What are the ten most common trailer repairs, and how can you avoid them? The most common trailer repairs typical involve the postponed maintenance of serviceable parts and systems and excessive wear to trailer body components. It is possible to avoid these issues, and the way to prevent them is surprisingly simple.
How Can You Avoid These 10 Common Trailer Repairs?
- Blown tires or tires with excessive wear from misalignment.
- Brake pad/drum replacements and brake system repairs.
- Worn body components such as wing flaps and bumpers.
- Air brake components such as hoses, hand brake valves, and the like.
- Worn suspension components.
- Replacement and repairs of lights, lamps, and sockets.
- Liftgate issues.
- Repairs to trailer doors and curtains.
- Problems with refrigeration systems.
- Issues with functions needed to pass technical inspection, such as tailgate control.
Preventing these Issues is as Simple as Maintenance
Preventative fleet maintenance helps you avoid a trailer that goes down from overuse. Transporting heavy goods and equipment on long hauls, up steep hills, over damaged, pothole-ridden roads put a lot of stress on your trailer and its components. Combining this with treating maintenance as an annoying, costly affair is a recipe for disaster. If you only deal with trailer maintenance when you need to (hypothetically or literally) put out fires, your trailer is going to end up grounded.
Looking Ahead
If instead of avoiding maintenance needs until they are absolutely necessary, you look at maintenance more positively – as a way to proactively avoid costly and inconvenient roadside breakdowns – you gain control of wear-and-tear on your trailer future repair costs. This type of maintenance, based on age and mileage, is called predictive maintenance. It is a powerful tool that can help you stay ahead of the competition and maximize profits.
Are you ready to get ahead of things? Whether you need predictive, preventative, routine, or critical roadside repairs, Ainsworth Trailer Repair has you covered. We can handle all types of repairs from extensive damage due to accidents to routine brake and air system services. Schedule a preventative maintenance visit in one of our trailer repair ‘fast lanes’ today.
