ODFL | Trailers coming out of storage

[DayliteDean]

The past few weeks I've noticed a lot of old trailers coming back into the fleet for instance,I havent seen a rib side,or ex UW,Bob's,or Priority pup in what seems like a long time(year or so)the last two weeks I've pulled one or two of them on every eastbound trip,Good news business wise,but I hope these wagons are being checked out by the shops before being sent back into service I havent seen any big problems with these pups yet but a lot of rusty unlubricated landing gears that'll give you a pretty good workout,and you gotta be kind of patient waiting for the brakes to release,remember to give these a full pre-trip inspection especially things like pintle hook plungers,lugs,the condition of the air couplings(front/back)and the FHWA Inspection sticker is still current(an expired inspection will put unit out of service)along with the usual items.Remember,be careful out there!!

 

[imported_gocubbies]

There are tons of old beat up pups sitting in our yard that are up for sale. Ultimately I think their plan is to have all deck trailers. When they find a buyer in a certain city they'll load em up and send it to that terminal, unload it, and make it available to the buyer. As far as inspections go, I think the shop makes the very minimum repairs just to get it to destination, but they are safe enough to get there. They may fall apart shortly thereafter.