Fontaine Trailer is an American manufacturer of flatbed and drop-deck trailers used in construction material transportation, steel hauling, machinery delivery, and other open-deck freight operations. Its commercial platform range includes aluminum, steel, and combination-construction trailers.
Fontaine Trailer and Fontaine Specialized serve different areas of the platform trailer market within the Marmon and Berkshire Hathaway organization. This page brings together Fontaine’s trailer background, equipment categories, company information, and product profiles published on Truck Equipment Atlas.
History and Background
The broader Fontaine business traces its origins to 1940, when John P. K. Fontaine established a company in Birmingham, Alabama, producing trailers for the federal government. The Fontaine name later expanded across trailer manufacturing and commercial vehicle coupling equipment.
Fontaine’s trailer operations developed into distinct businesses serving commercial platform and specialized hauling applications. Fontaine Trailer focuses on flatbeds and drop-deck trailers, while Fontaine Specialized serves lowbed, extendable, and hydraulic-tail trailer markets.
The business previously known as Fontaine Heavy-Haul returned to the Fontaine Specialized name in 2022. The change reflected a product range that had expanded beyond traditional heavy-haul trailers to include additional specialized platform configurations.
What Fontaine Trailer Manufactures
Fontaine’s trailer businesses provide platforms for general open-deck freight and specialized equipment transportation. Product categories include:
- All-aluminum platform trailers: Revolution flatbed and drop-deck models.
- Combination platform trailers: Infinity models combining steel structural components with aluminum components.
- Steel platform trailers: Velocity flatbed and drop-deck models.
- Lowbed and heavy-haul trailers: Fontaine Specialized equipment, including Magnitude removable-gooseneck configurations.
- Extendable trailers: Specialized platforms for freight requiring additional deck length.
- Hydraulic-tail trailers: Fontaine Specialized platforms supporting equipment loading and unloading.
Some trailer configurations are equipped with rolling tarp systems for covered open-deck transportation. Trailer construction and the installed covering system should be identified separately when reviewing a particular unit.
Fontaine Trailer Products on Truck Equipment Atlas
Explore the Fontaine trailer profiles below for equipment characteristics, freight applications, configurations, and ownership considerations. Additional profiles will be linked here as they are published.
The library includes equipment from Fontaine Trailer and Fontaine Specialized. Profiles may cover earlier models or multiple configurations; a published profile does not indicate that every version remains available for new orders.
Flatbed Trailers
- Fontaine Revolution Flatbed Trailer — Explore the Revolution platform for general open-deck freight, building materials, steel, and machinery transportation.
Step Deck and Covered Platform Trailers
- Fontaine Velocity Step Deck Trailer — Explore a drop-deck platform for machinery, construction materials, and freight requiring a lower deck height.
- Fontaine Velocity Conestoga — Explore a Velocity trailer configuration equipped with a rolling tarp system for covered platform freight.
Lowboy and Removable-Gooseneck Trailers
- Fontaine Magnitude Lowboy Trailer — Explore the Fontaine Specialized Magnitude family for heavy equipment and specialized hauling applications.
- Fontaine Magnitude RGN — Explore removable-gooseneck configurations used to load and transport heavy machinery.
Technology and Product Development
Fontaine Trailer’s platform development addresses trailer weight, structural strength, cargo securement, and serviceability. Its StirLITE aluminum floor uses friction stir welding, while the RASR routed aluminum siderail provides securement options along the trailer.
Other platform features include movable securement points, protected wiring, and selected configurations with container twist locks. Feature availability depends on the trailer family and specification.
Fontaine Specialized uses engineering analysis, durability testing, and hydraulic-system evaluation in developing its equipment. Heavy-haul trailer selection also depends on deck arrangement, axle configuration, loading method, and the characteristics of the intended load.
Company and Location Information
- Brand: Fontaine Trailer.
- Historical origins: The broader Fontaine business began in 1940.
- Country of origin: United States.
- Corporate group: Marmon / Berkshire Hathaway.
- Commercial platform main office: Haleyville, Alabama.
- Fontaine Specialized headquarters and manufacturing: Springville, Alabama.
- Commercial platform website: Fontaine Trailer.
- Specialized trailer website: Fontaine Specialized.
Consult the appropriate Fontaine business for current trailer availability, dealer locations, parts, warranty support, and technical documentation.
Related Brands and Equipment
Fontaine Fifth Wheel is a separate Fontaine business providing truck and trailer coupling equipment. Its fifth wheels are related equipment resources and are not products manufactured by Fontaine Trailer’s commercial platform operation.
- Fontaine No-Slack 6000 Fifth Wheel
- Fontaine No-Slack 7000 Fifth Wheel
- Fontaine No-Slack 7000CC Clean Connect Fifth Wheel
- Fontaine H7 Heavy-Duty Fifth Wheel
Related Equipment Guides
Explore the existing trailer guide section and trailer categories for additional information about open-deck equipment and freight applications.
- Trailer Guides
- Trailer Types and Models
- Flatbed Trailers
- Step Deck Trailers
- Conestoga Trailers
- Lowboy Trailers