THUNDER BAY — A locally developed and manufactured logging trailer promises to make it more efficient to get timber from the forest to the mill. LBC Contracting, owned by brothers Derrick and Paul Legros, holds the patent for a five-axle hinged trailer that can carry an average of five to seven more metric tons of logs than other models. A prototype was tested at the former Abitibi paper mill on the Mission River, and was also evaluated long-term in real-world conditions by a forest products company. Derrick Legros, president of LBC, said government inspectors spent four days putting the trailer “through all of the testing for turning and for stress on the load cables, and the design of the chassis and all that stuff. It passed everything with flying colours.” …Existing four-axle trailers have a capacity of 36 to 38 metric tons, but LBC’s model can carry a payload of 42 metric tons.