Utility introduces next generation of D-X product

Production of the new 2010 model year trailer will begin in January 2009. (Courtesy Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co.)

The Trucker News Services

8/22/2008

DALLAS — Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., a manufacturer of dry freight vans, reefers, flatbeds and Tautliner curtain-sided trailers, today announced the launch of the next generation D-X product, the 4000D-X Composite.

The company labeled the product a composite wall trailer.

Production of the new 2010 model year trailer will begin in January 2009 at two of the company’s manufacturing facilities at Paragould, Ark., and Glade Spring, Va.

The newly-designed standard side wall of the 4000D-X Composite offers the same durability traits of a common plate trailer, plus such added performance characteristics as enhanced payload carrying capability, load securement versatility and long life expectancy, company officials said.

The lower tare weight of the 4000D-X Composite further expands Utility’s lead in providing customers the lightest weight, most productive trailers on the road.

The bonded construction of the composite side wall combines Utility’s patented sheet and post design with the foam technology benefits pioneered in the industry-leading No. 1 selling 3000R reefer, the company said.

The same aluminum exterior side skin panels used with Utility’s 3000R reefer now gives the 4000D-X Composite operator additional weight savings without compromising the side wall strength or the 101” minimum wearband-to-wearband inside width of the trailer, company officials said..

The polyurethane foam core of the 4000D-X Composite structurally bonds the interior lining panels to the outside skin panels providing side wall durability, strength and lower tare weight.

he primary advantage in Utility’s polyurethane foam core over the polyethylene core found in common plate trailers is that polyurethane has a much lower density. This translates to a lower weight, more productive trailer.

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. is America’s oldest privately-owned and operated trailer manufacturer. It was founded in 1914 by brothers E.W. and H.C. Bennett and is still family-owned.