Trailer Maintenance is Crucial

If you own a trailer you will need to practice regular trailer maintenance. The term reefer trailer or reefer truck is slang for a refrigerated trailer used to haul temperature sensitive goods. The use of refrigerator trucks, refrigerator cars, reefer ships, reefer containers, and refrigerated warehouses is common in cold chain supply chains, where items that are perishable or need to be kept cool are transported. A redundant refrigeration system is typically used for these kinds of shipments and consists of integrated primary and back up refrigeration units. Interestingly, prior to the development of mechanically cooled refrigerated, perishable products were transported in large van trailers containing blocks of ice. Subsequently, truckers had to stop every 200 to 300 miles or so to ice down their trucks. The coolant used in the first refrigerated trucks, or reefer trailers, is known as Freon. Today, however, numerous reefer owners have converted their units to an environmentally friendly coolant known as R 134a. Regular trailer maintenance is essential. This involves regularly cleaning the trailer parts to ensure they are essential, as clean trailers parts are essential to keep the trailer sanitary.