9 cool facts about refrigerated trailers

Refrigerated trailers offer plenty of opportunities to introduce technologies as diverse as telematics, sensors, and electric power. But what do you know about these units that are designed to keep…

Utility Trailer plant’s 200,000th dry van comes on Target

Utility Trailer’s manufacturing line in Paragould, Arkansas, has produced its 200,000th trailer – a 4000D-X Composite dry van. The unit, including features such as 80K flush steel logistics posts and…

Utility offers 7-inch underride retrofits

Utility Trailer Manufacturing dry vans, refrigerated vans and flatbeds produced after 2002 can be retrofitted with the manufacturer’s standard seven-inch-deep horizontal ICC bumper. The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety…

Utility Trailer monitors market challenges from coronavirus to trade

Utility Trailer Manufacturing is emerging from a record-breaking year, building 51,911 trailers in 2019. The question now is what the trailer market is expected to do in 2020. “This year…

Utility posts record-breaking manufacturing year

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. – Utility Trailer Manufacturing is reporting a record year for production, coming in at just under 52,000 trailers in 2019. The previous record of 49,000 trailers…

Utility sets record for trailer production

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. — Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. announced Monday it has set a record for trailer production. The company produced just under 52,000 trailers in 2019, which…

Utility Trailer says jury confirmed trailers without side underride guards are not defective

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – Utility Trailer says a jury has confirmed its trailers manufactured without side underride guards are not defective. However, the trailer manufacturer was still found 45%…

Utility unveils aerodynamic trailer tail

Utility Trailer Manufacturing’s new Utility Aerodynamic Tail (UAT) represents the company’s latest step to reduce aerodynamic drag. The unit weighs a mere 25 lb. and is compatible with…

Utility 3000R gets new standard floor

Utility Trailer Manufacturing has made its 20K Duct Floor System standard for the 3000R base model refrigerated trailer. The floor helps to control weight because it doesn’t require…

Utility unveils 4000AE drop deck

Utility’s new lightweight 4000AE Drop Deck flatbed trailer offers many features found in the company’s combo flatbed of the same name. And the final result weighs less than some…

P.S.I. recognizes Utility Trailer

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.) recently presented Utility Trailer Manufacturing with its eighth Athena Award for excellence. The award was presented during the company’s International Dealer and…

NorthEast expands in Dartmouth with acquisition of Provincial Equipment

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. – Utility Trailer Manufacturing announced today (March 8) that NorthEast Truck and Trailer has expanded its operations in Dartmouth, N.S. with the acquisition of Provincial Equipment,…

With two new trailers on the road, business is good for Utility Trailer Manufacturing

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. – Utility Trailer Manufacturing touted a pair of new products the company announced last year that are hitting the road in 2017. The trailer manufacturer invited…

Valley Equipment opens new Salisbury dealership

SALISBURY, N.B. – Utility Trailer has announced the opening of a new full-service dealership, Valley Equipment in Salisbury. “We broke ground on our new facility in Salisbury last September, and…

Utility introduces lighter-weight flatbed

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. – Utility Trailer has announced the introduction of a lighter-weight 4000AE flatbed trailer. “Our new 4000AE flatbed delivers the strength and long-term benefits of a durable…