Climate Express

Oh yeah man, I actually pulled one last week up to Minnesota and back. It was about 2 or 3 of us out in Denver with the Champs Chicken trailers. I pulled into Jefferson City Coke, and the unloaders asked me if I has chicken in there lol

 

Oh yeah, then there were new reefers on the yard. Saw quite a few of them at Craftsmen too. I think the 36 series trailers about to be gone. Some of them have ungodly amount of duct tape on the walls....hell in a couple of them I put the duct tape there lol. When it gets to that 10 year mark, man....the wear you see on those trailers is ridiculous lol

 

I don't even blame companies for not loading ice cream on trailers that old. The performance difference is noticeable on older trailers. They can't even get to 10 below at all unless it's cold outside. Ever since we started hauling frozen products in and out of Holts Summit, I started noticing more closely which trailers could handle those temps in this heat. Real talk, when it gets this hot, I'm not so sure if it ain't better to just run it continuous as opposed to start stop like they tell us. To get it down to frozen temps takes hours on end. I definitely can see why they won't load ice cream on old trailers. I think older trailers are ok for loads that don't require frozen temps, and even then they get so beat up on the inside that they're just falling apart. I wonder what Craftsmen does with all of those older trailers that DOT Transportation and Climate have left over there...

 

Oh yeah, I've been refused down in Louisiana before. They wouldn't load roll stock on trailers past 10 years old, even if the trailer was in great condition. That was back when I was working for one of those hole in the wall companies. I'm not the biggest fan if hauling roll stock. Up to this point I haven't had to with Climate, but I've heard other drivers have. Most of the dry vans aren't that old but there are a few that do look a little shaky, I think one was 1136, that we still use. I took that one down to NC not long ago, and i could see where it's a little leaky on the floor board. That trailer is old as hell lol

 

Wow congratulations my friend!!!! I'm so happy and excited for you!!! I'm trying to remember, is this on the Texas side of the Arkansas side?