What type of reefer should I get

You could swing a dead cat in the TTR forum and hit people with more reefer knowledge than me, but in my opinion, you want corrugated floors. It helps circulate air flow and if you’re hauling something messy or bloody or both it will channel it away from the product and ideally out the drain holes. I think air chutes are pretty common now if not standard, if not I would think about purchasing a bulk door. If you have 1/2 or 3/4 even of product trailered you can dam it off and not have to cool the whole thing. I guess too it depends on what you’re hauling. I’ve only pulled ice cream spec’d trailers with a little heavier duty insulation and units that could pull down to -20, so if that’s your game you may wanna be mindful of that.

 

Columbian......the good stuff

 

Great Dane Everest

 

beat me to it!!

 

Ha! Bound to happen, but really, depends what you are going to haul. Anything drippy or bloody or liquid or swingin',, I'd go with a metal grooved floor. They are kind of a PITA, though, hard to move pallets around, and cleaning is a hassle, but if you are just hauling boxes or palletized, I'd go with a wood floor. There may be times, you will haul a van load and needs to be secured, or a slip sheet load, doesn't go well on the grooves. Be picky, as there's no shortage of used reefers, and they take a beating. I'd go with a Great Dane, was the standard of the industry for years..

 

Utility Reefer is the most common type in this country. Great Dane is good as well. I own one of each. I’d go with Grooved floor unless you’re doing furniture along with refrigerated loads. Very common amongst reefer haulers that also pull furniture loads. I recommend you Find a good unit for the trailer. A claim can put you out of business. Yes, you can use a pallet jack on groves floor, no problem.

 

Great dane is the best.
Second is Utility
Then all the rest.

I have a flat floor and I like it, as it is easier to keep clean. You can use a pallet jack in corrugated, but it is easier to move on a flat floor. The newer units are carb compliant, some for life, some only for 3 years.

 

It's a reefer, air circulated wrapping around the product. What circulation if product is side loaded and no go on the floor?

 

Grooved floor is helpful with produce. Another thing to think about almost no reefers out there are exactly the same. It’s all How do you spec them. Distance of post, crossmembers, insulation thickness, puncture, guard, side walls or also the roof. The list goes on and on. You can have a Utility that’s light years. Better spec than a great Dane or the other way around. There are some things on my Utility. I like better than all my Dane and then the other way around. The number one selling reefer trailer in the country is Utility. It’s not necessarily because it’s cheaper. Shoot, my Utility is much more expensive than my great Dane. It’s how the trailer was specd. When buying a used Reefer, if you’re trying to figure its specs, Have the dealer run the Vin and look at the build sheet.