Boxwheel Trailer Leasing Insights
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What Is a Telescopic Semi Trailer?
It’s more common today than ever to see telescopic semi trailers on the road. Also called extendable flatbed trailers, expandable flatbed trailers and stretch-deck trailers, they can carry especially long items that standard flatbeds can’t accommodate.
Semi Trailers and the Move to Renewable Energy
As the transportation industry looks for ways to move to renewable, clean energy sources, the focus often is on powering trucks. However, researchers and manufacturers are increasingly looking at the energy needs—and the energy-generating potential—of semi trailers.
8 Tips for Sharing the Road with Tractors Hauling Semi Trailers
Hauling a semi trailer safely is no easy task. Countless variables come into play, including the weather, road conditions and the type of semi trailer you’re hauling (dry van trailer, flatbed trailer, refrigerated trailer, etc.).
Ensuring Your Tractor and Semi Trailer Can Handle Winter Weather
Whatever type of over-the-road semi trailer you’re hauling—dry van trailer, flatbed trailer, refrigerated trailer, etc.—winter weather poses unique challenges, both for the trailer and the tractor pulling it. To ensure that you get to your various destinations safely, it’s vital that you take action to protect your rig from the elements.
Hauling a Semi Trailer on Snowy Roads? Use These 10 Tips.
Even for the most experienced drivers, hauling a semi trailer on snowy or icy roads poses some significant challenges. From increased stopping distances to poor visibility, winter weather greatly increases the risk of an accident. And, of course, winter storms can move in quickly and turn dry pavement into a treacherous “skating rink” in a matter of minutes.
Tips for Loading a Refrigerated Semi Trailer Correctly
Regardless of what type of semi trailer you’re hauling, it’s important to load it correctly. Improper loading can lead to various problems including damage to the freight or the trailer, injuries to people tasked with unloading the trailer at your destination, etc.
9 Tips for Keeping Cargo Safe in a Semi Trailer
Whether you own your semi trailers or rent semi trailers, the risk of cargo theft is always present. It seems that news reports about cargo theft are more common every day. And the dollar amounts in these losses continue to increase, as well. Depending on what you’re hauling, it’s easy for the value of your cargo to exceed six figures. And the total annual losses from cargo theft are easily in the tens of billions of dollars.
Important Safety Tips for Anyone Hauling a Semi Trailer
Whether you’re an experienced trucker operating the rig you’ve used for many years or a warehouse employee who has been tasked with moving a rented semi trailer from one place to another, doing your job safely must be your top priority.
Truck and Semi Trailer Aerodynamics: Insights on the Latest Advances
With fuel costs always increasing (even after occasionally plateauing or even dropping temporarily) and big rigs averaging about 6 miles per gallon (mpg), any improvement in a vehicle’s aerodynamics can produce savings. And the more improvements you make, the more you save—especially if you’re operating a fleet of trucks and semi trailers.
Boxwheel Trailer Leasing Announces Acquisition of Prime Trailer Leasing
Denver, CO — Boxwheel Trailer Leasing (www.boxwheel.com), a leading provider of semi-trailer rentals, leases, and sales with physical rental locations in Denver, CO, and Phoenix, AZ, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Prime Trailer. This strategic acquisition allows Boxwheel the ability to expand its footprint and serve the Salt Lake City, UT, and Reno, NV, semi-trailer rental and leasing markets.