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Get A Quote TRAILER SALES Locations SEPTEMBER 2007
 

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VeriWise helps NBC Sports track
John Madden's "Cruiser"

How long will it take NBC Sports commentator John Madden to get from Indianapolis’ RCA Dome to Dallas? That’s what the Madden Tracker aka GE’s VeriWise asset monitoring technology is going to help determine. Installed on Madden’s custom tour bus, the “Madden Cruiser,“ this technology can help track wherever the bus travels. NBC Sports is using GE’s VeriWise to help promote the September 9 season debut of Sunday Night Football.

Read more...

 

Special Event

Look Who's Turning 50

GE’s Trailer Fleet Services business is celebrating 50 years of service to the trucking industry this month with branch-based customer events over the next 50 days, and a commitment of 5,000 total hours of volunteer community service from employees.

Trailer Fleet Services, headquartered in Wayne, Pa., can trace its legal history back to a company called Container Leasing, Inc., which filed for incorporation with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on Sept. 12, 1957, from a location on South 19th street in Philadelphia. It later changed its name to Transport Pool, then Transport International Pool, as the company expanded.

Read more about our history


Product News

Rental Trailers Available Now!
 

The holiday season is just around the corner, that is, for you who are hauling products destined for retail store shelves. During this time of year, if you need extra capacity, GE’s Trailer Fleet Services can help. We have quality dry vans, reefers, flats and storage trailers available now. To reserve trailers

Call 800-847-1111 to reserve the trailers you need. See our ad that will be appearing in various trade publications this season. Check out the ad.

Puzzled by Reefers?
 

Where can I acquire reefers? How do I maintain them? Can I find it when I need it? Are questions like these popping into your mind frequently? May be you need an Integrated Reefer Lease from GE-Trailer Fleet Services. We can help answer these questions as well as take the risks and hassles out of managing a reefer fleet.

No need to be puzzled any longer. Call 800-333-2030 for more information. Watch this month’s Food Logistics and Refrigerated Transporter magazines for an advertisement
for our Integrated Reefer Lease product offering.

Check out the ad

 

Product Highlight

New 2008 Trailers Available for Lease
 

Brand-new Hyundai, Stoughton, and Wabash dry vans are available for lease.  Located in various cities across the U.S.  Call Aileen Sheppard at 312-520-0281 or email aileen.sheppard1@ge.com for lease rates and trailer specs.

 

special events

" Silent Bid" Trailer Events
 
Great Opportunity to acquire pre-owned trailers.

Special “silent bid” trailer sale events will take place in five cities in August and September.  Large inventory of trailers. These events are invitation-only.  To get your invitation to the bidding action, call or visit one of the GE-Trailer Fleet Services branches shown below

Auction Cities

Week of 9/10
Detroit - 313 584-2721
Toledo, OH – 419 727-9922
Chicago – 630 783-8023
Milwaukee -  414 489-1726
Montreal – 514 334-1270

 
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Tools for Purchasing Pre-Owned Trailers
 
If you are looking to purchase pre-owned trailers... check out our Deal of the Week e-update and online inventory search tools!
Deal of the Week

Each week we email remarketing and sales deals directly to your inbox. The Deal of the Week has something for everyone - whether you are looking for groups of trailers to purchase, or want to scan our inventory of individual trailers by type, location or size. Our inventory changes daily, just as your needs may, so don't miss a week!

Sign up for Deal of the Week
Equipment for Sale

Search for specific units you need with ease through our enhanced Equipment For Sale tool, using our Premier Services* web site.

Search by multiple criteria - such as Length, Manufacturer, Door Type or Year - and have your inquiries sent directly to a regional sales representative for quick follow-up. Our system is updated nightly to reflect our most current inventory.

To search for Trailers available to purchase, click here now.

*You must register for our Premier Services online application to use this tool. Registration is easy & free.

To register now, click here.

In this Issue

SPECIAL FEATURE
- NBC's John Madden and the Madden Tracker
SPECIAL EVENT
- Look Who's Turning 50
PRODUCT NEWS
- Rental Trailers Available Now!
- Puzzled by Reefers?
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
- New Trailers Available for Lease
TRAILER SALES-MORE AUCTIONS!!!
- "Silent Bid" Trailer Events!
INDUSTRY RESOURCES
- Tools for purchasing pre-owned trailers
 
50 Ways to Use an (Old) Trailer?
 

We all know the song "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" but have you thought about "50 Ways to Use an Old Trailer?" Show your creativity and send us your ideas, via the link below, on 50 ways to use an OLD over-the-road trailer. Watch for a compilation later this year as part of our 50th anniversary.

Submit ideas here.

We also welcome photos of old trailers being used in unusual ways or in unexpected locations. Email the photos to: brian.castelli@ge.com

or mail them to:

Brian Castelli
GE-Trailer Fleet Services
530 E. Swedesford Road Wayne, PA 19087

Be sure to include your name and phone number along with a description of the photo, location, and date photo was taken. Note: photos will not be returned and submission grants GE the right to use them in publicity and marketing materials.

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