Choice program on the West Coast - from company driver to IC

I think this happens when the skirt hits the ground. It flares outwards and either pops out of or bends away from the fiberglass brackets underneath. I've had to place 2x4s under my drive tires when backing up to a steep angled outdoor dock loaded with paper rolls (so the trailer was heavy and sitting low) in order to prevent these things from getting smacked into the ground and damaged. I like them a lot and see a noticeable increase in fuel mileage pulling trailers equipped with them vs. without, however I wish SNI would install the ones with about 6" of rubber at the bottom so that they can easily flex when they come into contact with the ground.

 

Congrats on getting the move done and surviving the trip with the wife and cat... enjoy the time off!

 

I've picked em up like that before too, all it takes is a lil persuasion with a hammer on the brackets back towards the center of the trailer or a couple of 9/16 wrenches

 

I have picked up several that were like that. I called SEM about afew just to report how bad they were and He said that they were having to fix quite a few of them. They even had some where the skirts were too long and you couldn't slide the trailer axle to california legal.

 

Welcome to the neighborhood..glad you survived the drive with the cat!