Reefer-Haulers

Greetings Im new to this sight and wish to bring any help or technical advise towards transport refrigerated units.

If you pull reefer trucks or trailers and are looking for basics on the operation to minimize anxiety of losing an expensive load. I may be able to provide good sound advise.

If you own your own reefer and need technical advise in servicing it, as it will save you a costly repair bill, let me know i will try to help out the best I can.

I am not a truck driver by trade but I do have a CDL A with all endorsements,

Regards Shawn

 

Hi yes i have delt and serviced all makes and models in the transport especially super II, I actually started as a truck/trailer technician, and did that for a few years and when i got a job as an apprentice,in servicing tru, it was all over I found my passion and knack for life. and yes never run out of fuel, very bad for the injection sytem to run dry not to mention a costly service bill to repurge and prime.

speaking of fuel system remeber to add power plus or some type of fuel additive that will prevent gelling, espercially for drivers or the fleets that cross the Dixie line, this new fuel is freezing and gelling in warmer temps of say 20 degrees.

any way thanks for the welcom if you need anything or have any questions feel free to ask away pal.

 

thank's I like the avitar that is awsome. reminds me of the arby commercial with the chimps doing the river dance. he he he

Again if you need or have any question and if i can be of help with a simple solution let me know.

Regards Shawn

 

Thanks yopu perform driver training? very awsome, it am a trainer and instructor fopr driver meetings and technicians. I like it alot, i was doin it for a Tk dealership in Rochester, just recently decided to brake off and do it on my own.

now no one can tell me who i can help and who i cant

 

yes the newer Units are tougher to purge dut to the check valve located have in the fuel water seperator filter.

I will provide a good tip here for future priming, I have several O/O friends that i have helped utilize the air sytem or air tank supply for airing up tires through normal air hose that couple the the tank. I f some of you here are familiar with this migshift design then you know what im talking about.

Any way the reefer fuel tank has a check valve that has only one way operation allows air to come in the tank to occupy the space with pressure to prevent tank from going into vaccum as fuel is being drawn from the tank. next time you lose purge or prime due to running out of fuel,
1. refill the fuel tank
2. take that megshift air hose you have made with a rubbertipped blow gun and put air into the tank through the brass check valve on the tank, NOTE!!! safety first you only need to around 3-5 psi of pressure in the tankl for this to be effective. use a regultaor if your do not feel you have an accurate or close to estimate.

3. the tank will hold that pressure because of the check valve,

4. open the reefer door s and locate the little hand pump, most reeferdoors will have the purge an prime instruction on the reefer inside door.

pump the primer for an estimated 100 times. then try to start .

99% of the time you will have a start with out problems,

i hope this tip was of help!!!

regards Shawn aka R-T