PULP - Bagged Spinach ???

Infrared spot thermometer aimed at the bagged product will give a good reading. Or a probe thermometer stuck in between the bags will work. No need to actually pierce the bags. You can access them thru the hand hold slot in the sides of the boxes.

 

Try the truth and get ready for a claim

 

Do you have satellite tracking for the Reefer? If so, download a temperature chart for that time period. Otherwise, take it to a dealer to download from the microprocessor. If it never went out of temperature range, then maybe the insurance company will try to put the blame back on the shipper. If nothing else, at least the insurance company will know ithe driver is to blame only to extent that he allowed ot to be loaded on the trailer warm.

 

What insurance company do you have and what did they do with the load?

 

I've never had a claim. Nor have I hardly heard anything about the subject. My guess would be that the insurance company would pay the claim. I imagine the shipper will argue that they've loaded warm product, and that a reefer should cool it. It gets complicated for the insurance Co to determine fault: what temp was the product when loaded? How much time between pickup and delivery? How many btu does the unit have? They might just pay it and raise your premiums without a fight.