Trailer to old??

Speak of the devil, i just picked up 42,000 lb of rolls from Georgia Pacific today, in Alabama....they checked the VIN, the year (its a 97), didnt say anything about the year. One guy climbed in the trailer and told me to close and latch the door, LOL.

Honestly if i owned a dry van trailer i'd never go to places that are sooo #####y about it....

 

He was checking to see if there were any holes...places where water could get in to damage the paper. It's easier to spot holes in the roof/wall/doors if you are closed up inside a dark trailer and it is bright and sunny outside.

 

I have never Heard of anyone getting refused because trailer to old I have seen alot because dirty or holes in floor
If u see mine in my profile it is 6 years old but looks 1 year old

 

Duh! I just thought it was an odd request. I was also trying to word my post in a way that made it sound like he was stilll in there....

Nobody would refuse a 6 year old trailer...

Meadwestvaco in Texas..dont remember the name of the city, but its on a state farm road and 100 miles or so from La Porte....they *will* refuse a trailer older than 10 years. Even if it looks 1 year old. They check the VIN tag, and they dont care what it looks like. Even says on their rules they give you when you check in. This place also takes a break at 4:20 AM, so I think we know what they're doing...

 

Lol... you must have loaded in Brewton. I've had pleasant fantasies of locking that guy in the trailer and taking him for a hell ride around the parking lot.

 

yes, it was brewton. And i thought about it too. But he was nice to me...LOL.

 

Trailer salesman told me they check the years because a lot of trailer MFG's used to get their x-members from the same company and that company had a rash of poor quality materials, that made a lot of trailers deteriorate quickly and made them weak regardless of brand. He said they may look fine but would fail. If it wasn't an issue the shipper wouldn't go through the hassles of checking and if their employee wasn't driving inside the trailer they wouldn't care what POS you had. That's why they don't check flatbeds, crane loads a coil and the trailer breaks it's your problem.

 

@ phroziac and lilillill: what trucking companies deliver to Meadwestvaco? thx

 

My trailer is a 1989 strick although it doesn't look near that old hell I thought it was an 05 or newer when I bought it. We have hauled cardboard, cooking oil, plastic, bottled water, wood shavings,and probably a few things I'm forgetting. They always check the trailer but I have never been turned down. Hell it is even a spring ride and we have never been turned away. Look professional make sure the equipment doesn't look like you just picked it up from the scrap yard after a close call with the crusher and you should be fine.