* Utah - Utility Trailer manufactures milestone refrigerated unit
Clearfield,Davis County,UTH,USA -Fleet Owner -Feb. 5, 2013: -- Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. has produced its 200,000th refrigerated trailer at the company’s Clearfield, Utah, manufacturing plant.
The trailer was produced for Stevens Transport. It was the 100,000th trailer produced at the “new” Clearfield plant, which opened in 2000...
* Washington - New composite trailer side skirt from Freight Wing
Seattle,WA,USA -Fleet Owner -Feb. 6, 2013: -- Aerodynamic device maker Freight Wing is introducing a new trailer side skirt, the AeroFlex Composite, which it said can help improve fuel economy by up to 7.45%... Made of a pliable composite material and braced with flexible mounting rods, the new side skirt weighs 170 pounds, noted Sean Graham, Freight Wing’s president...
* Missouri - Xtra Lease adding 2,000 trailers to fleet
St. Louis,MO,USA -Fleet Owner -Feb. 8, 2013: -- Rental and leasing company Xtra Lease has order more than 2,000 new trailers for this year, including a mix of dry vans, refeers, flatbeds, chassis and lift-gate van trailers... Dry vans and reefers will include fuel-saving aerodynamic side skirts and low-rolling resistance tires. All vans also will receive trailer tracking units to help fleets attack utilization and costs... In addition, Xtra Lease is retrofitting hundreds of 2010 model-year trailers in California, making them compliant with the California Air Resource Board’s (CARB) greenhouse gas requirements. Combined with the new recent purchases, XTRA Lease has more than 20,000 skirted trailers...Labels: trailer makers news worldwide
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