Tag - Lift Gates

Coming soon to truckers: Peel-and-stick solar panels

Coming soon to truckers: Peel-and-stick solar panels Peel-and-stick solar panels are now coming soon to truckers which have double-sided adhesive that allows customers to “peel and stick” solar panels in place. Solar panels can be heavy, hard to install or fragile and trailers have limited space for solar panel installation. Since trailers have much more surface area on the top, there is space for potentially 4,000 watts of solar panels, which could generate about 18,000 watt hours per day. Standard solar panels weigh...

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Optimizing trailer life and service with doors, lift gates and floors

By nature of their application, trailers tend to spend more time away from the home base than in residence. For that reason, it becomes very important to mitigate the wear-and-tear damage related to cargo shifting, loading and unloading, all of which can have a direct impact on doors, lift gates and floors. You can do this by knowing what kind of flooring to spec. Flooring optionsChris Lee, vice president of engineering at Great Dane Trailer, says that “at Great Dane, we...

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