Flat floor reefer vs Grooved floor reefer

That is one way I did from time to time to get rid of a particularly nasty shipper or reciever. Another would be to mash that chain link fence a little bit trying to dock into a place made for straight trucks. I did that once. I was never "invited back"

One shipper in connecticut has cement block building through which you must pass with your trailer doors open to dock inside. The cement edges would tear layers of the foam off the 5 inch thick doors (Which is one reason I really appreciated advances in insulation that reduces that thickness... I had a old Dane 48'er at that time dating back to the 70's It was a good reliable trailer just -20 or nothing. None of that finesse at 40 above or any of that. It only knows -20. lol... that's a story for another day.

 

SB-400 is a strong unit, should cool very well if in decent condition.

I'm a flat floor person, like them a lot better. Everything we haul is on pallets, so no need for those annoying grooves.

 

Grooved floor also seems to channel water or blood to the drain holes more effectively if you are hauling meat or fresh fish on ice for one example. I prefer the grooved floor.

 

Get a small leaf blower.

 

"Blowing" them out is okay every now and then, depending on the debris and how wet the interior is.

But blowers won't do anything with the finer dust and dirt that gets wet and adhered to the floor. Only a good washout will remove stuck-on dirt. And it's this fine dust and dirt that stays in place for lengthy periods, getting damp after unloads and harbors mold and mildew growth.

That's also why it's important to"dry out" the trailer ASAP following unloading and closing the doors and running the unit for an hour or so [ideally somewhere above freezing and long enough to stabilize the the temp and maybe run through a defrost or two]. Then once it's "dry", you can do what you need to do or it will be ready for a faster cool-down if you'll leave the doors closed.

 

Oh God, you caught some sideways pallets too? I hate that sh**

 

Shippers hate out trailers. They are "ice cream spec'd" and the walls are about 1/4 inch thicker than typical and getting pallets in sideways is more problematic, especially poorly rebuilt pallets.

 

Yeah, my warehouse guys get lazy. They set the pallets on the dock in line, then just use the fork to shove them in with the last one. I'm local delivery, so that's whatever I need to eventually offload. This issue results in my having to restack an entire pallet of food on to a different pallet in order to offload. Pain in my ###

 

This isn't true at all. I haul bulk potatoes. It's the only thing I haul. I go from farm to Frito lay back to farm. Some trips are 1000+ miles one way. I haul them in a vented van with a flat floor. Flat floor reefer is actually the preferred trailer for hauling bulk potatoes.

 

I can tell you from experience it sucks to slip and fall in a grooved floor reefer.

Also fell out of the trailer and my left side below my arm pit hit the edge and I bounced off of it. Still hurts and left me with a nasty headache also. There is a grey spot where I got hit.