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

TORONTO – What killed your trailer floor? I suggest it was death by moisture. But it probably didn’t decay. The wood likely snapped first. Van trailers can carry any number of things, and their ...

XTRA Lease relies on a variety of specs to help its make its dry van trailers more durable and long-lasting. (Photo by Sean Kilcarr/Fleet Owner) Steven Porter will tell you that longevity is probably ...

The lifetime of van trailers is normally estimated to be about seven years. In recent times, the transportation industry has been making efforts to engineer trailers so that their lifetime can be ...

Most vans get swing doors, which are comparatively simple and, when locked shut, help stiffen the trailer’s body structure. And rugged yet economical laminated hardwood floors go in 95% of dry-freight ...

This story appears in the Nov. 28 print edition of Transport Topics. Fleets today are running their trailers longer than they ever have, and they expect trailer suppliers to make products that can ...