One day, a car was speeding around Grand Rapids, MI and like most speeders, they flagged the attention of an officer. This one car in particular had a few warrants out for its arrest and decided to flee from the flashing lights. From Burton Street, he made a quick right down Steele SW. Down this street he lost control and ran into a street light. Needless to say, the man was caught and brought to justice!
Firefighters arrived at the scene of the accident. After the mess was taken care of, one of the firefighters came across the street and sparked up a conversation with our new and used equipment Sales Manager, Chris Becker. They talked about many things, but one in particular was the idea to build a flashover simulator out of a shipping container. Chris was confident in Trailer Equipment’s service, along with the open mind of the company. In that moment, conceived the first step of creation.
Just a few months later… The hot box was born!