How cold should a unit go? Buying a reefer trailer very soon

[QUOTE="Hang - Man";3720947]I know nothing about temperature but note, i read some threads where members said that some shippers wont load refers over 10 years old - i dont know how accurate that is or what the percentage of places have this as a disqualification just that it was posted.
I also assume you are looking to buy a refer and are or want to be an O/O which may affect you.[/QUOTE]yeah some won't, and some frozen loads like mentioned earlier, ice cream other frozen goods they want -20.

 

WAIT lol you edited your post. its a freezer lol has defrost cycle

 

Only thing im hauling is cheese, and Dedicated potatoes . I wont be hauling ice cream.

 

No roof patches, it went down to 0 in about an hour from 60 degrees, i havent any idea who owned it last, tandem components are in good shape, no rust. and it's tight in the doors with a good seal. and its well insulated,

 

When or if i get it im painting the whole trailer and putting some LRR tires on it. I take pride in what I ride

 

You should hit -10 no problem. -15 is great while -5 is a grandpa. You won't get any ice cream loads at zero degrees.

You should expect 14,000 hours from a new one so if it only has 2000 hours on a rebuild you should be in good shape but what was the extent of the rebuild? Was the block and crank machined or did they just slap some standard rings and bearing in it?

Is the frame, chute, doors and seals in good shape?

Every old SBIIISR I pulled would hit -5 but it would struggle to get there. They are noisy too.

I would find a SB series like a 2004 or better with low hours. Buy one from a meat hauler company and it will have lower cycle hours than a produce hauler who runs on continuous more.

 

It went to thermo king for the overhaul and yes it is noisy frame doors, chute is new, brakes are good lights are good, ABS works.

 

getting to zero in that amount of time on an empty trailer
with ambient temp of 60
is probably as good as your going to get from any unit
especially of that age
frozen loads need to go in the box cold to get to -10
cheese will be at 35 continuous
so is the price right?

 

the price is $4300 i think that's good. yeah when i worked on a Mr. Softee truck as a teenager the freezer wouldn't go below -10 but when we put the product in the freezer it went to -25 so im not completely lost haha.

 

Looks like an old Stevens Transport trailer. Yup, it should hit -10 empty even in the summer. I had a '99 SBIII that we hauled frozen fruit in and we had to precool to -10. $4300 is a #### steel but sounds way too good to be true. 8 new smart way eco friendly (1 mpg gainer yeah right) low rolling resistant never wear out drive tires cost more than that trailer. So what is the catch? The inside looks good too.