What Does Lowboys Mean?

noun U.S. Furniture. a low chest of drawers on short legs, resembling the lower part of a highboy.

Why is it called a lowboy?

It is called a lowboy because it sits so low when compared to a standard flatbed trailer. Standard flatbeds are commonly used to move standard-sized equipment. Lowboys, on the other hand, can move equipment and machinery up to 12-feet high.

What is a low boy truck?

A lowboy (low-loader in British English, low-bed in western Canada and South Africa or float in Australia and eastern Canada) is a semi-trailer with two drops in deck height: one right after the gooseneck and one right before the wheels. This allows the deck to be extremely low compared with other trailers.

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