Reefer as dry van

you do not have much of a choice, just have to keep your chute intact.

 

Sometimes if you need a load to move from one spot to another you have more choices.

 

This must be unusual because I see guys talk about hauling dry in their reefers a lot but I rarely do it. Maybe twice in about 2 years now. And almost without fail every good van load I book is van only. I say don't worry about booking dry freight in a reefer. If you do and it works that's great. For me reefer freight is just more consistently better rates.

 

Yes that's the most versatile.

#1 you NEED a Full Velcro chute and get yourself a popup adapter.

I haul high cube dry loads in mine regularly and pull the chute down to do it. The full velcro makes it very easy to take down and put back up.

I seriously don't I'll ever buy another dry van, they just too limited.

Regarding brokers , many request dry van I've found will load fine in reefer. There's tremendous ignorance in this industry as you've seen I'm sure.

Side note; something else good to have is vent doors(inspection doors) in your reefer in case you want to haul vented van type loads..
There's a ton more but that'll get you started..

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A lot of Chicago outfits take dry loads on reefers to the West Coast and bring back produce. But this is done just to get them there ASAP. A lot of loadboard postings would say "Van Only, No reefers". So getting a reefer for versatility may not work. I'd say that loading dry freight on reefers could only be seen as something supplemental.