Side tipping trailer, door and end-wall assembly

摘要

A side tipping trailer body (11) and door assembly (13), the door assembly having on the inside thereof a convex surface, the body having a base and a side wall (17) opposite said door, and forward and rearward end walls (27, 29), the opening edge of said end walls having fitted thereto on the outside a reinforcing panel (59) with an exposed edge (61) with a concave shape matching the curvature of the convex surface of the inside of the door assembly, to form a seal therewith when the door is in a closed position. The end wall having a pin (91) arranged to extend into an arcuate slot (89) located in a wing (79) of said side tipping trailer door assembly, the arcuate slot extending radially about the door pivot axis and the pin and slot being provided to limit angular travel of said door, wherein the pin extends through both the end wall and the reinforcing panel, to provide registration of said end wall and said reinforcing panel with respect to each other.