I picked up a load of canned beer in Fort Worth TX bound for Las Vegas NV. (Sounds like a good party) I discussed with my boss about using the reefer. He said the broker said run dry. But he would check. He didn't get back to me and was deeply concerned about the heat. Over one hundred degrees all the way to Vegas. I can just imagine how hot it was in a dry trailer
I turned in the unit and set it a 65 degrees. The receiver didn't comment and there were no bad calls from the broker. But the boss gave me a friendly reprimand that my actions could have caused us to lose payment.
He said if the customer says no reefer, than no reefer.
Again, I couldn't believe that they expected a shipment of perishable beverage to go three days in sweltering heat and not suffer damage.
Any thoughts, advice etc?
Beer load and reefer
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Flashdrive7, Jun 16, 2018.
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If it was Bud they do not care. Coors on the other hand wants 50(?) IIRC. Always follow what the BOL says.
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65 on cycle won’t really start up often ... as far as refusing to pay that’s a crock it’s stored at room temperature in every beer plant I’ve loaded at ... many loads are loaded into dry vans so I suspect the heat does little to it
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I've hauled Bud a few times out of their Fairfield CA plant and the BOL wanted it kept at 60. I also hauled a load of Miller out of the Coors plant in Golden CO in August to California and they had no temp requirements.
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I run beer or any alcohol at 65. If there is a reefer. If I had a van which I did either a ship container or standard dry van, I seriously don't give a ####. It's beer. If it goes bad because it's in the van too long oh well....
But the softie inside me does care. SO I'll run that reefer 65 out of St louis, baltimore or what have you.
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Miller doesn't give a ####, used to haul it all the time in a dry van.
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