Aluminum Floor Dry Van ??

Just wondering if you could get a aluminum floor with nailing strips??

 

You can get a combination floor with strips of wood between aluminum main sections. Looked at some former Werner trailers like that

 

I know you said you didn't want a reefer, but as a comparison, most flat floor reefers have traction grooves in then. Its not just a flat sheet of aluminum. And as Rollin said, those folks sound extremely picky.

 

So much of what I haul will not be loaded onto a reefer I couldn't consider it an option. I dunno about the aluminum floor though. If it works for him it works. The only way I could justify an aluminium floor was if I had good paying freight that required it often and it didn't hamper other freight I was also doing. For me I don't and there are too many unknowns. I think for a bottled water facility it's going over the top to accommodate them. That stuff only rarely pays well enough from the brokers to even bother with as it is.

 

I'm in agreement with Rollin on this. For that one customer unless it paid much better than market rate, it would not be a good investment, IMO. I currently pull van and reefers, and the company I'm leased to pulls scrap paper and other odiferous products. We haul a fair amount of bottled water and other smell sensitive things, but a good dose of vinegar and water eliminates any odor problems. Hope this helps.

 

Finally the voice of reason.

 

I wish you were a broker.

 

That would be funny. What I meant to say is: beverage plants don't get to refuse my trailers, as they will only visit there by accident when someone messes up and actually offers a good rate.

Fortunately, with aluminum floors and kemlite walls (reefers), I would have to go out of my way to let it get nasty enough in there to form a permanent stink. In fact, a persistent odor is a warning flag for holes or cracks in the floor that need to be welded up.