The Trailer Is Half The Rig.It Fails On Its Own.
Brakes, axles, air lines, lights, landing gear, floors, doors and frames. Superior Truck & Trailer repairs the trailer at the Bishop Lane shop in Louisville, KY, or at the yard or dock where it is already parked, with or without a tractor attached.
Walk The Trailer, Front To Back.
Three zones carry everything that strands a trailer. Pick one and turn it: the front corner that holds it up, the running gear under it, and the box itself.
Landing gear holds a loaded trailer up on two legs and a gearbox. When it binds, bends or strips, the trailer cannot be dropped or picked up safely.
Dry Van, Reefer Or Flatbed.
Brakes, axles, air and lights are the same under all three. What changes is the box on top, and what else there is to go wrong.
The most common trailer in the yard, and the simplest. Everything that fails is structural, running gear, or the doors at the back.
From the first call to a finished repair.
Tell us what the unit is doing and what service you need. We confirm the next step, inspect or diagnose the problem, complete the approved work, and get the truck, trailer or equipment ready to go back into service.
A real person answers, any hour. Tell us the unit, the location and what it is doing.
The nearest stocked service truck heads your way with the tools and common parts on board.
Real diagnostics at the roadside, so the fix is the actual problem and not a parts cannon.
Most repairs finish where you sit. If it needs the shop, we get it to Bishop Lane.
The work happens here, on the road and in the bay.
The trucks, trailers, service vehicles, roadside calls and shop work behind the services on this site. This is the kind of commercial equipment Superior works on every day in and around Louisville.
What drivers and fleets sayafter the work is done
One shop for the truck, the trailer,and the problem in front of you.
Start with the problem, the vehicle or the service you already know you need. Superior handles truck and trailer repair, mobile service, roadside assistance, DOT inspections, alignment, welding and fabrication, heavy equipment, bus and RV work from the Louisville shop.
Trailer Questions.
Dropping a trailer, the annual inspection, reefers, liftgates and what can be done without moving it.
(502) 789-6644Do you repair trailers without the tractor?
Yes. A trailer can be dropped at the Bishop Lane shop in Louisville, or a technician can come to the yard or dock where it sits. The trailer does not need a tractor attached for most work.
Does a trailer need its own annual DOT inspection?
Yes. Each segment of a combination vehicle needs its own annual inspection, so the tractor and the trailer are inspected separately. Superior performs the federal annual on trailers at the shop or at your yard, and repairs what fails in the same visit. See DOT Inspections.
Can you repair a reefer trailer?
Yes, the trailer and the refrigeration unit. Superior handles reefer bodies, doors, floors, brakes and running gear, and services the refrigeration unit itself.
Do you work on liftgates?
Yes. Hydraulics, pump motors, wiring and the frame the gate hangs from, on a trailer or a box truck.
Do you do trailer welding?
Yes. MIG, TIG and stick welding on steel, aluminum and stainless, including cracked crossmembers, torn mounts, frame repair and custom brackets built in house. See Welding & Fabrication.
My trailer will not hold air overnight. What is it?
Usually a gladhand seal, a chafed or cracked air line, or a leaking brake chamber diaphragm. With the system at full pressure and the engine off, the leak can be heard and the leak-down rate watched on the gauges.
What makes landing gear hard to crank?
A stripped or dry gearbox, a twisted cross shaft, or an inner leg that is bent or seized. If only one leg moves, the cross shaft or a coupler has usually let go.
How do I know if a kingpin is worn out?
It gets measured. The shank and head are checked against the wear limits, along with cracks at the base, squareness to the plate, and the condition of the upper coupler around it.
Why are my trailer tires wearing on one edge?
Usually trailer axle alignment. Trailer, tandem and tri-axle alignments set camber, toe and caster back to spec, which is what stops the scrubbing. See Truck & Trailer Alignment.
Can you fix trailer lights and ABS faults?
Yes. Seven-way cords and plugs, corroded grounds, chafed harnesses, marker and stop lamps, and ABS sensors, tone rings and the warning lamp. See Diagnostics & Electrical Repair.
Do you repair flatbeds and dry vans, or just one?
Both, along with reefers. The running gear, air system, lighting and frame work are the same across them, and the box work differs with the trailer.
Where can I get trailer repair near Louisville, KY?
Superior Truck & Trailer repairs trailers at 3816 Bishop Lane #1, Louisville, KY 40218, and on site across Central Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Call (502) 789-6644.
Tell Us What The Trailer Is Doing.
Call Superior Truck & Trailer in Louisville, KY with the trailer number, where it is sitting and what you are seeing. We will work out whether it comes to Bishop Lane or a truck comes to it.
(502) 789-6644