Installing bottom rail on 53’ semi trailer

[@flatspider]

You guys made that look effortless ❤

[@shanegonzales]

The camera: "I'd tell them it's been hung up on the end there but I'm just a camera."

[@toninalvarado1578]

Easy job that is what am doing almost everyday i love my job

[@garethmacklam4655]

Next time use some load locks to hold the roof up, hopefully you realized this before you rivetted it back together?? Replace the panel whilst it's apart, don't section it, do the job properly!

[@repairandmaintenance9825]

There are load locks holding the roof up that style of bottom rail has a 6” lip that goes under a roller track that installed on the inside floor so it’s very hard to get it above the cross members and under a 8000lb roller track and the customer wanted the panels sectioned

[@antvurena]

Hi what is the parts and labor cost for this job? Thank you.

[@davecao908]

Where you located?

[@leandrenwinwin7864]

Where are you located and how long does it take to get this done?

[@patrickmanasco8772]

One 10 hr day for me n two others sometimes half a 8hr day extra with 2-4 people to finish depending on style

[@Gstarxpress]

@@patrickmanasco8772 and where are u located at?

[@hauleverthinglogistics6630]

Can you guys repair the sidings an a dry van trailer, it's not aluminum.

[@repairandmaintenance9825]

Yes

[@Gstarxpress]

@@repairandmaintenance9825where are y’all located at?

[@nikolinajovanovic8252]

How much this can cost for reefer trailer?

[@repairandmaintenance9825]

Reefer trailer tend to be more expensive for the labor involved depending on the style of trailer so roughly $3000-$5000

[@patrickmanasco8772]

That’s crazy cheap by today standards reefer can be 1.5-5x the price for labor parts not different price just bc it’s a refer but I do notice a lot of reefers use no more expensive rails

[@michaelsyes2582]

Rookies

[@charlie2b-d335]

So a crew of 4 people to lift and place that rail hmmm....

[@GODBODYONE]

I was yelling at them to pull the white panel out. Not very good techs

[@ronallens6204]

Could have sworn i counted 5

[@repairandmaintenance9825]

So just like I’ve been telling everybody else there’s a 6 inch lift on the backside of that bottom rail there’s an 8000 pound roller track on the inside so to get the bottom rail above the crossmember and under a track is very hard

[@toninalvarado1578]

And we do that with only 2 people

[@repairandmaintenance9825]

That rail has a 6 inch lip that goes under an 8000 pound roller track so to get it above the crossmembers and under the roller track it takes that many guys I guess I should’ve showed a video of what the inside looks like and you guys would understand but normal bottom rails, Walbash or great Dane and even Hyundai. Yes can be set with two people.

[@metricdeep8856]

We had 3 guys on a good day....but only for a few mins. (Usually the delivery driver was helping, if he was not on a call) No one wanted to carry a raw rail from the barn to the shop....and then lift it into place. Trailer work is not a job for pussies.