So what happens to a load when it gets too warm?

I had a pallet break, load shifted. Customer refused a few cases because the precious cardboard boxes had a slight wrinkle. My company said I couldn't leave on dock. So I had them throw it on the trailer and rolled. Ten minutes later they called and said, "leave it there... Oh it's on the trailer.... Ok find a dumpster..."

 

I love it when they say throw it away. If it's good stuff, try to hang on to it until can swing by the house. One driver where I worked had a ton of food stuff he was told to throw away, canned goods, perishables, etc. Before he got to the terminal he put it all in the sleeper and planned to drop the trailer and bobtail home. When he pulled up to the terminal gate and stopped at security, all that stuff came crashing down and shoved him against the steering wheel. Security guard said,"What was that noise and why are you sitting so close to the steering wheel?" Driver said,"Huh? I'm fine." Security guard waved him on through.

 

Yeah, did come across 120 pounds of premium cut smoke applewood bacon one time. That was a good week, considering my miles sucked... Bacon bonus.

 

Death by bacon!

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4107626]Do we have any geezer's that remember the old "bunkers and blowers"? Was a little before my time, but pulled many of those old Thermo-Kings that rattled the cab. I remember a friend sucked one dry, and couldn't get it started after he re-fueled it(lost the prime). I told him to pressurize the fuel tank, to get fuel up there. Zoom! Oh, and remember that fan belt that was a mile long, and would always come off?[/QUOTE]

Bunker blowers were common when I first started. Had a small, lawnmower style Briggs & Stratton side shaft motor mounted on nose of van trailer. It was connected to a squirrel cage "BLOWER" inside the trailer, mounted in the nose. The front 2 feet or so of the trailer was a partioned off area where ice was stored.Filled the storage area with maybe a ton or so of ice. There was a small door in the front of the trailer you used to fill the "BUNKER" with ice.You had to climb up the front outside of the trailer, use a pull rope to start the blower motor, that turned the squirrel cage in the trailer, that circulated the cool air coming off the ice, that cooled the load. Used to cool produce loads somewhat.
Those little motors were forever giving you trouble,hard to start and put gasoline in, and finding ice houses was a pain. But it was the best we had back then.