Drying Reefer Help!!! Please

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Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
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Get to 01... rejected reefer for.condensation. another driver told me high air 80 but min maxed out at 60 on high air :(

Someone else said 35 cause cool air is dry and warm air is moist

Reefer:

A refrigerated trailer.

Susan D. 's Comment
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Try opening the vents, chill it out and go down the road to let it blow out. Back in the day my ex and I had 8 reefers.

Reefer:

A refrigerated trailer.

Fatsquatch 's Comment
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Any time I've had to dry out a reefer inside, I always crank the temp up to max and either open one door (if I'm parked) or open the vent door (if I'm moving). Within about an hour, it's usually dry enough on most surfaces for most shippers. There may be some residual moisture in the bottom of the grooves, but the walls and floor surface are usually dry. If you need to dry out the grooves themselves, a wad of paper towels pushed along them with a broom usually does the trick.

Shipper:

The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.

Reefer:

A refrigerated trailer.

Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
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Any time I've had to dry out a reefer inside, I always crank the temp up to max and either open one door (if I'm parked) or open the vent door (if I'm moving). Within about an hour, it's usually dry enough on most surfaces for most shippers. There may be some residual moisture in the bottom of the grooves, but the walls and floor surface are usually dry. If you need to dry out the grooves themselves, a wad of paper towels pushed along them with a broom usually does the trick.

It's some kind of a cement mixture powder that will be ruined by the moisture. ... they say my walls are wet.. honestly.. I don't think they are. I set it to 38 on high which is what road assist told me...I don't have the inspection. Door...so that does t help...I was also told by another driver er to set to frozen then after 30 min to run on 35 for 30 min . That didn't work. Been playing with this for 5 hours now.

Each time they inspect it I have to pull into a dock which is very very tight... and they have other customers... so going between them. Dispatch is telling me to have them check it every 30 min... uh what am I supposed to do... push the docked trucks out of way?

Shipper:

The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.

Reefer:

A refrigerated trailer.

Rob S.'s Comment
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I know this won't help you immediately but I just watched this happen next to me. A driver hooked an airline to the glad hand and blew out his trailer. He was probably just cleaning it but it would work for drying too, maybe. If he was still here I'd ask him.

Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
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I know this won't help you immediately but I just watched this happen next to me. A driver hooked an airline to the glad hand and blew out his trailer. He was probably just cleaning it but it would work for drying too, maybe. If he was still here I'd ask him.

That is an interesting idea!!! Thanks

Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
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Btw.. I parked on a slope thinking the water would drain out and left it on high 38. It took an additional hour for them to like it...by that time I was in Baltimore work traffic again... and got stuck in this tiny TA with a lousy layout... in line for the scales but no.place to go after.. no place to slide tandems.. it sucks. Can't wait to get rolling onto I80 in OH with nice big rest stops hahhah

Tandems:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

Tandem:

Tandem Axles

A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".

Susan D. 's Comment
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Rainy, we're in Baltimore now too and just left a small TA a couple hours ago.

Tractor Man's Comment
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Rainy, Don't you have any paper towels on your Truck?

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Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
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Rainy, we're in Baltimore now too and just left a small TA a couple hours ago.

Omg... u were probably here when I was :( that would have been so cool to meet. This place sucks though.

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