Bogie for a lowboy trailer

A bogie for a lowboy trailer, the bogie comprising:

• a pair of longitudinally extending main beams, each main beam having an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web connecting the upper and lower flanges;
• and
• a plurality of transversely extending cross-members connected between the main beams and longitudinally spaced from one another;
• wherein each of the cross-members is trough-shaped and has a pair of transversely spaced side sections and a midsection between the side sections, the side sections sloping downwardly toward the midsection;
• and
• wherein each side section of at least one cross-member has a notch formed therein that receives the lower flange of a respective one of the main beams, such that at least part of the downwardly sloping portion of each side section is located directly below the respective main beam.

A bogie for a lowboy trailer, the bogie comprising:

• a pair of longitudinally extending main beams, each main beam having an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web connecting the upper and lower flanges;
• and
• a plurality of transversely extending cross-members comprising a foremost cross-member and a rearmost cross-member, each of the cross-members having an I-shaped cross section with an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web connecting the upper and lower flanges;
• wherein each of the cross-members is trough-shaped and the web of at least one of the cross-members intersects with each of the main beams such that at least a portion of the web of at least one of the cross-members is located below the lower flange of each of the main beams;
• and
• wherein an upper surface of the upper flange of the rearmost cross-member is located above an upper surface of the upper flange of the foremost cross-member.