Hauling Ice Cream

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  1. tcullan

    tcullan Bobtail Member

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    Is there any way I can test my trailer to make sure its good enough to haul ice cream? I had called on a load last week and the broker asked me if my trailer was good enough. I honestly don't know. I have hauled numerous -10 degree loads no problem but they wanted the ice cream at -20. My unit will set to that temp but never ran it that cold. Thanks in advance!!
     
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  3. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    What kind of reefer do you have? Compressor size? If you can haul -10 loads you should be fine ... if you are in doubt keep it on continuous - you don't save much fuel on cycle anyway when every time it has to fire up it has to go into high idle all the time ... now if it's cold outside you can save some juice by using cycle ...

    Where you picking it up and dropping it off? Supposed to be a heat wave coming to the south west ..
     
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  4. tcullan

    tcullan Bobtail Member

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    The trailer is a 2003 48' great dane in really good shape. Im the second owner it spent a lot of time not being used, as the unit has just over 10,000 hours on it. The unit is a thermo king sb 190 and really seems to do a good job on everything I have hauled, although I haven't ever hauled anything that cold I was just wondering. I really wasn't concerned about the weather when I called the load was out of Iowa going to the northwest a couple weeks ago.
     
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  5. icsheeple

    icsheeple Trailing the Herd

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    You should have seen some of the piece of junk carrier units I used to haul ice cream in. I'm sure yours is fine. I'd set it at -20F and buy three thermostats. Set one in front, middle, and back, and check them all once the unit claims it's at temp.
     
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  6. EZ Money

    EZ Money Road Train Member

    Also if you pre-cool it to -10 then they load you have it set at -20..
    The frozen load should help pull the temp down lower.

    -10 is plenty cold but some shippers may not like it...
    I have never hauled any ice cream that had a temp monitor in it.
     
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  7. bzinger

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    i used to haul ice cream outa blue bunny in lemars ia with newer utility trailers equipted with carrier x2100s that didnt have ice cream specs .
    during hot weather these trailers had a very hard time holding the temp at around -10 on continuous with a - 20 setpoint ...those units never saw low speed till the sun went down and drank fuel .
    your probably ok this time of year with an older trailer but id avoid ice cream when it gets hot .
     
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  8. Trckdrvr

    Trckdrvr Heavy Load Member

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    We also hauled ice cream out of Iowa..heavy loads and slow to load you.
     
  9. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    On your next -10 frozen load, set the temp to -20. See if it will pull down to -20. When hauling ice cream, they want it pre-cooled to - 20 to assure your unit will actually go down that far.
    We run all ice cream on continuous. The unit actually runs less in high speed, as they maintain the lowest setting.
    If your unit won't pull down to -20 empty, no need to try ice cream. Ice crystals start to form in ice cream at about 0 degrees, which make it grainy looking. A refused load of ice cream is very expensive.
     
  10. SLANT6

    SLANT6 Road Train Member

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    WELL SAID!!!!
     
  11. Anonymousproxy

    Anonymousproxy Road Train Member

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    And keep a close eye on that temp every time you stop....also if the place you're delivering to is slow to unload, try to keep the doors shut until they are ready to start pulling it off.
     
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