Is That A Reefer Or A Flatbed?

We have a few temp controlled flatbeds. They have to have a Conestoga cover to help hold the temperature steady. I figured most of us haven't ever seen such a thing.

What's the purpose? They are not refrigerated units. They are heaters. Most of our customers are particular about their aluminum not getting wet in transit. Some of them are really serious about it. They will reject a high value load that has condensation droplets on it.

I have picked up aluminum in Cressona, PA that delivered to Miami, FL. It may be freezing in PA, yet 85 degrees in Miami. It's the perfect storm to form condensation on metal. These heaters keep the load warm and dry from start to finish. Imagine that - a temp controlled flatbed!

We have a few temp controlled flatbeds. They have to have a Conestoga cover to help hold the temperature steady. I figured most of us haven't ever seen such a thing.

What's the purpose? They are not refrigerated units. They are heaters. Most of our customers are particular about their aluminum not getting wet in transit. Some of them are really serious about it. They will reject a high value load that has condensation droplets on it.

I have picked up aluminum in Cressona, PA that delivered to Miami, FL. It may be freezing in PA, yet 85 degrees in Miami. It's the perfect storm to form condensation on metal. These heaters keep the load warm and dry from start to finish. Imagine that - a temp controlled flatbed!

Like reefer flipped on it's head. Great info, Old School.

We have a few temp controlled flatbeds. They have to have a Conestoga cover to help hold the temperature steady. I figured most of us haven't ever seen such a thing.

What's the purpose? They are not refrigerated units. They are heaters. Most of our customers are particular about their aluminum not getting wet in transit. Some of them are really serious about it. They will reject a high value load that has condensation droplets on it.

I have picked up aluminum in Cressona, PA that delivered to Miami, FL. It may be freezing in PA, yet 85 degrees in Miami. It's the perfect storm to form condensation on metal. These heaters keep the load warm and dry from start to finish. Imagine that - a temp controlled flatbed!

Like reefer flipped on it's head. Great info, Old School.

That is something new to me. I learned something today that I never knew existed.

Once in a while I get a dry load to haul, usually cardboard boxes from Dallas to Dodge City to put dead cow in. These loads are to be kept at 70 degrees to keep the cardboard from warping.

I'm cured overseas still, the great majority of the trailers here are curtainside and Conestoga, even refers. There are not nearly as many DCs as we see with arrays of docks, rather small places that side side load and unload.

It's a Re-Bed.