How Many Owner Operators Are Pulling Reefers

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  1. Beaver9

    Beaver9 Heavy Load Member

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    How many of you pull reefers?
     
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  3. Short Fuse EOD

    Short Fuse EOD Road Train Member

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  4. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    About 70 too many.
     
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  5. NorthEastTrucker

    NorthEastTrucker Medium Load Member

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    I'm looking to rent one this week.
     
  6. Accidental Trucker

    Accidental Trucker Road Train Member

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    we just take the units off. They are lighter that way.
     
  7. Beaver9

    Beaver9 Heavy Load Member

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    I want to know how do you protect yourself in case of a fraudulent claim?
    When a shipper puts a warm load? Do you physically check for temperature of the product before loading? Do you record the temperature showing on your reefer how many degrees it dropped after the cargo was loaded?

    How much space do you leave between the door and the cargo for the air to circulate?
     
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  8. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Pulp product if you can.

    Download if there's a problem.
     
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  9. boneebone

    boneebone Road Train Member

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    I only haul frozen and refrigerated so never had an issue……yet.
     
  10. bad-luck

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    The smart reefer guys carry an infrared temp gun and a digital temp probe or a manual one, and pulp the load. Or only pulp the load if you have a concern. Such as, they are loading frozen or fresh product on a dry dock. There is also load monitoring devices like ibrite. If your unit maintained the set point temperature the entire trip, and this is verified by a unit download, generally the shipper will be responsible
     
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  11. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    I use my bulkhead religiously
     
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