New to this Can i haul dry freight in a refridgerated trailer?

haven't had any forklifts have problems on the flatbeds i've hauled. and there's only 3 trailer lengthwise rows of wood. the rest of the deck is aluminum.

 

yes yu can why do yu think not its a dry trl basically with just a unit on front some things are not allowed in ref trl but average dry goods yes!!!

 

Used to run reefer out and dry back, just make sure you do not get a load that contaminates the trailer.

I would just ask about the commodity being transported before you sign that load confirmation. Always helps to get a washout after a dry load, keeps it sanitary. One question a old hand told me to keep in mind, would you want that in your refrigerator at home?

 

On the other side of the coin, some freight is temperature controlled to prevent condensation and corrosion, and a reefer is well suited to that, a heated van may also be used in some cases,but I have never been around those, either.

Interesting that u brought that up...." heated vans." A new kid came to town some years back and was looking for L/O's for a startup. Naturally I was right there looking for an oportunity ...... and he had these "heated vans". We never did get that far on just what they were used to haul.

Can you give me some examples of what would need to stay warm ? Like food?

Tks....

 

you sure can. we pack the hell out of those england trailers with dry freight.

 

in a reefer i hauled shoes from larado for walmart,film down to larado from rochester canned beer up to minnesota and liquids in those large plastic bins

 

We have a lot of heated trailers because a lot of customers require their product to not freeze and it can get very cold in western Canada as well as ND MN.etc.

 

you'll see a heated box hauling nursery stock, potatoes etc. Also other "protect from freeze" type things.

I would not haul ag chemicals in a reefer I haul food stuff in. Likewise, other industrial products aren't going to get loaded either. Last week, I had a guy insist on wanted to load dirty chipped waste rubber tires. Um, No, I haul food with my trailer.

There are also dry loads that just max out the cube on a dry. A company close to home has a once or twice weekly run I could have put onto a dry van. The reefers can't haul it because the trailer ends up being too low from the ductwork and too short front to back. So they will ONLY load a dry van.

Couple weeks ago, I had a company insist on having to have a 101" wide inside WIDTH dry van. Reefers were about 4" too narrow. Even a standard drycan was a little too much on the tight side. Go figure.

Alot of stuff on a dry van can go in a reefer, but not all of it. I won't do some stuff out of principle I use my trailer mainly for food stuff.

 

One reason that I was given by a shipper was that their fork lift tires don't get traction on the slick reefer floors
Tell them to CHAIN UP like real truckers do !