Patent ID: 8322965

Claim:
A low boy trailer assembly comprising: a low boy trailer having a trailer bed, a trailer hitch member extending from a first end of the trailer bed, the trailer hitch member including a first hitch on a free end thereof, and trailer wheels at a second end of the trailer bed opposite the first end a low boy trailer auxiliary having a bed, an auxiliary trailer hitch member extending from a first end of the bed, the auxiliary trailer hitch member including a second hitch on a free end thereof, and trailer wheels at a second end of the bed opposite the first end, the low boy trailer auxiliary further comprising; a shovel bed movably mounted to the auxiliary bed, and means for moving the shovel bed from a storage position to a hauling position and for connecting the shovel bed to the low boy trailer when the trailer auxiliary bed is longitudinally adjacent to the trailer bed and in the hauling position, whereby the shovel bed has a hauling surface that covers at least a portion of the trailer bed of the low boy trailer when the shovel bed is moved from the storage position, where the shovel bed does not cover the portion of the trailer bed to the hauling position so that heavy equipment can be loaded onto the bed of the auxiliary and the hauling surface of the shovel bed connected to the low boy trailer for hauling by hauling vehicles connected to the hitches of the low boy trailer and the low boy trailer auxiliary, wherein the low boy trailer auxiliary is a stand alone trailer separate from the low boy trailer until the shovel bed is connected to the low boy trailer.