mercer transportation

What is a plate trailer?

 

its a style of dry van trailer where th walls are made up of plates that are i believe about four or so feet wide, next time your out look at schnieder trailers, most all of the wabash trailers are dura-plates. i think there selling point is that if one of the plates is heavly damage, the can pop out all the rivits holding that plate in, and slide is out and slide a new one i and seal it back up. its like have you see a dry van that as new or three new shiny sections while the rest of the trailer is dirty of faded. but the not like some reefer trailers with the corrugated side where the whole side skin of the trailer is one piece.

 

I've not seen any dry van trailers that were not as you describe plate. But I haven't paid attention to any reefer trailers. Now I'm gona start looking.

 

dont hold me too it but i think thats the diffferece

 

Anyone know how to trip lease. I am stuck in FL

 

put some fuel in and bounce to where the loads are

 

Considering going home for the weekend.

 

That's the way it has always been here. It has always been very difficult to get Mercer to approve a trip lease. (unless things have changed). A dead area either wait it out or bounce out

 

I have never had a problem getting out of FL. Guess the freight is just slowing down

 

I go down there a lot, like you most of time I get out, sometimes I just head north