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Air Flo Trailer's High-Strength Steel and Unibody Design

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What happens here

Connor from Air Flo Trailers explains their use of higher-strength steel in their dump trailers. He demonstrates the difference between a regular 10-gauge carbon steel strip (which bends easily and stays bent) and Air Flo's 11-gauge high-tensile steel strip. Despite being lighter (11-gauge is thinner), the Air Flo steel is three times harder and five times stronger than regular mild steel. This material allows for an 800-pound weight reduction in an average dump trailer while maintaining superior strength and abrasion resistance. Air Flo has applied technology from their onion harvesting equipment (which used 'Air Flo' for harvesting delicate onions) to create a unibody design for their dump trailers, eliminating seams that typically lead to rust and flexing issues in other trailer designs.

Goal: Understand Air Flo's advanced material and construction for lighter, stronger, and more durable trailers.

Tools and materials

  • 10-gauge Carbon Steel Strip Unspecified — Comparison to Air Flo's high-tensile steel
  • Air Flo Dump Trailer Air Flo — Demonstrating the unibody design and features
  • Aluminum Ramps Air Flo — Lightweight and durable loading ramps
  • Bolt-on Fenders Air Flo — Replaceable fenders for easy maintenance
  • Long-Arm Tarp System Air Flo — Covering cargo efficiently
  • Single-Acting Hydraulic Jack Air Flo — Hydraulic lifting mechanism for the dump bed

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right thank you sir thank you all right guys I'm with Connor and you build a lighter stronger trailer more more corrosion resistant okay so you've got two samples in your hand what are we so this one is a regular 10 gauge carbon steel spec strip here no this is an example of the steel that other trailer manufacturers are using okay so show me what you're going to do it with it okay bend it easy and it stays B in form okay so our trailer is actually built from 11 gauge so it's lighter while also bending it you can bend it but it snaps back into place ah so it bounces back bounces back it's high tensil and it's also abrasion resistant so it's three times harder than my regular steel spec and five times stronger okay but now airflow is not new you guys have been around since 1953 correct in the onion industry we started off using onion we made an onion Harvester that used airflow technology to harvest so that's where the airflow names comes from but we're well known in the uh dump body industry so we're taking that dump body technology and incorporating it into dump trailers so you're using this kind of a design so it's a unibody design uni design but not also so we're able to do that because uh we're using the so some manufacturers build the unibody design but we're using higher strength steel which is five times stronger and 800 lb lighter in an average dump trailer an average dump trailer yeah 800 lb lighter and that's going from 10 gauge like standard 10 gauge to this but with also you don't need to upgrade to a seven gauge package which you're going to see thousands of pounds you can stick with this one because it's so strong and one of the things I'm noticing is a continual well design I put pointed that out on other trailers anytime I see separation I see flexing I see rust I see dirt getting in those crevices and creating issues yep it's all those seams are a rush Point eventually on a trailer okay so what else are we looking at with this cter made in America oh yeah Upstate New York uh we got bolt-on fenders stabilizers uh door hold backs um we offer 124 16t uh 2in sides up to 44 in with the sideboard pockets they typical dump truck as well as a long arm tarp system and on all of our trailers we offer aluminum ramps in the standard uh Jack is the hydraulic jack single acting as well how do you guys find out more information uh you can go to www. air- fl.com and look us up or give us a call today a i RF Lo

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