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<p>[QUOTE="Accidental Trucker, post: 8320703, member: 165677"]We haul warm water in a reefer (live fish), and even when we go through Meacham at -26, it's above 65 degrees inside the reefer. 40,000 lbs of liquid holds an enormous amount of BTU's.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a van, no insulation, but think of it as your garage at your house. Even uninsulated, it's usually 10 to 20 degrees warmer than outside. This load is in boxes, and then the bottles are maybe even inside little boxes. Lots of air, lots of dead space, and if the boxes are corrugated, that's pretty fair insulation by itself. If it was room temperature when loaded, it would probably take three days to get to 30 degrees, even in a van, unless it's below zero outside.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Accidental Trucker, post: 8320703, member: 165677"]We haul warm water in a reefer (live fish), and even when we go through Meacham at -26, it's above 65 degrees inside the reefer. 40,000 lbs of liquid holds an enormous amount of BTU's. In a van, no insulation, but think of it as your garage at your house. Even uninsulated, it's usually 10 to 20 degrees warmer than outside. This load is in boxes, and then the bottles are maybe even inside little boxes. Lots of air, lots of dead space, and if the boxes are corrugated, that's pretty fair insulation by itself. If it was room temperature when loaded, it would probably take three days to get to 30 degrees, even in a van, unless it's below zero outside.[/QUOTE]
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