Kentucky Trailer and ATDynamics Inc. announced that Kentucky Trailer will begin offering TrailerTail DropFrame technology as a standard option to its customers for their 2014 new trailer orders.
Kentucky Trailer is a manufacturer of the specialty drop frame trailers widely used by the moving and storage and snack food industries, which use a drop frame trailer configuration to maximize the cubic space available for cargo. A major U.S. blue chip private fleet will take delivery of the first 89 drop frame trailers to come off the production line with TrailerTail equipment in April of this year.
“We are pleased to partner with ATDynamics to offer TrailerTail DropFrame technology as an option to our customers to help them reduce their fuel costs and green their fleets,” said Charles Ducas, senior vice president of sales, marketing and business development at Kentucky Trailer.
The U.S. Department of Energy, in partnership with Kentucky Trailer, confirmed the efficacy of TrailerTail technology at the NASA Ames Research Center. The extended height of the drop frame trailer creates additional aerodynamic turbulence at the back of the trailer, making it an ideal match for TrailerTail technology, which significantly reduces semi-trailer rear-drag and improves fuel efficiency, said the company.
“The additional surface area created by the taller van body makes TrailerTail DropFrame the highest efficiency TrailerTail model available,” said Kyle Houston, vice president of North American Sales at ATDynamics. “TrailerTail DropFrame technology would save a customer approximately 11 gallons of diesel fuel for every 1,000 miles driven at highway speed.”
TrailerTail technology also enhances vehicle safety by reducing spray in wet weather and improves vehicle stability in high winds. The durability of TrailerTail hardware and components has been proven through more than 1 billion miles of on-road performance in all weather and climate conditions.
