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THE only thing better than a brand-new trailer is a better-than-new trailer. That's the inspiration behind A&R Logistics' new trailer improvement project, which is intended to bolster the appearance, functionality, and safety of the company's signature vacuum pneumatic dry bulk trailers, and, in turn, help increase driver retention amid the country's ongoing driver shortage. A&R allocated $1 million for the initiative this year, with the goal of overhauling 55 of its 1,400 pneumatic trailers, and already budgeted another $1 million to continue the project-which is being paired with an influx of new tractors-through at least 2022. "Our goal wasn't to make these trailers new," said Rob Oppenlander, A&R's vice president of dry bulk fleet maintenance. "Our goal was to make them better than new, so they run more efficiently." |