of the trailer can vary between 4200-5200 lbs, depending on exact specifications, leaving over 10,000 lbs for payload.

Goal: Demonstrate the efficiency of the rear door latch system and detail the trailer's axle capacity.

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  • Dura-Haul Roll-off Trailer Dura-Haul — Demonstrating the rear door latches and discussing axles

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>> So on our box we have actually designed it with a slam latch system in the back. Right? So this is fast, simple. You don't have to, you know, then spend a lot of time closing the doors and they always work. So you open like that. Mhm. And close. And so show me one more time cuz I want to do it I want to just show them how it right here. Go ahead. Go for it. So that works like that. Mhm. So as it moves slides up and over right there. Yep. It just closes right like that. And then you're done. And that axle pulls everything together. Yeah, this just a safety. Don't forget to put that one on. Mhm. Don't want your doors swinging open on the highway. Okay. So yeah, that would about wrap it up. Okay. But those small small details they make our roll roll off better than >> Now is there if a guy wants to put the flat deck feature on it like we had with the last one, is there an adapter kit or is that a seamless integration? That's a seamless integration. It's just like the box. You just buy the flatbed roll onto it and you're done. And that's it. It's There's no other There's nothing else you got to do with it. What axles are these? These are 8K axles. 8K 8K axles. So, this is a 16,000 lb trailer. What is the empty weight of this trailer? Empty weight, I wouldn't know that off the top of my head, but that should be somewhere around probably 6,000 6,000 lb probably.

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