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McLendon log trailer loaded with timber on a fall logging road
McLendon Trailers
Forestry · Lowboy · Equipment Trailers — Now at Artex Truck Center

Built Right For The Woods

Log trailers, lowboys, and equipment haulers fabricated in Phenix City, Alabama since 2006 — sold, financed, and serviced right here in Texarkana.

2006Est.
Fabricating in Phenix City, Alabama
4Lines
Forestry, lowboy, equipment, specialty
27Models
From 5-ton tags to 55-ton lowboys
11States
Dealer network across the South
The Core Trade · Forestry

Log Trailers Built The Name

Forty feet, two 25,000 lb air axles, and a frame for every loader — the FT40 family shares one heavy standard. Pick the beam and drop that fit your landing.

Blue McLendon forestry trailer with empty log bunks under a clear sky
FT40 forestry trailer · bunks empty

Every FT40 ships with

  • 40' length
  • 2× 25,000 lb Type-30 air axles
  • Hutchens 4-point HD suspension
  • WABCO ABS
  • 4 winches · Kinedyne straps
  • LED lights · sealed wiring
FT4021" Mill Roll straight frame96" standard height
FT40L21" Mill Roll straight frame98" standard height
FT40-4L24" fabricated beams · 4" center drop96" standard height
FT40-8L24" fabricated beams · 8" center drop96" standard height
LP40-421" wide-flange I-beam · 4" drop center98" standard height

DL48 Delimber

The specialist · 40'–48'

Gooseneck delimber trailer with extendable pullbar and hydraulic tubing plumbed for CSI and CTR delimbers — 16" wide-flange Mill Roll beams on 2× 22,500 lb axles.

Lowboys · 35 To 55 Tons

Pick Your Tonnage. Pick Your Neck.

Twelve lowboy models cover three capacities and five neck-and-deck configurations. Find your cell, and we'll pull the build sheet.

Fixed neck

33" deck height
35-TonLB35-33
52-TonLB52-33

Contractor neck

33" deck height
35-TonLB35-33CS
52-TonLB52-33CS

Drop deck

26" deck height
35-TonLB35-26
52-TonLB52-26

Fixed neck

38" deck height
35-TonLB35-38
52-TonLB52-38

Contractor neck

38" deck height
35-TonLB35-38CS
52-TonLB52-38CS

Removable neck

24" deck height
35-TonRN35-24D
55-TonRN55-24D

McLendon specs its lowboys through dealers. GVWRs, axle configs, and full build sheets come through our sales desk — one call gets you the numbers.

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Out Of The Yard In Phenix City
Blue McLendon lowboy trailer with loading ramps lowered
Fixed-neck lowboy, ramps down
Red McLendon lowboy with wide-load ramps raised
Drop deck with wide-load ramps
Detachable neck detail on a blue McLendon lowboy
Removable-neck detail
Equipment Trailers · Tag & Deckover

Five Tons To Twenty-Five

Skid steers to excavators — the equipment line steps up in rated tonnage, every frame sand blasted, primed, and painted before it leaves the shop.

  • 5-TonBRO-EQ5
    9,950 lb GVWR

    16' flat + 2' dovetail · 6" channel frame

  • 7-TonBRO-EQ7
    14,000 lb GVWR

    7" channel frame · Dexter 7,000 lb drop axles

  • 8-Ton16EQ8
    16,000 lb GVWR

    Dexter 8,000 lb oil-bath axles · 8" channel tongue

  • 20-TonBRO-DO20
    54,000 lb GVWR @ 55 mph

    30' overall · 12" I-beam frame · air brakes

  • 25-TonBRO-DO25
    50,000 lb GVWR @ 55 mph

    32' overall · 14" I-beam frame · 60,000 lb tire capacity

Black McLendon equipment trailer with stand-up ramps
Equipment trailer · stand-up ramps
Yellow McLendon tag trailer with ramps lowered
Tag trailer · ramps down

Nine models across the range— hydraulic tilts and low-profile Bobcat trailers included. Tell us what you load and we'll match the deck.

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Why Buyers Cross State Lines

Doing Something Right

McLendon's pitch isn't chrome — it's arithmetic. A trailer that doesn't break down doesn't cost you repairs, downtime, or the crew standing around waiting on it.

“We delivered on our promises and will continue delivering quality trailers to customers who understand the difference between doing something and doing something right.”

McLendon Trailers · Phenix City, Alabama
Name-brand running gear on every build
Hutchens SuspensionsWABCO ABSDexter AxlesKinedyne StrapsSand Blasted · Primed · Painted
AU

Engineered with Auburn University

A first-of-its-kind log trailer, designed by Auburn University Biosystems Engineering and fabricated by McLendon. When a job doesn't fit the catalog — bridge girders to oil fields — the specialty shop builds it to your project.

Fabricators welding a McLendon trailer frame in the Phenix City shop
Frame welding · the shop floor
Worker measuring a steel main beam before fabrication
Main-beam layout check
White McLendon specialty tank hauler trailer parked in a field
Specialty build · tank hauler
The Artex Advantage

Alabama Steel, Texarkana Backing

McLendon sells through dealers for a reason — the trailer needs a shop behind it. Artex has kept Tri-State fleets rolling since 1991.

Spec it through Artex

Frame, drop, axles, winches — we work the McLendon build sheet with you and the factory in Phenix City.

Finance the whole rig

Trailer and the truck that pulls it, one conversation. Purchase or finance on your terms.

Service on I-30

Twenty-one bays and DOT inspections in Texarkana. Your trailer gets the same backing as your fleet.

Black McLendon forestry trailer on the road, seen from behind
Delivered and on the road

Ready To Spec Your McLendon?

Call the Texarkana sales team for build sheets, lead times, and pricing on any McLendon line.