Sysco Atlanta destroyed my brand new trailer...

That IS a cataclysmic occurrence. The ####ing trailer is junk now unless the entire floor is replaced. Welding a section in will crack, I know, I've had it done on other trailers. Not to mention the heat creates a void in the insulation.

If I do continue to use the trailer, the floor will rot in that section and sag inside of a year.

I've had the trailer for 65 ####ing days! Haven't even made the second payment on it and now it needs a floor which will cost over $10k.

 

Reefer trailers are an entirely different animal. Any holes in the interior will saturate the insulation with water which renders it absolutely useless. Not to mention inviting rot in the wood crossmembers.

Unless the floor is replaced, I could never haul fresh meat, iced produce, anything that isn't dry and can never wash it out again if I want it to last more than a year.

I have two reefer trailers sitting in my yard with bad floors due to water intrusion from cracks. Holes are Kryptonite for reefers.

 

Yes, I was delivering there. The dock I was in is very steep. Not sure what type of equipment they use (can't go in the warehouse anymore thanks to China) but I'm guessing like most grocery warehouses, it's a ride on pallet jack.

Looks like they went in at an angle on both sides to get the rear pallets and because of the steep angle of the dock, rammed the floor ribs. I should have known better when I saw someone had swept their trailer out at the dock and there were huge curls of aluminum shavings all over the ground.

 

A lot of food service trailers have flat floors, which probably arent as easy to damage.

My '99 that is still sitting in my yard made it 25+ years of service with hardly a ding inside. Even the Kemlite is intact. I didn't pay much for that trailer and never had an issue with loaders abusing it. Corrosion on the floor and pinholes that caused floor failure is the only reason it had to be pulled from service.

Now that I spent $75k on a new one, complete with a nice lighted interior, seems like every mother####er wants to play forklift demolition derby inside. In 65 days, the floor and kick plates are gouged up 100 times worse than my '99.

I'm going to install cameras in the back when/if I put it back on the road, and if I see any ######## going on, I'll be in the receiving office tearing someone a new #######.