Trailer Roof Snow Removal

Best way to remove it is, to find a 13ft 7 inch bridge.

 

I use 13'6" bridges, I like it taken down nice and close.

 

There is a company that makes a roof rake for trailers, but I really can't see it working on anything but a dry, powdery type of snow. Get a snow, sleet, freezing rain mix, or let a trailer go through a day of freeze/thaw/freeze, and I'll bet it's pretty much useless.

 

I have never seen a trucker on top of a van/reefer removing snow with a shovel. If I was ever told to do so, a fight would ensue. It's trailers that have sat for more then a few days where partial melting and refreezing has occurred that are the biggest problem. In northern climates, many operations who might have a lot of trailers sit have a "trailer scraper", and the yard jockey runs them through or you can drive through, but they rarely work like you'd want them to. So many times we just have to take our chances and go. New snow is rarely a hazard blowing off. But the rest is just an occupational hazard. But not as hazardous as falling off a 13 foot ice-covered platform with no railings.

 

Anyone willing to climb up and walk around up there lacks an understanding in just how thin those trailer roofs are.

 

Totally impractical but

the truck wash is the only sure thing.........

 

Back about 10 years ago or so, I picked up a pre-loaded trailer in northern PA, the trailer had about a foot of snow on top, shipper said "before I can give you the bills, you need to remove snow from the roof, but you must pull off the property before getting on the roof" told him, "I guess I'm leaving here with the empty I brought in then!" Guy got pissed said he was going to call my company, told go ahead, he called and told them I'm refusing the load, no mention of the snow on the roof part, he hands me the phone and they ask me what's going on, I told them they want me to get on the roof to remove the snow before they'll give me the bills, and I have to pull off property first, I'm not getting on a snow covered trailer roof, they agreed, I left with the empty, company told them they would need to remove snow before they will send another driver to pick up load

 

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!