When it comes to maintaining your dry van hardwood or composite trailer floor, fleet maintenance managers should follow the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. Most of the dry vans running on the road today ...

Although trailer flooring has not changed significantly during the past decade, suppliers continue to invest in capacity expansion and research and development aimed at increasing durability and ...

This story appears in the May 23 print edition of Transport Topics. Trailer flooring should be a zero-maintenance component of a trucking operation, but that’s the case only if the floor is spec’d ...

Ask many small carriers about maintenance and they’ll rattle off oil changes, tires, and brakes. But ask them about their last trailer roof or floor inspection? Not as much feedback on that. Here’s ...

The floor remains enclosed on the sides when lowered, so passers-by won't see the user's feet protruding from the bottom of the trailer, nor will cool breezes get in. Additionally, this arrangement ...

Any type of extended travel will always involve a degree of compromising, which will vary according to the size and the price of the vehicle you'll be traveling in. It's not wise to dream of hitting ...