Protecting trailer floors protects your bottom line
What trailer maintenance practices can fleets implement into operations to protect their resale value and trailer longevity?
Protecting both sides of the trailer floor is the best way to combat corrosion and maximize service life and it’s one company’s mission to solve this industry problem
Trailer manufacturers are always looking for ways to combat corrosion by using alternative materials and coatings. Rockland Flooring produces a combination of products that will preserve the wood, improve performance, and extend service life. According to Chris Wolford, Chief Sales Officer for Rockland Flooring, “The entire underside of a trailer’s floor is subject to many
Maintenance to keep your heavy-duty truck wheels going round and round
Keeping your wheels in top shape is essential for your fleet’s operations. What preventative maintenance should be carried out?
Combating Corrosion – How trailer makers are preventing moisture from leading to higher trailer costs and shorter service life!
Combating corrosion on both sides of the trailer flooring is the answer, and only one trailer flooring manufacturer continues to innovate and bring new types of flooring and floor saving solutions to market each year!
Combating Corrosion – How trailer makers are preventing moisture from leading to higher trailer costs and shorter service life!
Combating corrosion on both sides of the trailer flooring is the answer, and only one trailer flooring manufacturer continues to innovative and bring new types of flooring and floor saving solutions to market each year!
Combating Corrosion – How trailer makers are preventing moisture from leading to higher trailer costs and shorter service life!
Combating corrosion on both sides of the trailer flooring is the answer, and only one trailer flooring manufacturer continues to innovative and bring new types of flooring and floor saving solutions to market each year!
Great Dane recognizes supply partners for support, commitment
Great Dane has recognized two of its supply partners with service awards for their outstanding support and commitment to the company.
How trailer manufacturers are combating corrosion
Among trailer manufacturers, there is an ongoing effort to address costly corrosion and moisture intrusion. At Great Dane, approaches to combat corrosion include replacing corrosive metal with non-corrosive composite materials and applying coating systems on the metal components, according to Chris Lee, vice president of engineering. “Great Dane’s EnduroGuard rear frame uses stainless and galvaneal
Rockland Flooring receives patent for Defender Composite Flooring
Rockland Flooring has been granted a United States patent for the production of wood flooring with reinforced thermoplastic underlay, which the company markets as Defender Composite Flooring. The patented method produces a reinforced truck trailer or container floor using a laminated wood component with a water impermeable fiber-reinforced thermoplastic underlay adhered to the bottom surface of the
Top trailer spec’ing tips: Reducing weight, increasing efficiency
The trailer is a key component to trucking’s total operational efficiency. It deserves as much consideration as the tractor when it comes to spec’ing and buying. While the trailer’s outward appearance hasn’t changed drastically in recent years, save for the addition of aerodynamic devices, the materials and option have evolved to meet narrow fleet margins
