Utility Tautliner
Protect your flatbed payload without compromising capacity. Utility’s Tautliner has one of the highest strength-to-weight ratios in the industry. See what customizable options are available to you. Contact our specialized sales team
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Utility Tautliner
The Tautliner loads like a flatbed and protects like a van, providing three-way simultaneous access. Utility Tautliner can also be custom built with a variety of options to meet your operational requirements.

Key Features
- Kin-Sider™ by Kinedyne® curtain
- Strong light weight superstructure
- Load Versatility
- Greater accessibility
- Buckle and hook assembly
- Tensioning system
- Weather protection
- Heavy-duty aluminum outrigger attachments
- Hat-shaped top flange
- Increased payload
- High strength-to-weight ratio platform
- Integral winch track
- Microencapsulated adhesive on all screws
- Utility I.C.C. bumper
Available Options
- Curtain wearbands
- Liftout post with kite track assembly
- Kite track
- Hardwood floor system
- High quality digital graphics and color options available
Specifications
01-03 DIMENSIONS AND DECK TYPE | |
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Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) | |
65,000 lb | |
Payload capacity | |
55,000 lb evenly distributed | |
Overall length | |
53' 0" | |
Overall height | |
13' 6" on 48" height 5th wheel | |
Overall width | |
102" | |
Deck type | |
4" wedge | |
04 FRONT SUBFRAME | |
Kingpin location | |
37" from front of Tautliner | |
Kingpin plate | |
Integral with approach plate | |
Kingpin type | |
AAR hardness cruciform | |
Run up members | |
4 steel angles run up members | |
Front wall attachment | |
2 mounting beams to anchor tautliner front wall | |
05 SUPPORT LEG AND ASSEMBLY | |
Support legs | |
Jost® model A400 square 2-speed steel crank type | |
Support leg location | |
140" from leading edge of front rail to center line of support legs | |
Support leg shoe type | |
10" × 10" hinged square low profile sand support leg shoes | |
Support leg bracing | |
2" × 2" bolt-on steel angle bracing with horizontal steel angle between legs | |
Support leg crank location | |
Roadside of support legs | |
06 CROSSMEMBERS AND RAILS | |
Crossmembers | |
3" steel I-beam crossmembers on 16" center line full length; rearmost 3 crossmembers on 12" center line | |
Front gooseneck depth | |
8⅝" | |
Front rail | |
Carbon steel bolt-on with stainless steel front corners | |
Outriggers | |
3 aluminum tube outriggers each side | |
Side rail | |
5⅜" deep extruded aluminum with integral sliding winch track on each side | |
Frame web | |
25¼" deep 7 ga. steel 60,000 psi one-piece | |
Bottom flange | |
½" × 4" high strength steel 80,000 psi | |
Top flange | |
7 ga. hat section 80,000 psi high strength steel | |
07 REAR SUBFRAME | |
Rear subframe type | |
Binkley spring suspension/Z-frame slider system with full slider range | |
Rubber dock bumpers | |
(2) ½" proud mounted on rear rail | |
Vertical and horizontal I.C.C. bumper | |
D.O.T. high strength steel vertical with non-slip 7" deep horizontal |
08 SUSPENSION, AXLES AND ACTUATION | |
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Spring suspension | |
SAF Holland SP9000 Series Duralite with 49" axle spacing | |
Slider suspension location | |
69" rear, 159" forward for 90" of slider travel | |
Slack adjusters | |
Bendix® Versajust® automatic | |
Springs | |
3 leaf steel | |
Air actuation system | |
1 tank with spring brakes | |
Air brake chambers | |
Bendix® EnduraSure™ 3030 | |
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) | |
Bendix® TABS-6 2S/1M | |
Axle manufacturer | |
Factory choice N-spindle type | |
Axle spindle nuts | |
ConMet® included with Preset Plus® | |
Hub piloted system with outboard drums | |
10 stud hub-piloted system with outboard cast drums with 16½" × 7" brakes included with ConMet Preset Plus® | |
Hubcaps | |
Federal-Mogul “non-vented” | |
Oil seals | |
ConMet® included with Preset Plus® | |
Wheel bearing lubrication | |
Mobilube HD Plus 80W-90 oil | |
Wheel bearings | |
ConMet® included with Preset Plus® | |
09 FRONT WALL | |
Front panels | |
.050" pre-painted white aluminum | |
Front wall posts | |
2" extruded aluminum Zee | |
Front corner post | |
7 ga. formed steel | |
Curtain tensioner assembly | |
V-shaped furling spool mounted above a ratchet base and lock at front | |
10 SIDE WALL | |
Curtain color | |
White | |
Curtain material | |
Kinedyne® Kin-Sider™ welded PVC-laminated polyester substrate material | |
Curtain rollers | |
Nylon roller above each vertical tensioning strap | |
Reinforcement straps | |
Sonically welded PVC-saturated polyester | |
Curtain tubes | |
¾" galvanized pipe sleeved into front and rear of curtain | |
Side posts | |
Top angle bracket style removable posts on each side | |
11 ROOF | |
Roof skin | |
.040" one-piece aluminum coil | |
Roof bows | |
1⅜" extruded aluminum hat-shaped bows on 24" center line | |
Top rails | |
Extruded aluminum combination roof rail and curtain track | |
Pelmet | |
Heavy-duty rubber | |
12 REAR CASE AND DOORS | |
Rear case & buckplate material | |
Carbon steel | |
Rear case corner posts & header | |
Quick release posts | |
Rear door hinges | |
4 per door | |
Holdbacks | |
Chain link & hook on rear door | |
Rear door lock rods | |
1 per door | |
Rear door panels | |
1/2" composite, pre-painted white exterior and interior |
14 FLOORS | |
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Floor type | |
1⅛" extruded aluminum flat top floor full width | |
Floor joint sealant | |
Caulking applied prior to assembly between aluminum planks and wood nailers | |
16 LINING | |
Front wall lining | |
¼" exterior grade plywood | |
17 ELECTRICAL | |
Clearance lights | |
Grote® sealed beam | |
Side mounted directional light | |
Grote® Ultra Seal 60 integral with center clearance light | |
Stop, tail, turn lights | |
Grote® 4" LED (10-diode) lights, 2 per side with black snap-in flange | |
18 PAINT AND FINISH | |
Frame finish | |
Utility black enamel with primer undercoat on all steel show surfaces; aluminum parts receive a natural finish | |
Vertical & horizontal I.C.C. bumper finish | |
Utility black enamel on horizontal bumper, black scharpf on vertical bumper | |
Bottom side rail finish | |
Natural aluminum | |
Top front & top side rail finish | |
Extruded aluminum | |
Roof exterior finish | |
Natural aluminum | |
Support leg finish | |
Rust preventative coating | |
19 MISCELLANEOUS | |
Mudflap type | |
Black plastic anti-sail with Utility logo, mounted with steel reinforcing straps |
20 TIRES AND WHEELS | |
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22.5" × 8.25" standard width wheels | |
Factory choice steel 10 hub piloted wheels | |
Tires | |
295/75R 22.5” Michelin X®-Line Energy-T2 14ply Load Range 'G' |