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 ...

In the endless quest to make trailers lighter, sturdier and more thermally efficient, some trailer manufacturers are expanding their use of composite materials, which could offer the potential for a ...

Havco Wood Products LLC, a leading provider of composite flooring for trucking applications, has rolled out the Fusion Floor, which it calls the “newest generation” of composite flooring. Havco said ...

Hyundai Translead has introduced a new, lightweight polymer fiber core composite panel for trailers. The company said in a news release that this new composite fiber panel, along with improved panel ...

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 ...

Teardrop trailers typically feature a wood body, sometimes with an aluminum skin, but manufacturers large and small have been moving away from the wood and toward all metal and composite constructions ...

This story appears in the March 9 print edition of Transport Topics. Trailer manufacturers have been pursuing weight reduction for years, trimming pounds from body materials and suspension components ...

Rockland’s Defender Composite Flooring for trailers and containers uses a laminated wood component with a water impermeable fiber-reinforced thermoplastic underlay adhered to the wood’s bottom surface ...

TrinityRail’s new refrigerated railcar features a composite primary load floor that enabled weight loss of 4,500 pounds and facilitated an innovative, industry-first secondary flooring system that ...

Wabash says new trailer offers 20% better thermal efficiency yet cuts weight by 15%. (Photo by Sean Kilcarr/Fleet Owner) Trailer maker Wabash National Corporation and BASF are officially introducing ...