Roll door or Swing ( trailer )

Many MANY loads say no rollup doors... so I would avoid that. another problem is that over time, they like to get off track because of all the vibration, opening and closing.. that's a real pain in the ###. The price you mentioned is a little high in my opinion. Check out Knight transport, they're selling 02-03 dry van duraplate with e-tracks for around $7500, and they will help finance. let me know if you'd like a number.

 

Aren't those spring ride?

 

First trailer I bought was a rollup door with post lift gate (dedicated customer). First general freight dock it went to it got rejected. Had to rent a trailer from Ryder to take the load while I put the trailer in the shop to remove the post lift gate and rollup and add swing doors.

Rollup doors drop 4" of height and some loads, high cube, won't load.

 

yes they are.. good equipment though. Downside is that you can't haul glass, chips and sensitive electronics from what I see

 

Unless you are going to pull for a dedicated customer, I'd go for a swing door 102"...... you will not be limited on freight then.

 

Roll up is ok on dedicated multi drop routes , I had 2 dryvans with them and were a pain when it came time to sell them , 2 other dryvans with swing doors sold fast.