Getting a Reefer to dry out quickly after unload

If you just got a washout, try to park the trailer on an incline. If the trailer is flat, or the tandems are lower than the drives, then dump the trailer air to get a bit more slope.

CLOSE AND SEAL THE DOORS. Turn reefer on to maximum temperature possible and run it until it reaches that setpoint.

Open the doors with the reefer still set for max temp. Leave them open a couple minutes.

Close doors, seal, and repeat.

Hot air holds more moisture than cold air. What this does is suck the moisture off the trailer surfaces into the air. Then you push the air out by opening the doors with the reefer running. Drier, colder air replaces the hot air being pushed out of the trailer through your chutes.

This is NOT fuel efficient. But it does speed up drying. The colder and drier the outdoor air is, the better it will work.

This trick will NOT work in really high temperatures with high humidity.

 

If the freight your picking up is on pallets it won't be a problem.

 

The answers in this thread are all over the place!

 

You bumped a 12 year old thread for that?

I just set ambient temp on continuous, usually dries out within the hourly

 

Knowledge is knowledge bro! That's one that popped up on the search. But thanks for pointing out the irrelevant.

 

It's a big problem if a shipper won't load you with wet ceiling/walls/floors. Pallets or not.