TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter Applications

The TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter is a low-cost yard truck designed for shunting semi-trailers in and out of dock doors at manufacturing and distribution centers. If you are a small or medium sized distribution center, the purchase of a shunt truck or terminal tractor can be financially challenging. The cost of a new shunt truck can easily exceed $100k, and annual maintenance can run into the thousands, or tens-of-thousands of dollars. The fact is that shunting trailers is dangerous. Most injuries, damage to trailers, tractors, and buildings occur in the yard rather than on the road. Additionally, having an outside shunting service can really be expensive and inefficient. The TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter is 1/4 the cost of a new yard truck, much cleaner, and there is virtually no maintenance. It reduces the risk of accidents, injuries and damage by shunting trailers safely in and out of tight loading docks doors. Our wagon-wheel steering mechanism allows for exceptional maneuverability, small corrections and precise turns. With the TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter, the operator walks along-side the unit at a slower, more controlled pace. No more looking over your shoulder while you back up. No more crawling in and out of the tractor cab again and again. The TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter allows the operator to move heavy trailers while facing forward, which improves trailer shunting safety. The battery powered TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter is always available and can be operated by a broad range of employees. That can allow you to eliminate a shunting service or shunt truck driver and increase productivity.

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The TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter is a low cost Shunt Yard Truck.

In fact, it is less than one-quarter the cost of a new shunt truck. If you have a small or medium sized distribution center or manufacturing facility, our inexpensive trailer shifter is a great solution to save money shunting trailers. The battery powered TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter can move trailers up to 100,000 lbs., and operators are not required to have a CDL license, a health card, or annual training or certification. Plus having a shunt truck driver on staff will cost you more than $80k annually… for a SINGLE driver. Because it is battery powered, safe, and easy to use, our TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter can be operated by a broad range of employees with minimal training, and no requirement for annual licensing. When moving a full and empty trailers in and out of loading dock doors it is essential that this be done safely and efficiently. The TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter reduces the risk of accidents, injuries and damage by shunting trailers safely in and out of tight loading docks doors. Our wagon-wheel steering mechanism allows for exceptional maneuverability, small corrections and precise turns.  With the TrailerCaddy Terminal Tractor, the operator walks along-side the unit at a slower, more controlled pace. Having an outside shunting service can really be expensive and inefficient. The battery powered TrailerCaddy Trailer Shifter is always available and it can be operated by a broad range of employees. That means trailers can be moved at a moment’s notice, JUST IN TIME. No more waiting for “the driver,” no more “plugged” loading bays, production pauses while waiting for the next trailer, or employee overtime finishing the job after hours.

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