The tailboard, known as the tailboard of the truck crane, was first used in Europe and the United States in the 1930s. It has been popular for more than 50 years since the 1960s. More than ten years ago, trucks with tailboards appeared in some large coastal cities in China. At present, with the development of domestic logistics industry, automobile tailboard is accepted by more and more logistics users as the advantage of fast loading, high efficiency and manpower saving.

In 2015, the Ministry of Communications officially released the installation technical requirements, use requirements and inspection requirements for the tailboard of vehicle cranes. According to the new GB1589 regulations issued in 2016, the tailboard with a folded horizontal length of no more than 300 mm is not within the range of vehicle length measurement.

The introduction of these two policies paved the way for the legalization and popularization of the final stage. Of course, in addition to policies, the demand orientation of the logistics market also urges more and more drivers to choose to install tailboards. It is reported that in the past, logistics loading and unloading of goods required a large number of handling personnel, which took a long time and cost more and more. In order to solve this problem, it has become the choice of many users to reduce costs by replacing manpower with machinery.

In addition, the automobile tailboard manufacturer believes that the user's pursuit of logistics timeliness is also improving, and the goods start from the second day to the end of the next day. The improvement of the timeliness promotes the change of freight carriers. Therefore, the tailboard, which can greatly reduce the unloading time and save manpower, is naturally favored by more and more users.

However, in the long run, the aluminum tailboard is light and can save more fuel for the vehicle, so it is more recommended. In developed countries in Europe and America, the installation amount of aluminum tailboard can reach 80%~90%. From the structural point of view, the tailboard includes cantilever tailboard, folding tailboard, built-in tailboard, etc.

From the structural point of view, there are many types of tailboards, such as cantilever tailboards, folding tailboards, built-in tailboards, and vertical lifting tailboards. Cantilever tailboard, also known as traditional tailboard, is a type of tailboard widely used, adaptable and common.

First of all, the cantilever tail plate is also called the traditional tail plate. This tailboard is widely used and has strong adaptability. Because this is a common tailboard type on the market. The folding tailboard can be stowed under the rear of the carriage to enable barrier free docking between the vehicle and the freight forwarder.

The folding tailboard can be stored at the rear of the compartment, which can realize the barrier free docking of vehicles, freight forwarders and refrigerators, and is widely used in the cold chain logistics and special logistics fields. Due to the characteristics of the vertical lift tailboard, it can directly replace the tailgate of the vehicle (in fact, it can also be used as a cantilever tailboard), with a simpler and lighter structure.

Vertical lifting tailboard makes it possible to transport goods directly between two vehicles

In addition, the automobile tailboard manufacturer believes that the vertical lifting operation mode of the vertical tailboard can realize the direct cargo transportation between two vehicles, thus greatly saving the allocation time of heavy trucks. Especially, it has high applicability to the rapid requirements of urban logistics. In addition to the several tailboards mentioned above, there are many different types of tailboards for users to choose. The tailboards are mature abroad, and the overall installation rate in China is still very low.

Tailboard installation is very common in Europe and the United States. The installation rate in Western European countries such as Britain, France and Germany is 60%, that in the United States and Japan is 50%, and that in Hong Kong is more than 90%. In contrast, the installation of tailboard in China is still less than 10%. The installation rate in the eastern coastal areas is 10%~30%, which is very rare in the central and western regions.

The whole industry is developing in a good direction from the user's spontaneous transformation at the beginning to the standard issued by the Ministry of Communications and the new provisions of GB1589. Due to the change of domestic users' concept and the gradual implementation of laws and regulations, the installation rate of tailboard is bound to continue to rise, so the market prospect is optimistic.

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