Race Car Trailers?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Sportster2000, Jul 10, 2012.

  1. fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    So you need the units to drop the temp 70 degrees and raise it 100 degrees, with no insulation, correct?
     
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  3. lalemodel

    lalemodel Bobtail Member

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    My race car hauler has 20kw generator and Colman 3500btu rooftop air unit rv type cools good in Florida summer heat my trailer is 28feet long don't know about the heat side of it do not have the heat strips in the unit . My rv roof top has the heat strips will only take the chill out not heat like u would need
     
  4. ralph

    ralph Road Train Member

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    Not asking for much....
     
  5. SHO-TYME

    SHO-TYME Road Train Member

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    With no insulation. You're gonna need a 10 ton, maybe 20 ton unit to do what you want here. Be aware the A/C side pulls some power, but the heating side is where you'll need alot of power to run the unit.
     
  6. ralph

    ralph Road Train Member

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    I was being facetious>sorry the tone of my voice doesn't appear when i type.

    Amazing how people in general don't comprehend the value of good insualtion for BOTH heating and cooling.
     
  7. SHO-TYME

    SHO-TYME Road Train Member

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    Not only insulation but AIRFLOW. I hauled a trailer for a Microsoft Tour that folded out to a 40X40 stage about 12 ft high. When we started out the A/C wouldn't keep up, I redesigned the airflow and let's just say the first show after I did it, the results were "Peaking".
     
  8. Sportster2000

    Sportster2000 Road Train Member

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    Those are the max and min temps and those are the extremes. I know it sounds like a lot, but after all of the equipment goes into that space there really isn't much air to cool or warm all all. The space may be 24 feet long but 2/3 of that is filled with equipment so really it is like cooling an eight foot box in the front of the trailer. It is to keep the stuff from freezing and the other stuff from overheating. The power requirment is why I am asking. I know I will need at least a 30KV unit. All the reefers I have looked at will only have 20KV generators on them. I am not saying that insulation is out of the question but it won't be a reefer trailer. That style of trailer just won't do the job. If it was easy to find something to do the job I wouldn't have asked here.
     
  9. 58Skylane

    58Skylane Medium Load Member

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    Below are some company's you may want to look at. They can help you with installing a generator box and generator.

    I strongly recommend Bruce High Performance Transporters in Painesville, Ohio. They use generators from Martin Diesel in Defiance, Ohio. Jim the owner is a fantastic gentleman to deal with for service and repairs. And the rest of the crew at Martin Diesel are great, too.

    Bruce High Performance Transporters:
    http://www.brucetransporters.com/p_commercialinteriors.htm

    Golden Gait Trailers:
    http://www.goldengait.com/

    Performance Trailers:
    http://www.perftrlrs.com/

    And Featherlite was already mentioned.

    Here's a link for Martin Diesel:
    http://www.martindiesel.com/

    Good luck.
     
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