About Log Trailers
Early lumberjacks relied on waterways, teams of horses or oxen, and steam-powered locomotives to transport logs they’d cut from a forest to the mill. The process changed in the early 1900s, though, with the development of logging trucks and log trailers. Early log trailers often had steel tires, and the logging trucks that were used to pull them had small engines and low-powered transmissions. Such developments as oversized braking systems, rubber tires, and more powerful engines and transmissions eventually allowed for the transport of trees that were located deeper in forests and typically farther away from waterways or railroads.

2020 PITTS LT40-8LSP Log Trailer
Log Trailer Features
Some log trailers come with winches or cranes and are used alongside such other logging equipment as feller bunchers, skidders, and loaders for easier loading. Doepker log trailers for sale include tandem, drop-frame, wagon, and four-axle tridem straight-frame models. McLendon, meanwhile, offers both straight-frame and low-profile log trailers, while Pitts log trailers for sale are available with a variety of optional equipment and features, such as electronic or air scales, grapple bars, air-ride suspension, and slide-able bolsters.
Find The Right Log Trailers For The Job
New and used log trailers available for sale on TruckPaper.com from such leading brands and manufacturers as Doepker, Evans, McLendon, and Pitts and can accommodate logs of various lengths and have reinforced beams and cross members, as well as numerous side posts, stakes, uprights, rails, or tailgates to contain the logs.