Worried about chicken load

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  1. slim2none

    slim2none Bobtail Member

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    picked up a load of Chicken that was at the right temp of 26 but the box was 30. It was running when I hooked up to it but when I got 100 miles down the road I noticed it wasn’t running any more,so I check and saw that it was on start stop cycle... I thought meat was suppose to be ran on continuous cycle ???
     
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  3. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Continuous is for produce that constantly breathe heat into the trailer. You needed to stay on top of it. (Defrosting is not material to temperature.)

    Frozen loads are less sensitive to stop and go. Reefer will wait a few degrees above setpoint before it cranks up to freeze to setpoint. The one benefit is fuel savings.
     
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  4. gokiddogo

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    I run it on continuous for meat loads but lots of folks run it on cycle. They are typically higher value than the usual produce loads, so I view it as cheap insurance should there ever be a claim. You should be fine.
     
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  5. slim2none

    slim2none Bobtail Member

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    Ok cause I switched it to continuous
     
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  6. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    Cycle is okay on fresh meat loads if the bills don’t specify continuous. Then it kinda becomes driver preference thing
     
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  7. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    The carriers don’t like continuous loads on drop trailers because they don’t know how long they may sit before being picked up. Maybe 2-3 days which threatens a run out event
     
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  8. Oldironfan

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    You can always lower you cycle temp to compensate so like 10° lower than called for.
     
  9. gokiddogo

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    That is horrible advice
     
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  10. x1Heavy

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    Then the carrier is lazy.

    If I was a carrier I would be paying attention to that sort of thing.
     
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  11. Oldironfan

    Oldironfan Road Train Member

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    Why?
     
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