I am about to buy a 2009, simply because everything else is overpriced. It's not too waterlogged, but needs some love in many areas where the wall and floor lost their seal. All the floor members are in good shape. I did an assessment yesterday, and I will start sealing up the holes next week with caulking. Why does it seem no one's rips out the wall insulation and replaces it? Shouldn't be super hard. Time intense, yes, but at $90 an hour could an entire interior take more than 100 hours to redo? That would be $9000. If it got you an extra 5 years from a trailer, wouldn't it be worth it right now?
With new reefers hitting $110,000 why don't we start refurbishing old trailers?
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by scoobertdoo, Jul 10, 2021.
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Same as most things today.
Things are not well designed for repair, throw it away and get a new one is the theme.
Couple that with not knowing exactly how something was abused for the first years of its life, its not neccessarily worth the fixing cost (sometimes), but you wont know until you startslow.rider, Arctic_fox, Roberts450 and 1 other person Thank this. -
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A guy might have to make a business out of reefer remanufacturing to make it pencil out.
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For whatever reason, it seems a reefer will never be as good in retaining the cold after being fixed. The spot with the replacement insulation will be a hot spot in the trailer.
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One big problem I see with doing that in “these times” is it takes forever to get parts in. Might take a couple months to get everything ordered in and get it done. Most people just don’t have the time for that. Also got to have plenty of cash in the bank for the parts. Not like just financing a new one and going to work with it.
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