Refrigerated Loads

I think over time I've posted some pretty good Info on this---BUT i gotta tell yall-?Yall way overthink this ####! Produce is one thing everything else isn't sure a few of u will tell me this example or that-)but im gonna tell ya 98% of receivers esp big one don't check ####--if anything a guard notes the temp when u check in--and frozen--please biggest joke in the world--is the product still rock hard--yup nuff said
stop worrying so-much
And just in case u think im makin it up--i am under a so called -10 load right now--68deg--in s Louisiana guess what my reefer is OFF--ever see how long it takes to defrost anything(cept ice cream) that's frozen solid out of a cold storage--much longer than think--product was rock hard @ shipper--loaded with unit off---I NEVER Precool--less ur buyin the fuel-?closed doors set unit @0 10 mins unit off--product is frozen--shut unit off after scaling 10 mins away--turn on 2-3xa day never takes more n 10 mins for unit to shut off again--and i loaded in s TX 85deg--now 1 hour b4 del in NY mon am--start unit set to zero15 mins later @0 then drop to -5 takes another 15 then set to -10 (2 keep anal guard happy)ride 10 mins to drop all is well--just under 1/2 tank reefer fuel in s TX thur nite still almost 1/3 tank 3.5 days later and load is Fine
Just sayin

 

Is there a facepalm smiley on here?

 

And then there was me trying give the receivers what they paid for.

 

Get caught in indiana doing that they will hassel you and possibly take the load from you have heard horror stories about this happening.

 

Nice attitude!

I am sorry you survived 37 years in this business abusing the trust of the food industry and those relying on you to provide safe transport.

Mike

 

Its a shame you do not have a clue how most of this works--or what I was trying to say--Notice I said most people overthink this--so before you go flaming me--you might want to pay attention--with product loaded frozen--in this case--from a -20 freezer onto my trailer--while trailer is off--when finished loading--set unit at minus 10 and close doors--reefer runs for less than 5 mins and shuts off at temp--then shut it off--run 3 hours down road--turn back on==ambient temp still less than 25--turn back on--unit shuts off at -10 in less than 5 mins again--product is still hard as a rock--you can with a properly insulated reefer do this forever and the product will never know the difference--how long does someone leave a thanksgiving turkey out at room temp before you can cook it!
So please think before you speak--I am not abusing anything--just trying to point out--that this isnt rocket science and newer drivers make way too much and worry way to much about it.....
And if you couldn't do this--I never would have survived this long--since I've still yet to have paid a claim on any refrigerated load I've ever hauled in all these years--and since they all get checked at the other end--I would have been broke years ago--If I was truly abusing something--oh and BTW--i delivered that load--this am--and--infared temped @ -8 and back of trailer----and -9@ middle and -10 in the nose--and when the woman from the lab took her 4 buckets of samples--one from every 6th pallet--I had to wait an extra 30 mins so she couls thaw them enough in the lab to do the testing they require,,,,,,,,,,

 

'olhand is right. It all depends what you have on the trailer.

If my freezers are full, I can put a load of frozen 30 lb pails onto one of my storage trailers, run the unit once or twice a day (depending on outside temp) to bring it down to temp, and keep them hard as a rock forever by doing that.

With some common sense about WHAT you are keeping cold, such as how dense it is, you can save tons of fuel money over the course of a year by being smart about it.

 

Perhaps... until the receiver finds a problem with the product and decides it's the carriers fault after having downloaded the temp recorder. The practice may be safe, but if you're paid to keep it at a set point, and you intentionally fail to do so, you're vulnerable for a lawsuit, or at the least to not be paid for that haul. If the fuel cost is too high, then leverage that into your rate bid.

 

There are thousands of variables--and in retrospect probably should have let it go--since everyone has to pick everything apart--my intent here--as in most of my posts--was to try and enlighten and educate some of the newer drivers posting questions about what kind of work they want to do--many seem to be very concerned about pulling a reefer yet wanted to investigate--i was merely trying to point out--it isnt as difficult/demanding as many may think.......

 

When a driver agrees to the terms of a load it is a contract. All you did was tell people that you cheat.

Whether there is actual damage to the product is irrelevant.

Mike