Hello,

I am researching ways for truckers to keep snow and ice from building up on your trailers. Does anyone have any methods to keep this from happening... other than going up on top and removing the snow/ice manually? Are there products already on the market for this?

Thanks,

D.

Not much truckers can do about this, I've been on the giving and receiving end of this deal. About all you can do is back off or pass. Most of the time if ice is flying off a trailer there is some talk about it on the CB. Never seen anyone shoveling off the top of their trailer, doubt if i will either. I suppose someone could come up with a drive-thru heater to melt it off, but who would be the one paying for it?

No tricks, you can fall threw the roof if you walk on it... the only option is to have the trailer washed at a blue beacon ext... Unfortunately states like PA think you should have the roof clean and will give you a big ticket for it... if they are so concerned about it they need to install trailer top brushes that you can drive under and have the spinning broom sweep it...

Yes, it seems the legislators here want the independents and trucking companies to be responsible and pay, however all the truckers seem to agree that this is a impossible task to do. Just too dangerous

This is why I would like to hear input from you guys (truckers). You guys know best.

D.

Well they could install a device like this at the scale houses or in the rest areas (PA uses them as scales) this way a driver could simply run the truck under it and clean the trailer... Having every shipper in PA install a trailer cleaning brush would be impossible to do.. So, the only real options would be the ones I mentioned or even have them installed at truck stops, unfortunately this would be another charge the truck stop would charge.. Not like trucks are nicked and dim ed enough (the problem is its not nickle and dime it $10-50-100 ext....)

Do you think a sweeper brush would take care of ice or just snow? Seems that ice would be really hard to remove once on there.

Well I think it would take care of most of it but not all of it... The problem is majority of these trailers sit on the shipper yard for weeks at a time, snow will occur then the sun will come out and melt it just to have it freeze again at night, over and over ext... So, again its not a 100% fix but it is better then nothing.. The only sure way is to have the trailer sprayed off to remove the ice (but then you still may get ice build up after pulling out) Its an impossible task and very naive to think that truck drivers should keep the trailer tops ice and snow free... The cost of cleaning a trailer could be $30-40, get that on every load you pull out of snowy states and it would bankrupt every company... or the cost would have to be passed on to the customer to clean the trailers, then the cost would be pushed of to the consumer causing people have to pay more for thier foods, toilet paper ext...

Very helpful information... thank you. Yes, I agree that truckers should not be responsible for the trailer. This should be subsidized either be the legislators and State or perhaps split the bill with company owners and the State.

It does seem to be an increasing problem here in PA. It seems the State is going to really crack down on this problem. How many other States give hefty tickets out for snow and ice?