Do you turn off reefer right as you dock?

614201

{"text":"Just wondering  ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

599477

{"replyTo":"","text":"Eh, I don’t pay for reefer fuel. The emptier the tank, the more free PFJ points 😆","replyToPid":0}

697610

{"replyTo":"","text":"I turn it off as soon the dock light goes back to green","replyToPid":0}

599477

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625878 发表于 2019-07-11 19:32:09 We are never instructed to turn the reefer off. The companies don’t care if you leave with it running. Plus the trailer doors are open if you are backed into a dock. If you have a newer trailer. The reefer won’t run when doors are open for any length of time. \n\nBut this is each to their own. I will shut mine down. You might keep yours running. \n\nBut everyone keeps talking about global warming/ climate change. I am does doing my small bit.

","text":"Fair enough. I haul meat and I just worry about food safety","replyToPid":144113}

599477

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625878 发表于 2019-07-11 19:21:18 No, because you have already checked in. The check in time is on your BOL and they have no legal leg to stand on. Especially if you have a unload time and you are there for that time.

","text":"They also jot down the time they actually started touching the product. They can argue that you were not instructed to turn it off and they were under the assumption it was going to stay cool","replyToPid":144109}

599477

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625878 发表于 2019-07-11 17:39:42 It all depends, if it is for a large corporation, then yes. It makes them unload faster.

","text":"But if they don’t get to it and it goes bad, isn’t it still on you?","replyToPid":144028}

704461

{"replyTo":"","text":"warehouses like to use the trucking industries fuel to cool their docks. we could save millions of gallons per year turning them off.","replyToPid":0}

595560

{"replyTo":"","text":"Excellent strategy, I like it.","replyToPid":0}

595560

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625878 发表于 2019-07-11 19:32:09 We are never instructed to turn the reefer off. The companies don’t care if you leave with it running. Plus the trailer doors are open if you are backed into a dock. If you have a newer trailer. The reefer won’t run when doors are open for any length of time. \n\nBut this is each to their own. I will shut mine down. You might keep yours running. \n\nBut everyone keeps talking about global warming/ climate change. I am does doing my small bit.

","text":"Check the manual for the model reefer you have most have a “door open” override hidden somewhere the menus.","replyToPid":144113}

180200

{"replyTo":"","text":"depends on the sipper of consignee. usually they will advise you if required.","replyToPid":0}