Is it ok to turn off a refr unit while it is in defrost mode?

But you do have to be careful using deodorizing agents, some shippers will reject a trailer if it has a heavy citrus or pine odor and those are mainly dairy shippers. If I have the luxuary of a little free time after getting a washout I will find some place to park and then kick on the reefer with the doors open and let it circulate fresh air through the trailer for 30 minutes or so. As far as washouts go I try to stay with the ones that run a detergent through the water, kinda hard to get something clean without soap right? If I get a rendered salmon load I will have them powerwash every square inch of the trailer interior just to get that rancid stench out then run the unit with the doors open for a couple of hours. Hey pattyj, are you out of Canton or Akron out of curiosity.

 

Went to get a flatdeck at a REPO yard years ago that my boss at the time had bought..

There was a reefer trailer sitting way in the back that they had repo'd. It had a load of HANGING beef , reefer had run out of fuel and the trailer was sitting in the sun , was well over 90 for he past week or so.

You could smell it from 500 feet away and the buzz from the flies around it was unbelievable.

 

What you do with a trl that smells and company does'nt have the vans washed out is put coffee grounds on the floor and let it sit for a few hrs.I use to haul some kind of feed that smelled like vitamins then pu peanuts the next day.So I would sprinkle coffee and if no rain in the forcast just leave the doors open all nite and sweep it out in the morning.

 

Once they start unloading turn the unit off if you are backed to a cold dock. Their air will keep it the short time they unload. Most dock workers don't like the cold air blowing on them. It won't hurt a thing. Think green!

They DHed you back to the shipper? It must of been a short run. Usually the way it plays out, unload, immediately go get a washout if you have a different backhaul. If by chance like yours, Tyson can do the washout.
They'll get her clean with that firehouse or pressure washer.

I had a load of baled crushed cans one time on a backhaul. They were crawling with maggots. A day and a half later my trailer had a billion flies in it. I laughed at the young guy unloading it. I could see him turning green and gasping. After a few bales he barfed. A few more he barfed again.
He come out of there and said "That's it, I QUIT"! He went to his car and slung gravel. His boss had to finish it.

But that trailer would gag a maggot. I had to pay double to get it washed out.

 

Selling used COFFEE GRINDS was a thriving business in NYC at the piers years ago to deoderize trailers.

 

I hate them with a passion.

 

You get a push broom sweep it out and move to the next pick up.Thats it.In four years of hauling a reefer Ive washed out only a handful of times.And that was usually only if the shipper required a washout receipt.If the bottom is bloody from meat,water the floor down sweep it out let it dry with the doors open and move on.Pretty simple.Takes about five minutes.Never had a problem.Hell of a lot faster than sitting in line at a truck wash.A lot cheaper also.

 

JCT requires their drivers to get a washout after every load. When I worked at Stevens, the worst load I had was hauling waste beef that was to be used for pet food. It was shipped in vats, and they corked the trailer. When I arrived at the receiver (a cold storage in IA,) they told me not to open the doors that the dock workers would open them. I found out the reason was because the floor of the trailer had about 2" of slushy blood covering it. I felt horrible for the Sapps employee who had to wash it out, but he said that it was nothing compared to some of the trailers he's seen...talking about blood up in the chute, covering the walls, ceiling. Uncorked trailers with blood streaks all over them...


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