Simple tips and use of low-maintenance components can ensure a longer life for your trailer. Included are the Top 10 Trailer Repairs, according to GE Trailer Fleet Services.

While trailers don’t have all the moving parts and complex dynamics that tractors do, they present tough maintenance challenges to fleet managers and technicians alike. They endure all the same road-inflicted hardships as power units, including exposure to the elements, rough roads and accidents. But trailers also are more likely to be damaged during loading and unloading operations, and they can sit idle for weeks or even months outdoors – often at remote locations – with little or no maintenance. Meanwhile, road salts, acids, wind and rain wreak havoc with their electrical systems, structural components, power and insulation units and brakes.

While volumes could be written about properly maintaining each of those separate trailer systems, adopting sound spec’ing decisions and diligent maintenance programs can go a long way toward making sure your fleet is getting the longest, most productive lives out of the boxes and platforms hauling your customers’ goods.

[source - etrucker.com]