Sometimes in the life of a truck driver you find yourself trying to explain just how big your truck really is. A lot of people, it seems, don’t really realize why your truck can’t speed up quickly or why your truck can’t turn on a dime like their little cruiser can. Well, to help you explain just how big your truck is, here are some fun facts that should help people understand.
The average size of a reefer trailer is about 53’ long, 102” wide, and 136” high. Okay, so what does that mean? To many people, it’s just a bunch of numbers that mean absolutely nothing. Well, try thinking about it in another way. In a trailer that size you can fit about 15,000 cases of soda!
Think about how much soda that is; 15,000 cases! The trailer of a reefer truck is bigger than most people think, and pulling that much behind your truck makes it harder to speed up and take a turn in tight places. Want to know more about what can fit in your truck?
How about this: you can fit an Asian elephant in the trailer of your truck. Sure, it would have to be a skinny elephant, but Asian elephants average 11’ 4” tall and 21’ long. While fitting an elephant in your trailer would be a very bad idea, it is still an interesting fact.
Want to know what else can fit in your truck? Try 73 dining tables, 885,320 boxes of tissues, and 10 million sticks of Chap Stick. Your lips would never crack again.
There is a lot that goes into the trailer of a truck. Commercial trucks are used every day to move the world. Just about every product you buy has been at a truck at some point or another. Trucks deliver this nation’s supplies that keep our economy going.
Trucks are a big part of the economy; so naturally, they need big trailers that can handle the demand.
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