Hey, what I was wondering I havent hauled refer before but when you get a load does the shipping paper tell you what to set the temp at when hauling or do you just know after hauling it after a while?
Refrigerated Loads
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by dirttrackking55, Mar 15, 2013.
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Most of the Time it will be on the BOL.
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Correct.......plus dispatch/broker will tell you.
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Don't forget what should be run on cycle or continuous ... perhaps also depending on the outside temperature ...
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And of course you have the ying yang between what the BOL says, the dispatched load says, and then even the warehouse itself. Husband spends many miles sometimes with the ying yang because he will go by what the BOL says because sometimes the info on load assignment is either entered wrong or someone gave them the wrong info when placing the order.
If it is a different temp, call your customer service dept as soon as you can and let them sort it out.catdog45 and CondoCruiser Thank this. -
Back when I had several reefers, I had a man apply for a job as a driver. Asked him if he knew how haul produce. He said sure. Load the truck, set the thermostat on freeze, deliver the load, let it thaw out on the receivers dock. I did not hire him.
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BOL is king. If it's not what the broker/company told you, verify it with the shipper. If it's wrong, have them correct the BOL before leaving.
Most meat and produce loads run on continuous. Frozen loads are -10 usually and run cycle. Protect from freeze are generally just +40 or higher. Liquid resins, etc are usually >70 and can be cycled. Ice cream is always the coldest you can get on continuous, -20 usually.
Meat runs +24 to +28, while produce usually runs at +33 to +35 most of the time. Bananas are always right around +58 to +60 continuous.Zero Fox, RockinChair, catdog45 and 3 others Thank this. -
I think sly fox may have momentarily became dyslexic with his "cycle" and "continuous" use but we know what he meant. I never had a 28 degree meat load that required continuous or a sub-zero load that didn't require continuous.
But, I'll agree, BOL trumps all else and if there is a discrepancy, make the necessary calls to get a ruling before leaving the shipper
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