Post by Teachndad on Aug 7, 2018 21:22:06 GMT -8
Hi Friends,
So, I got to thinking. Why are the wheel wells on some trailers left wide open. In the picture below of my Westerner floor, you can see the wall side of the curbside wheel well is all open.
It's the best photo I have right now.
Why didn’t manufacturers at least partially close the opening to match the opening of the wheel cutouts on the skins? I can assume it was probably a cost and time based reason, but what do I know.
However, why aren’t folks now modifying their existing wheel wells to have an outer piece of sheet metal that partially covers the open part of the wheel well. I would think this would be an improvement over the complete opening on the side of the wheel well.
In the image below, look at the street side wall. You can see the dark brown section where a coating was applied on the masonite part of the wall to act as a weather proofing. Why not retrofit existing wheel wells to cover the same area as the darkened section as seen in this picture? Seems to me it would further minimize the chance of water intrusion.
Cheers,
Rod
So, I got to thinking. Why are the wheel wells on some trailers left wide open. In the picture below of my Westerner floor, you can see the wall side of the curbside wheel well is all open.
It's the best photo I have right now.
Why didn’t manufacturers at least partially close the opening to match the opening of the wheel cutouts on the skins? I can assume it was probably a cost and time based reason, but what do I know.
However, why aren’t folks now modifying their existing wheel wells to have an outer piece of sheet metal that partially covers the open part of the wheel well. I would think this would be an improvement over the complete opening on the side of the wheel well.
In the image below, look at the street side wall. You can see the dark brown section where a coating was applied on the masonite part of the wall to act as a weather proofing. Why not retrofit existing wheel wells to cover the same area as the darkened section as seen in this picture? Seems to me it would further minimize the chance of water intrusion.
Cheers,
Rod
