Customize Your EAGLE BRIDGE Trailer | Options for Every Need | Trinity Trailer

When it comes to your trailer design, first consider the weight per cubic yard of your product, and where you will be hauling. Each state has different requirements for Bridge law, and it is important to know what those are. You will also want to consider how the trailer is loaded. Wheel loader bucket reach, buildings you will pull in and out of, and how far the product will drop, to name a few, are calculated into the best trailer for you.

Our consultative process and knowledgeable team will walk you through the options, and discuss the recommended configuration to fit your needs. EAGLE BRIDGE^® belt trailers range from 36’ to 56’ long, can have between two to six axles, and are between 9’7” to 14.5’ tall.

BELT WIDTH		BEST FOR	CAPACITY
25"		Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Dry Fertilizer	38.56 - 108.93 cubic yards
31"		Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Dry Fertilizer, Processed Onions, Dry Grain	40.25 - 75.53 cubic yards
36"		Potatoes, Sugar Beets, Dry Fertilizer, Processed Onions, Dry Grain, Dry Feed, Grass Seed, Top Soil, Compost	41.48 - 71.87 cubic yards
48"		Dry Fertilizer, Dry Grain, Dry Feed, Grass Seed, Top Soil, Compost, Bio-Solids, Dry and Wet Distillers Grain, Poultry Litter, Silage, Mulch, Crushed Glass, Crushed Coal, Gravel, Sand, Tire Shreds, Auto Fluff	44.88 - 120.08 cubic yards
61"		Dry Fertilizer, Dry Grain, Dry Feed, Grass Seed, Top Soil, Compost, Bio-Solids, Dry and Wet Distillers Grain, Poultry Litter, Silage, Mulch, Crushed Glass, Crushed Coal, Gravel, Sand, Tire Shreds, Auto Fluff, Fresh Pack Onions	47 - 123 cubic yards

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Every EAGLE BRIDGE is built with a frameless design, so there is no rigid frame from front to back. Instead, it has a specially designed side frame, top rail, kingpin, and suspension to distribute the weight of the payload, while offering up to 18 degrees of flex side-to-side (36 degrees overall).

The number of axles and suspension will be designed to meet Department of Transportation (DOT) guidelines, Bridge laws and your needs. We offer custom spreads, liftable, and lift steer axle combinations to meet max payload possibilities with your truck. EAGLE BRIDGE is lightweight, but the suspension is heavy duty.

PRO TIP
Hauling corrosive products? Ask about the liner over the suspension. This will protect brake lines, air bags, and fittings from the products on your flaps as they return to the front.

The tarp system on your trailer needs to be easy to use and maintain, while protecting your products and trailer.

We offer an assortment of different tarp systems that can be customized to meet your needs. Manual or electric systems are available from the factory or aftermarket. Depending on how you are loading, a front-to-back tarp or a side-to-side tarp might fit your operation best.

We work with the top tarp manufacturers in the industry to provide you with the best solution. Whether it’s insulated tarps for cold weather, or small hook-and-loop openings for overhead loading dusty products, we will deliver the best tarp system to fit your needs.

PRO TIP
Closing your tarp will protect your liners from sun damage. A tarp is less expensive to replace than a liner.

Each product moves through the trailer differently during unloading. Some products flow fluidly, while others clump together. Some are hot from processing, and others need to be protected from the cold. The liner plays an important role in delivering your product safely to the chain and flap assembly for unloading, while protecting the life of your trailer. Trinity offers liners from the slopes, all the way to the top rail.

We offer liners in 3/16” HMW (High Molecular Weight) up to 1” thick UHMW (Ultra-High Molecular Weight), with different properties for dissipating heat, and handling abrasive products like gravel, crushed glass, and shredded tires. HMW is the standard duty liner for a sideliner, and best for ag commodities, where UHMW is heavier duty and is standard under the chain and flap assembly and best used in more heat and abrasion-centric hauls.

The Cold Weather Package is designed to keep ambient warm air in the trailer as long as possible during transit. In parts of Canada and the Northern United States, potatoes must be moved in sub-zero temperatures. To protect them from freezing, the Cold Weather Package features:

BIN INSULATION: A polyfoil insulation is installed between the stainless steel sheeting and the liner on the inside of the trailer. This slows down the cooling of the trailer body and reduces freezing of your products from the outside freezing temperatures.

TARP INSULATION: As the tarp is built a layer of insulation batting is layered between two pieces of tarp material. This will help trap the ambient warm air inside the trailer up above the products in the bin.

DUAL (INSIDE OPEN) HYDRAULIC UPPER DOORS: Potato storage facilities use an extendable piler to reach inside the trailer to load the trailer from front to back. This door design gives ample space to the storage facility to reach in and load the trailer without having to un-tarp the trailer and lose the air trapped inside.

PTO (POWER TAKE OFF) PUMP ON THE TRUCK: Hydraulic pressure is built from a pump that draws power from the truck. When the truck is on, the driver can turn a PTO pump on that pressurizes the hydraulics on the trailer. Different trailers require different pressures, but rest assured if your pump is set higher than the EAGLE BRIDGE (30 GPM and 2750 PSI) is designed for, a diverter valve will bleed the additional un-needed pressure off and circulate it back into the hoses.

ELECTRIC MOTOR: The 7.5 horse power electric motor is standard Trinity hardware when selecting this option, but higher output motors are available. When unloading indoors or at a food-safe facility, generally an electrical power source is supplied to plug in and run the electric motor to create pressure in the onboard pump. An electric motor and pump will give an even flow of pressure to the hydraulic system to turn the belt quickly and efficiently.

GAS MOTOR: The 20 horse power gas motor with a pump will build adequate pressure to turn the belt and operate the door(s). This option gives you a self-contained trailer that can unload behind any truck in your fleet without a PTO. When building your custom trailer, we will recommend adding PTO hoses to your trailer purely for resale and trade-ability.