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Evolving Trailer Technology

News & Trends
 
The first U.S. fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles were formally announced in early August.

Inside Track
 
One of the many technologies on Great Dane trailers that have continuously evolved are LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamps.
Great Dane’s many unique product offerings for refrigerated trailers include PunctureGuard and ThermoGuard linings. These advanced solutions are superior to other high performance options currently available …
An ongoing challenge, corrosion on trailers is being addressed at Great Dane in many ways, including the smallest of details. In particular, along with larger components, the fight against corrosion is being waged on fasteners, with substantial benefit.

Case Studies
 
“We had an opportunity to put two of the first Great Dane MXP-120 all-aluminum platform trailers in service in our fleet,” says Scotty Jones, president of Kelworth Trucking Co., Inc.
The quality of Great Dane reefers is what sold us initially,” says Serge Tremblay, fleet supervisor for the western division of Sobeys Inc., a Canadian retail grocery and food distributor.

Vendor View
 
An innovative new evaporator blower assembly from Thermo King enables Great Dane refrigerated trailer customers to measurably improve the fuel efficiency of single and multitemperature refrigeration units.
Offered on the entire line of Great Dane trailers, Meritor WABCO trailer ABS offers customers advanced monitoring and control capabilities in various system configurations designed to meet the needs of virtually any trailer application providing performance, safety and low cost of ownership.

 
It’s a matter of simple supply and demand economics— the historically low volume of new trailer sales in the past three years means that fewer late model used trailers will be available going forward. Likewise, the value of those trailers offered for sale to second owners is likely to rise.
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