Dercks Other models

The register lists 90 versions with a gross vehicle weight from 935 to 45,000 kg, ranging from light single-axle trailers to heavy multi-axle low-loaders for construction machinery and special transport. Widths are recorded for 85 of the 90 models, from 1.63 to 2.74 m, and lengths for 40 models, from 1.55 to 14.72 m – from compact trailers to long low-loaders for tracked excavators and wheel loaders.

Low-loaders in this range carry excavators, wheel loaders and other construction machinery as well as oversized loads exceeding the dimensions of standard trailers. Twin-axle versions with overrun brakes cover the lighter end, while heavy multi-axle low-loaders with hydraulic brakes, a reinforced frame and sometimes steered axles are built for tight access on building sites; they compete with specialised European low-loader and special-transport manufacturers.

When buying used, check the frame and loading ramps (deformation, cracked welds), axles, brakes and, on steered axles, the steering hydraulics, plus lashing points, lighting and tyre condition on the often heavily loaded inner axles; corrosion at the ramp hinges is a common weak point. Axle-assembly spares are sourced through specialised commercial-vehicle workshops.