Trailers in March 2001. The 31' back trailer was re-built in 2001. The front 28' trailer was finished in 2004. The trailers were manufactured in 1992 but because of the de-icing salts used on the Canadian roads, the side panels and slope sheets were rusted through in many places and needed replacement.
Picture taken of step and ladder placement before the panel was removed
Step and ladder placement on the rear of trailer.
Plasma cutter being used to cut old panel off. The man pictured at work in all the pictures is our youngest son Wane Boysun.
Right front and slope sheets removed, ready for new panels.
Welding filler panels between front panel and slope sheet
Welding the first side panel
Welding the vertical seam between two side panels.
Another side panel in place
The panels are removed and replaced one at a time, to keep from distorting the trailer frame.
Sheets are plasma cut from the trailer and the frame is then ground smooth of old weld and paint, leaving clean metal to weld the new panel to.
Cleaning the back panel and slope sheet frames.
New sheets in place on the left side.
New sheets for the left side.
Final section being prepped.
Angle being cut in the last side sheet.
The outer welds have all been completed.
The final welds being completed on the inside of the compartments.
The new metal was sprayed with a 5% solution of phosphoric acid, buffed with Scotch-brite pads, and here the finish layer of paint is being applied. Caterpillar Yellow was chosen to match the color of the Challenger 75 that pulls the trailers.
Airless spray gun applying paint.
Last section being painted.
The hopper traps being painted.
A view of the tractor and train.
Tractor and train approaching
Picture of the completed Super B-train trailers and tractor towing the train.
