PRP Industries is setting up a national network of Certified Corsol Refurbishing Centers that will extend the life expectancy of trailers. Trudell Trailers, located in Green Bay, Wis., is the nation’s first such center,
specializing in refurbishing used trailers featuring the anti-corrosion protection of Corsol.
"We have on-going talks with several companies looking to join the network of facilities," says Phil Pierce, president of PRP industries. “Trudell Trailers was the right company to launch our network with, due to their thorough understanding of the Corsol Anti-Corrosion treatment.”
Trudell Trailers is one of the largest Great Dane trailer distributors in the country and last year built a 12,000-square-foot facility to include truck and trailer repairs, according to Jeff Hendzel, Trudell’s director of service operations. “Becoming a Certified Corsol Refurbishing Center enables us to achieve our goals. We understand the enormous problem that corrosion presents to haulers, and we have found that nothing can compare to Corsol when it comes to corrosion protection. We intend to be the market leader and significantly extend the life of trailers for our customers.”
According to research conducted by PRP Industries, extending the life of crossmembers, door frames and upper couplers would allow trailer owners to operate a trailer much longer while performing standard maintenance on the rest of the trailer.
Components treated with Corsol metal treatments become galvanically non-conductive, allowing dissimilar metals to be fastened together without concern for accelerated galvanic corrosion around joining surfaces.
Uses include automotive under-body and chassis fittings, chassis, bumpers, doorframes, steel wheels, formed metal parts, aluminum, castings and any structural steel application requiring exceedingly high corrosion and chip resistance.