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What is TIP trailer refurbishment services?

TIP’s trailer refurbishment services restore the trailers in your fleet to an ‘as-new’ condition to extend their lifespan, enhance functionality and give them a refreshed look. Refurbishment offers a cost efficient and sustainable alternative to acquiring brand new assets, without compromising on performance.

Refurbishment can take the form of technical / mechanical changes, cosmetic changes or a combination of both.

The refurbishment changes to be made can vary greatly between fleets and even between trailers within a fleet and depends on a number of factors such as current condition, extended life expectancy and, of course, available budget. Based on such factors, and following an inspection of your trailer fleet, TIP can provide an estimate of works to meet with your trailer fleet refurbishment needs and ensure it operates to its optimum performance and look its best.

TIP offers a comprehensive range of trailer refurbishment services at Trailer Auto Group, Stoke-on-Trent and TIP Liverpool, and also offers selected refurbishment services throughout the UK and Ireland.

What can TIP trailer refurbishment services include?

Technical / mechanical changes can include the replacement (or repair) of:

Meanwhile, cosmetic changes can include the replacement or repair of:
  • Axles and / or wheels
  • Bodywork 
  • Brake system
  • Curtains
  • Suspension system
  • Livery / branding
  • Electrics 
  • Chassis
  • Doors
  • Interior items 
  • Flooring
  • Lighting 
  • Side walls / pillars
  • Wheels and tyres
  • Roofing
  • Windows and mirrors
  • Running gear
  • Signage / reflective tape
  • Refrigeration unit
  

Cosmetic changes also includes a range of services designed to enhance the appearance of trailer chassis and bodywork, such as sandblasting / shotblasting, re-painting and re-livery.

Cosmetic changes also includes a range of services are ideal for whenever an update to your brand is required.

Refurbishment can also include the fitment of (or upgrade to) TIP Insight telematics, incorporating TIP’s electronic braking performance monitoring system (EBPMS), BrakePlus, for continuous brake performance monitoring and reduced requirement of physical roller brake tests.

Choose from two options to best suit your business needs

TIP offers its trailer refurbishment services via one of two arrangements with you.

Refurb & lease

Refurb & lease

With our ‘refurb & lease’ service, you can have trailers that are currently on hire to you from TIP refurbished and then leased to you, on a long term basis, under new terms.

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Sale, refurb & leaseback

Sale, refurb & leaseback

With our ‘sale, refurb & leaseback’ service, TIP will purchase from you the trailers that you currently own at a fair market rate, refurbish them and then lease them back to you, on a long term basis.

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Sustainability achieved with both solutions

Both options provide a sustainable solution to updating your fleet when compared to the environmental cost associated with having brand new trailers manufactured, thus contributing towards your sustainability goals.

It has been calculated by TIP that refurbishing a trailer can save up to 3.9 tonnes of C02 when compared with purchasing a newly manufactured equivalent trailer.

As part of our refurbishment services, TIP will provide an illustration of the environmental benefits achieved with any refurbishment works undertaken for you. This can be used by your business to demonstrate your commitment to sustainability.

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Why choose TIP trailer refurbishment services?

No capital outlay or reduced leasing terms

Refurbishing your existing trailers means no capital outlay compared to purchasing brand new assets or less costly leasing terms compared to leasing brand new assets - enabling you to use capital elsewhere or realise ongoing cost savings

Improve reliability & boost uptime

Choosing a technical / mechanical or cosmetic refurbishment improves the reliability of your assets, reduces your ongoing maintenance and repair spend and costs associated with operational ‘downtime’ when compared with continued use of assets that are nearing the end of their current ‘life’

Lead in sustainability

Choosing to refurbish your existing trailers and extend their life, rather than having brand new ones manufactured, conserves raw materials, reduces CO2 emissions and demonstrates your commitment to sustainability

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