Reefer Doors Out Of Square Sometimes Perfect Any Solutions

sometimes my doors shut great and sometimes their so out of square itsalmost impossible any way to weld something some where .the right door is always perfect the left you never know weird .help phil j

sometimes my doors shut great and sometimes their so out of square itsalmost impossible any way to weld something some where .the right door is always perfect the left you never know weird .help phil j

you probably have a bad hinge on the door.. Try and find a level area to shut your doors. Or if that doesnt work, try a not level area like a curb.

David suggests:

try a not level area like a curb

Sometime's there's a tiny bit of twist on the trailer that just messes up your day.

Like David says, move to a different place that may "twist" the trailer just right. Remember, unless there's damage, trailers work best on level ground.

Phillip, I'll never forget the first time I came across that. I loaded a heavy load, pulled up out of the way to close the doors, and the hinges weren't even close to lining up. I had been pulling that trailer for about a week and had no problems whatsoever. It was fairly new in fact. For a moment I was completely baffled. I checked the hinges and they were all perfect. I looked inside the trailer for some evidence of damage during loading - everything was fine. Baffling.

So I thought about it for a moment and realized from the way the two doors were lining up that the trailer, which is supposed to be square, was twisted. The rear opening was no longer square. So I thought, "I need to pull one side of the rear tandems up onto a curb or something to get the back of the trailer square again. There just happened to be a few 2x4's over by a dumpster so I stacked em up pulled the one side onto them. BAM! The back end was square again, the doors closed effortlessly, and I drove off.

If you can get on flat ground, that will fix it. I always carried a couple of short 2x6's with me just in case I needed them for that again. They also work well under the trailer legs if you're going to temporarily drop your trailer and the ground is super soft or muddy.