Strick Trailers will be enhancing its VT100 plywood panel vans with vertically installed DymondPly lining composite panels made by Ridge Corp., as the standard lining system of choice for this trailer series.
Strick’s VT100 dry vans are 100 in. from post face to post face with lining vertically installed to utilize logistic posts for versatile cargo control. To complement Strick’s sheet and post van construction, the Ridge thermoplastic composite wall lining is lightweight and boasts abrasion and puncture resistant qualities, the company noted. The plastic resin combined with high-strength glass is constructed to stand up to the intense demand of the trucking industry. According to Ridge, “they’re also hydrophobic, resist corrosion, mildew, and degradation unlike traditional materials in laminated hardwood and plywood.”
According to Strick, they are roughly 240 lbs. lighter (on a 53-ft. trailer) than the incumbent plywood panels used today. Ridge claims the high glass content panels incorporate the highest strength-to-weight ratio in the market.
Besides the Ridge DymondPly panels, Strick Trailers can also incorporate other Ridge Corp. products into any dry van they build including front wall and ceiling liners, and scuff for a cleaner, lighter, dry van reducing weight, adding strength, and providing additional functionality, the company said.
