How Many Owner Operators Are Pulling Reefers

I pulp and send email of temp to customer or broker in email before I head off. If I cannot pulp I document in email that I was not permitted. I ask to be on dock whenever i can to verify product count, temp, quality, and keep guys from breaking my trailers. I run late model big carriers. Even have one modified to run more power. - Push more fuel. I do overheads on unit at 5k. Keep units clean and in order. If I have a load close to back hatches, I plug rear floor drain vents. The positive pressure will want to vent. So it will push to front floor vents… or so I believe. Units can be downloaded. I have a good relationship with insurance agent and I have a law firm I use. Definitely prefer hauling for my customer which I trust and know over some random.

 

What precautions do you take especially when working with a new broker?

The broker admitted the shipper has warm loads. What I don't like is that the broker leaves it to the carrier to prove the shipper had another warm load with no heads up.

During loading (50 min), the reefer went up 20 degrees before cooling down to the set point.
Fortunately, I got photos of the display panel recording the temperatures since for some reason the download didn't work at Thermo King. But if I would knew I wouldn't pick it up in the first place or just kept taking more photos...
Not allowed to poke the product with a thermometer.

 

Som

So far so good except for one broker who knows the shipper is having warm loads, but won't alarm the carrier picking it up. It was my first and last with that broker.

The broker shouldn't be using carriers to prove something to the shipper.

 

Did anyone steal one?
Sometimes they forget to put it back.

 

I have it on a cable locked to the trailer, kind of like a dog run

 

If product is in cases, you can put the probe between the tight crease in between two cases. Good indication. If it is in totes you can use IR. - Not optimal.

I always inform customer or broker before I leave property in an email, temperature of the product. If it’s a meat packer that is dropping hook and I don’t get an opportunity to check the temperature, I report that in writing via email. You bet I will bring those emails to the insurance company or in court. Even in some meat packers that are dropping hook and they switch seals when you check out that security I sneak in and get a temperature check. The download off your Reefer it’s about all you have after that.

 

Ou need to pulp the product in cases like that and take pictures of the temperature. Then email the broker BEFORE signing you bol's.

 

Depending on the unit set point and the outside temperature that’s normal for the temp to rise like that.

 

multi temp reefer unfortunately from the northeast to FL, TX or CA. But the money bag is different like night and day compared to the loadboards

 

Forgive my ignorance but what does pulp the load mean? Never done reefer so just wondering.