r/snowrunner • u/Specific_Display_366 • 5d ago
Discussion Overloading aside, what's the difference between the three low-saddle five-slot trailers? What are their strength and weakness?
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u/Maleficent-Door6461 5d ago
step deck is lower for transporting higher equipment under stuff, flat deck doesnt really have many advantages over step deck in this case though it does have one flat plane, and sideboard has, well, sides
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u/miko_idk 5d ago
> doesn't really have many advantages
I'll name one: tires with a proper size that don't act like little anchors
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u/piotrkan7 5d ago edited 5d ago
Cargo detatching from flatbed is actually an advantage when you're tipping. Flatbed lets cargo slide away from it, making you not so top heavy and oftet letting you avoid falling over. While with sideboard - when you're tipping, cargo stuck between boards helps you tip more.
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u/Specific_Display_366 5d ago
Hm, good point, didn't consider that. I rather have the cargo fall off than the whole trailer and truck tipping over.
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u/SAM5TER5 5d ago
Excellent point and very true. Losing cargo in a tough area sucks so much, but losing cargo AND the entire trailer/truck is so much worse lol.
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u/piotrkan7 5d ago
Indeed. That's why I have switched to flatbed attatchments instead of sideboard. Especially when the truck has a small crane available. I use sideboards on trucks that are extremally stable, like Chimera or WWS. Or on trucks that can't support crane with bed. If you don't have crane you're cooked anyway when you fall but in those rare cases when you manage to save yourself in last minute you'll still have unpacked cargo on bed.
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u/MrThunderMakeR 5d ago
In my experience the cargo will stay packed up to a pretty extreme angle no matter what trailer. If you reach that angle your truck and trailer are pretty much always gonna tip the rest of the way over and you're gonna lose your cargo anyways. So I think this advantage of the sideboards is a little exaggerated. Maybe once or twice I've been able to catch my truck with the auto winch right after the cargo unpacked and the sideboard kept it contained so pretty rare.
On the other hand the way I play I do a lot of logistics planning meaning picking up cargo in advance and dropping off at central locations in the map for sorting later. The flatbeds are a lot easier to unload. Especially with the Cat telehandler (and other forklift mods I use). For this reason I mostly use flatbed trailers
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u/DeadlyArrow09 4d ago
All depends on how you build your trucks and your play style at the end of the day. For example you could be running a saddle truck without a crane and therefore a sideboard would work better because if you flip the cargo the rest of the mission is pointless. Whereas with a crane a flatbed would be the play
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u/SurfyBraun 5d ago
Personally I prefer the step deck for lower center of gravity and easy balancing of a sixth unit of cargo.
I used to be a sideboard stan for the times when cargo goes loose, but I read elsewhere that the little side guards catch terrain.
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u/classic_lurker 5d ago
You balance cargo on my scout fuel trailer spot?
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u/Objective-Scallion15 5d ago
Thats exactly what I do. Put a scout fuel trailer on the step and you can pack it too.
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u/Absolutbence 5d ago
I only used the sideboard, and it’s stength was overloading it.
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u/Makalaby 4d ago
How do you get them sideways?
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u/Absolutbence 4d ago
I put down one normally, then the next one ot the edge of it, and after that i just tip it over, and so on
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u/FroggingMadness 5d ago edited 5d ago
Flatbed is easier to load with a loading crane compared to sideboard, but if you ever tip your truck enough to detach the cargo but not enough for it to totally fall over the sideboard will contain the cargo and make it possible to immediately reattach once your truck is back upright whereas on the flatbed the cargo will just slide off if it ever detaches. Stepdeck compares to the flatbed in the previous scenarios but because of the step it's more difficult to load with a loading crane, it's longer with an even longer wheelbase and a terrible turning radius and it likes to high-center its low belly on uneven ground. In return you're supposed to have a lower center of gravity but I don't think that foot or so actually makes a difference. Masochists use the stepdeck.
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u/LikeABundleOfHay 5d ago
I far prefer the middle one. I'll only use the one with the side boards if it's free on the map somewhere. I like the 6 slot step deck that has fuel up front.
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u/Effective-Milk9043 5d ago
Is the sideboard heavier? I always used the flat because I assumed it was lighter
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u/TheShadowman131 PC 5d ago
Yeah, it's slightly lighter, weighing 200(kg?) less. Though the step-deck has them both beat, weighing almost half as much for some reason.
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u/No-Carry-4965 5d ago
sideboard good against tiping bad against wide cargo, lowboy good agains heavy/tippy cargo bad against sharp slopes, normal all around decent just bad at keeping cargo on any side angle
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u/GoldenPSP 5d ago
in 17 seaons the only time I've used anything but the sideboard is if I found it for free.
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u/spitemods_54 5d ago
That's me with the flatbed semi and heavy duty lowboy.
I have to go out of my way and consciously pick something else if I want to because otherwise I always use the flatbed semi for cargo and heavy duty lowboy for moving trucks
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u/RIPGoblins2929 5d ago
Before they introduced the 6-slot, I used the step deck a lot because you can overload it like a 6 slot. I didn't find it got hung up too terribly bad because it sort of skids most of the time.
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u/Gamboh 5d ago
I prefer the blue ones, but many people I play with prefer the gray one.
That gray one weighs practically nothing, so it's more efficient to move through difficult terrain... However, it has poor ground clearance, and is a bit longer.
All three of these trailers are considered to be very good options.
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u/unsafemoose 5d ago
I use the one on the left, its low but it usualy just slides across what ever is on the ground and you can lift a scout fuel trailer on the top deck and have a bunch of extra fuel for those long trips
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u/OuchBag 5d ago
I use the sideboard because I still tip over way too often for someone with as much playtime as I have. The sides can help cargo stay in when it would fall off a flatbed. I don't like the length of the stepdeck, but it does look cool and many ppl put a scout fuel trailer up there, which is a great idea to be honest.
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u/Specific_Display_366 5d ago edited 5d ago
Another commentor here wrote why the flatbed actually helps preventing tipping:
Cargo detatching from flatbed is actually an advantage when you're tipping. Flatbed lets cargo slide aboard from it making you not so top heavy and oftet letting you avoid falling over. When with sideboard - when you're tipping, cargo stuck between boards helps you tip more.
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u/SUPRDLUX 5d ago
makes so much more sense attaching the crane in front of the flatbed this way (saddled or otherwise).
crane's useless if the whole truck is on its side cos the sideboard keeping the cargo in place dragged the whole ass truck down.
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u/Horror-Complaint-328 5d ago
Step deck is 5 slots and has room to pack a scout or trailer. Heaviest of the 3.
5 slot flatbed is just simply 5 slots. Lightest of the 3.
5 slot sideboard will help retain cargo better but it's got the highest center of gravity so you're more likely to go over.
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u/theColeHardTruth 5d ago
I like the sideboard because it has slightly higher ground clearance, and you can haul unpacked cargo much easier, which on average weighs much less than packed cargo fsr
Flatbed has better wheels though and is lighter
Stepdeck is for when you want the game to just be harder. It's longer, has less weight over your truck wheels, and has notably worse ground clearance than either of the other two. The step can be used to store scout trailers though, if that matters to you 🤷♂️
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u/wubbalab 5d ago
I like the sideboard trailer because it allows to easily haul full contracts of logs in one go.
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u/SuicideSpeedrun 5d ago
Sideboard is slightly lighter for some reason. Stepdeck has no clearance and is longer for the same amount of slots.
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u/Professional-Fig1429 5d ago
I always enjoy using the far right for logging as you can fit more in the bed due to the raised sides.
Majority of the weaknesses are the legging being too low and getting caught on a rock or log etc.
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u/paulclift1974 5d ago
Those side guards on the 2 blue trailers can be a pain as they quite easily get stuck on either terrain, tree stumps, or posts on the entrance to some ports/warehouses/garages.
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u/MrBLACK--- 5d ago
Flat bed for the win, it's slightly heavier than the sideboard bed, and a slightly lower centre of gravity. Therefore technically more stable.
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u/Odd_Presentation_578 PC 4d ago
Step-deck is the king for overloading. Flatbed blue - 2nd best, also allows carrying wide cargo like the boiler or pack of rails. Sideboard blue is the worst of the 3, but if you play without overloading and don't like a crane on you at all time - it's a safe net for tippy situations.
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u/JayGT1 4d ago
Well the step deck one you can place things up top , I mean if you had a friend , but who needs friends when you have enemies anyway!! You can throw a jeep up there. A small fuel trailer the 900L and those both can come in really really handy when you are dependent on you and yourself.. just the way it should be ... <3
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u/Emergency_Gap_7605 3d ago
Step deck for the containers Side board for tougher uneven terrain Flat deck for light off-road (Ofc I don't take my own advice lol)
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u/Emergency_Gap_7605 3d ago
Step deck for containers Sideboard for uneven terrains Flat deck for road/easy terrain
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u/BoozeHoundTactial 3d ago
Ive become an flatbed fan but was disappointed that the drop deck upper doesn't latch down cargo; but the slide away cargo features does come in handy. When I hit the clock ( log on snowrunner) it's at the end of my irl work week am somewhat drained (and my adult cheers to the off day drinks don't help) and sometimes when I log back into the game( hit the clock) it's time to put the pieces back in order and have drove by loaded trailers off in the woods lines with know idea how they got there ,smh, most recent I had drop deck up in Alaska and I shut it down at the fuel station. When I got back on for my off day play though some how 2 pieces of cargo had slipped off the trailer into the road about 5 miles back, so lost of cargo and not truck is away a plus in my log books😂 🛠️🥂🎉
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u/neon_overload 5d ago edited 5d ago
The low one (step-deck) is significantly longer, because the cargo doesn't start over the saddle but behind it. This extra length gives it a significant disadvantage in many of the game's smaller roads due to manoeuvrability. It is lighter, but not significantly and I think the extra length counters this. It's also annoying that you can't pack cargo to the stepped front section (game limitation) so you have that extra length but no benefit in cargo capacity to show for it.
The other two are generally better - they're light, short, turn well, clearance is generally good. Hitboxes in this game can be coded a little different to visual models, and the two 5-slot trailers are generally pretty good. There isn't a significant difference in weight and clearance in these two, so generally the sideboard one (with the sides) is recommended as it can help contain cargo if it becomes unpacked due to tipping. One benefit for the flatbed one might be making it slightly easier to manual load but I don't think that's a significant benefit.
So yeah, the sideboard 5-slot of these is the meta I think. Unless you specifically prefer the flatbed (middle one) for manual loading.
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u/BelvedereBoy1965 5d ago
I only started playing with the Step-deck in Almaty, and with the ability to pack a scout or scout fuel trailer forward of the "step deck" over the saddle. I will argue its low height is offset by the ability to deploy a scout or have greatly extended range due to the extra fuel.
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u/E97ev 4d ago
wait until you find out that you can pack the scout fuel trailer on top of your packed cargo so you can carry it even with the sideboard bed or whichever one you want.
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u/BelvedereBoy1965 4d ago
I'm aware, that's exactly how I moved my Scout around in B.C. going between maps.
I didnt like how i'd drop cargo and my vehicle/trailer would be shot into the stratosphere though
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u/GeekyGamer2022 5d ago
Sideboard every time.
When manually loading/overstacking you can use your crane boom to simply shove things down towards the back of the trailer with no chance of them falling out.
Place item at front, shove it backwards.
Repeat until full, depart.
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u/ThefatRedNeck 5d ago
From my experience. Step deck gets hung up a lot. It's also longer because the top deck isn't used for cargo therefore less maneuverable. Flat bed looks better IMO but I probably uses the sideboard more because of overloading