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.
Strong light weight superstructure
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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' | |