The floor is on the ground.

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Topic Originally Created by nullstowing on Tow411 in August of 2007:

 

 

We were called by one of our customers to go to New Jersey and pick up a trailer from
another towing companies storage lot that the floor collapsed on the trailer. The trailer
was loaded when the floor gave way. Nick's Towing handled the clean up with the help
from a crew from the trucking company. We went and picked the trailer up at Nick"s yard
and delivered it to a repair facility in Bethel Pa.

 

 

 

 

 

We ran chains from the tandems to the fifth wheel plate to keep the trailer from bowing.

We then ran four 4 inch ratchet straps around the trailer to hold the floor up.

 

 

 

Dualie said:

by pass repair shop and take it strait to the scrapper. I would say that one is DONE!

More power to them if they put it back together. Let me know if they do so I know

to stay away from that co!

 

Gaylock1 said:

Are they really going to repair it ? It looks like a good parts trailer to me...........................Paul

 

Rod Midkiff said:

?? what are peoples thoughts about removing the landing gear. and backing a trailer under the unit???
stay safe
Rod

 

nullstowing said:

We talked about how we would have handled that job. The idea of cleaning the bottom of the trailer off and loading it onto the landoll was brought up. Also the dolly under the middle was thought of. There were several different ways that this job could have been handled. When transporting the trailer empty there was no need to do all that in my feelings.

 

As far as fixing the trailer new the trailer is app. $70,000 that trailer is still worth $55,000 so they can do alot of fixin for $55,000.

 

Dualie said:

Whoops i didnt notice it was a live floor trailer. even then its never going to be the same! and with exstensive repairs like that even after its fixed value would be 30K max. i feel sorry for the unsuspecting guy that buys that used

 

hookin29 said:

Another job well done by Nulls.... That happened on the NJ turnpike in the travel lanes. When that floor broke that sh!& was all over the highway...... Nice job on the tow..