Sheet and post trailer vs plate trailer

If that's the case then I never had a plated trailer and I don't know what a plated trailer is. I thought that the plated trailer was exactly what was on that pic. It looks like the inside of my Utility. The assumption being that a plated trailer was a trailer without inside wooden walls but composite/aluminum sheets/plates in between logistical posts.

I just noticed the whole thread is about the difference, yet the difference is not satisfactorily defined yet. Is it the type of material used between the logistical posts? Plate vs sheet? Does plated trailer not have logistical posts? I am really confused now. I guess I would need to see a real plated trailer to notice the difference. Does it really matter? I keep answering yes when they ask me if I have a plated trailer and I never run into a problem of not getting loaded or that they would somehow straighten me out on this.

 

inside dimensions are different. Sometimes no way to put two bundle of cans next each other in your trailer. So be carful when you say I have plate trailer ))) Also plate trailer has wider door opening(distance between door posts. Check out great dane champion cp model. it's plate trailer.

 

I took empty cans a few times. However, the requested inside dimensions were slightly wider; 102" inside but after calling broker and shipper they said that I'd be all right and I was. My trailer inside width is 101" with +/- 1/4 inch tolerance. If I am not mistaken, the door opening is 98".
Well, for the sake of simplicity, I'll continue to think that I still have a plated trailer but with a little bit of reservation. I think that, most of the time, they say they want a plated trailer when they don't want wooden inside walls.

 

What I always thought a plate trailer was, was one with no logistic post at all, either frp sides or post on the outside of the trailer. That was my understanding anyway.

 

A plate trailer the actual thin "plate" of wall, usually a composite material, is both the inside and outside wall of the trailer. Those panels that comprise the wall are 48" wide so every 48" is a logistic post.

A sheet and post has thicker logistics posts (normally on anywhere from 12" to 48" centers) and double walls - the interior panels and exterior skin.

The advantage of a plate trailer is the width of the interior is 101" versus 98.5" for a sheet and post. They're best suited for light loads that cube out the interior of the trailer. They're the flimsy built trailers you see when you pass a mega carrier like Heartland Express and the trailers walls are flexing, flopping in the wind that is a plate trailer. Sheet and post are much more rigid.