We have had to do that with a few of our reefers. looked a few times to make sure it wasn't it wasn't one of our old ones.
Heavy loads and forklifts flying in the trailer will kill the floor over time.
Once it starts cracking out, it will keep going unless they repaired the surrounding sub flooring as well.
Consider this trailer disposable and should be priced accordingly.
Cracks in reefer floor !!
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I have learned much on this thread and thank all contributors, cause if I ever would have gone to purchase one, I'm most certain I surely would have been taken.
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I wont have this trailer even if owner offer it for free. I have had trailer with cracks but it's was repaired very differently. Looks like nothing left under aluminum. Cross members probably rusted out. Have seen one O/O in NC cucumber farm got trailer floor side fall down when forklift put last pallet.
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My new trailer is a Vanguard with a Carrier 7500. I just averaged my last four fuel bills and it came out to 49.5 gallons per week... so approximately $125... for the whole week.
So let's take the conservative figure of $80 per day for my old, paid off trailer. That's $2480 per 31 days, just for fuel, no maintenance cost added in.
Now take my new trailer...
$1081 payment
$300 insurance
$553 and some change for fuel
That's $1934 for the month. In addition, the new trailer won't need anything other than an oil change or two, maybe a set of 4 tires and one axle of brakes possibly, in the 5 years I'll run it. It has an automatic lift axle so the front is in the air most of the time due to the light freight I run.
No worries of if the unit is going to crap out or the slightly worn chassis eating tires like candy.
Edit: and yes, I realize after sitting down to do math with actual fuel bills, it's not $1500 a month like I was hoping when I fueled it up that first few weeks I had it in November and the pump would click off at some crazy number like $11.Last edited: May 7, 2021
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I've seen many reefers with stress cracks in that particular area that hauled heavy loads and they didn't slide their tandems when getting loaded/unloaded. I even saw one reefer tail end break off at that same spot that had already been welded a few times when they were unloaded with the tandems forward.
If you don't slide your tandems back at a dock, it's just a matter of time before this happens. Don't be lazy, slide them back.NavigatorWife, slow.rider and lilillill Thank this. -
Another problem with that type of repair, is it's very hard to pull pallets to the rear with the clamp and chain if they dont have a dock.
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His return trip is always much slower for some reason.RockinChair, NavigatorWife, slow.rider and 1 other person Thank this. -
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