DRY VAN INTERIOR??

Every trailer manufacturer has composite lined material similar to Wabash duraplate. They call it plastic lined or by certain other trade names. I would choose it over plywood and never look back. It saves weight and is much more durable.

 

utility 4000 dx is advertised as composite trailer but inside wall is not plastic lined. its a sheet of metal. Hyundai HI CUBE is logistic trailer and has inside walls plastic lined by sections(like old trailmobiles). Plate trailers(Wabash duraplate,..) have 101.5 inch wall to wall distance. Logistic trailers with composite walls have 101 inch wall to wall.

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ane-vs-utility-vs-hyundai-vs-vanguard.235300/

Read that.

 

I had quite of few brokers asking if I have wood wall trailer

 

I don't like plate trailers. they look ugly after few years of usage. a little pallet or forklift hit and you can see that hit mark from outside . if you will haul lot of bulk staff(PET bottles, PET containers, empty cans,..) then you need plate trailer. MAKE SURE TO BUY A TRAILER WITH HENDRICKSON SUSPENSION.

 

https://www.facebook.com/search/str/Does anyone know what years the Hendrickson trailer axle that had the bad flex were used? I know Chris L Mitchell is wondering also. Michael L. Beckett maybe?/keywords_top

Problem with certain Hendrickson axle

 

I had problems with Meritor axles. 0 problem with Hendricksons..

 

Having owned a hundred + trailers over the years had problems with both HENDERSON and MERRITOR so it can happen with either

 

Probably you saw or pulled one that someone spec'd metal lined plywood. Great Dane has those. It's their trailer that's built like Fort Knox, they're indestructible, and called the SSL series. They have the sheet metal over plywood lined walls. SSL's are the really heavy ones that everyone always says "GD's are so heavy". GD builds light weight trailers too but I don't think anyone makes them as light as Utility.

With regards to plate trailers I was told by a Utility dealer the reason Utility would not make plate trailers was because of some sort of inherent problem with them. A crack that forms somewhere (I can't remember where he said) that happens to all plate trailers over time. It could be repaired but it was a problem that no trailer manufacturer had figured out how to overcome. I didn't know what he was talking about though as I have never pulled any nor really even looked closely at any plate trailers.