New to this Can i haul dry freight in a refridgerated trailer?

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  1. whitecorptrucking

    whitecorptrucking Bobtail Member

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    Can i haul dry freight in a refridgerated trailer? whats the specifications on that? Any advice I'll gladly take! thank you
     
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  3. critters

    critters <b>Late For Dinner</b>

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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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  4. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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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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  5. carrkool

    carrkool Heavy Load Member

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    I use to haul fork lift batteries in mine. they where packaged in sealed containers and loaded. not saying that all places would do it this way. I just lucked out and talked to the right person the right day. course that was years ago...lol might be worth asking if you know of a place shipping them out
     
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    whitecorptrucking Bobtail Member

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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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    whitecorptrucking Bobtail Member

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    also new to the site how do I thank people??:biggrin_25525:
     
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    carrkool Heavy Load Member

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    under the comment you want to thank you will see a thanks...click it
     
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  9. windsmith

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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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  10. carrkool

    carrkool Heavy Load Member

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    sounds like they need to teach them to drive instead....lol maybe if they didn't go 90 into the trailer they would not have that issue...lol
     
  11. 25(2)+2

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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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