2005 Great Dane Refrigerated Trailer Floor and Wall Separation

Been around reefer trailers for 9 years and never seen anything like that before. Either just doesn't happen much or I've just never seen it. Wondering if maybe something heavy was hauled in the center to maybe put added stress on the floor or previous docks used heavier forklifts to cause that. I find it quite interesting to know what caused something like that.

 

I have seen it once before. The insurance company fixed it but the owner did not trust it so it is just a storage trailer.

 

Wow. A 2005 isn't even that old. Very strange. Hope it can be repaired for you.

 

Check undercarriage--seen it on much older heavy use trls--BUT-have seen on a newer trailer that had blown a cap and in process tore up about 7-8 crossmembers that were never fixed--so don't no history or shape of ur wagon prior 2 this occurring--but almost nothing u could have loaded should have been able 2 cause this to happen without some type of other structural weakness

 

The other day I was at a customers yard working on my trailer brakes and saw a couple of guys doing some interesting trailer straightening with a service truck and a chain, pulling the DOT bumper at a 90º angle. I had to ask LOL. The driver had backed into a tall curb that was at enough of an angle to impact at the end of the bumper. I know this curb, having backed to it a few times and always careful to get out and check - never touching it.

It was amazing the amount of damage done, and I really don't think he hit it real fast. The gusset where the dot bumper attaches to the frame buckled upward and bent the frame, breaking one side near a slider hole. Also wrinkled up the side of the trailer near the back. Standing 10 feet away you could see the bumper was tweaked a little and the wrinkle on the side. You really had to get under it to see how bad it really was.

 

Jesus, Did someone roll a coil in there?

 

This just happened to me yesterday on a 2002 great Dane, and I'm three months into the industry. Please let me know what your final results were. Did the insurance pay for it? Kinda trembling in my shorts right now. Please advise. Thanks.

 

The OP followed up 4 posts back. Damage (crack) started from an impact/crash, then worsened with a load. Insurance paid for it apparently.