Ok, here goes. I am unloading a frozen load in the morning. I have to run about an hour up the road and reload, but its non refrigerated. Maybe this has already been answered but what is the best way to get er dry? I found a thread and have used the 40 degree method, but was not sure it would do the same in this case. Thanks in advance.
Drying out a trailer
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by Al. Roper, May 15, 2014.
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Does your trailer have a corrugated floor? Is the new load on pallets? If yes and yes, just make sure the drain holes aren't plugged up and it won't be an issue
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Appreciate it fellas! Yeah it's a palletized non sensitive load. And yeah the floor is a duct floor. Just didn't want the forklift guy tracking water out into the warehouse.
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Yep. Just want to give it enough oxygen. The guy at my reload is a pretty cool dude anyway, but just minimizing any potential problems.
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It'll be fine. If you've been hauling meat that bled all over the floor, then there would be an issue. Warehouse would frown on that. Water, they're not going to care.
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About the only time you have to worry is if your next load is paper. I would run it about 5* below the outside temperature with the doors closed of course. The unit will help pull the moisture out. I learned that trick at a paper mill after a washout and it raining outside.
Most of your moisture comes when you open the doors. A really cold trailer is like a magnet to outside moisture with the doors open. Doors closed and running down the road humidity is rather low. You ever notice when you open the doors the cold fog rolls out down along the ground? That's because the warm moist air is rushing in up top.DoneYourWay, Dinomite, gpsman and 1 other person Thank this. -
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That's a good example. We can't have lumpy salt.
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