Can i haul dry freight in a refridgerated trailer? whats the specifications on that? Any advice I'll gladly take! thank you
New to this Can i haul dry freight in a refridgerated trailer?
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by whitecorptrucking, Apr 13, 2013.
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Yes you can, just sure you keep it clean and washed out,don't want to take any chances with food contaminants.
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you can haul SOME dry van freight in a reefer.
I have had them ask me if I want to haul chip rubber. No, I carry food in my trailer.
You would NOT be able to haul junk lead acid batteries. I hauled them on my dry van, but it says specifically on the paperwork. "NO ALUMINUM FLOORS". You can about imagine what sulfuric acid will do to aluminum. -
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thanks so much! I'm looking into buying a refridgerated trailer but i just wanted to ask opinions because i'd like to be able to use it for both loads but just wasnt sure how that worked!!
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Some shippers will not load a reefer with freight designated for a dry van. I'm seeing that in the notes on spot market freight more often these days. One reason that I was given by a shipper was that their fork lift tires don't get traction on the slick reefer floors and it becomes a safety issue when loading.
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It's been said before, some loads require the extra inches of room in a plate van, and there is also a difference in height, it isn't just the floor. The insulated roof and chute takes away from the headroom. Paper rolls were to be loaded on a clean and smooth wood floor, but they are packaging the rolls now so that some can be moved on reefers without pallets.
Cargo can be secured without bars or straps by nailing blocks to the floor of a van as well, the only reefer you can do that with is with a wood floored reefer, and I have seen few of those.
A guy I know well went to a company I also knew about, they have coil vans. They have ways to strap the coils inside the vans, I'm not that interested in doing that, but those situations exist.
On the other side of the coin, some freight is temperature controlled to prevent condensation and corrosion, and a reefer is well suited to that, a heated van may also be used in some cases,but I have never been around those, either.
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