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Reefer Trailer For Storage

Hobo,NC

Hobo,NC

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Sanford, NC
Is there any advantage to using a Reefer Trailer for storage. I like to screw through the walls on the sides in the supports to hold up my shelf's will I kill the advantage of using a Reefer Trailer.
 
The only advantage is the ceiling and walls are insulated. The floor actually is a draw back as the groves/air troughs make it not as good to work on. So mounting things to the walls will not really effect the insulation that much.
 
If you are wanting solid shelving it will sag from the inside walls just being insulation. A regular van trailer would be a better choice. If you are wanting to work in it then by all means it would be better than a van. They would be good for when Butchering. It would freeze it for sawing in nice fashion.
 
Another choice is an old moving van trailer. It has a nice hardwood floor and lots of anchor points on the walls for hanging shelving. Trouble with a moving van trailer is they aren’t all that plentiful. Some have big side doors that leak rain and start some rot in the floor. My son picked one up 300 miles away and brought it home on a weekend when the DOT was in bed. I think it is a freuhauf. Putting a small walk through door in the side helps because those big doors can be cantankerous. A moving van is lower to the ground too.
 

OK understand both reply's how about storing several tractors in one... If I could get 3/4 tractors in one it would free up some good storage space for other needs... I am looking at 3K for a decent one don't care if the cooling unit works I can back it up to a embankment leave it there and drive/push the tractors in it... Two Ford 8N's and several Farmall 100/140's that are not for sale but have no need for at this time.
 
Maybe you should look at containers rather than trailers. They are all steel and will set much lower on the ground. They are also much more durable. Trailers are designed for different forces where the containers are just a BIG steel box.
 
If you are storing tractors look for a 102" wide trailer. That extra 6 inches is nice. The wall thickness takes up some floor width. I don't know anything about reefers, if they are even made in a 102" width. But of course you are the one paying the bill and sometimes something we want isn't what we can afford.
 
(quoted from post at 20:52:08 02/09/18) Maybe you should look at containers rather than trailers. They are all steel and will set much lower on the ground. They are also much more durable. Trailers are designed for different forces where the containers are just a BIG steel box.
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X2 The containers are a lot better deal to put tractors in.
 
Consider a dry van trailer. I got one a couple years ago for around a thousand. Check https://www.purplewave.com they are an auction site and have regular sales. Farm equipment, trailers, and shipping containers.
 
Could you remove the trailer wheels and stands to lower it to near ground level?

$3,000 for a 40 foot van 8 feet wide (320 square feet of floor space) is $9.37 per square foot.
 
I have an old swinging meat trailer
that I've used for storage for 20+
years and never get any sweating in it.
It's a beat up old 32' shag.
Also have a 40' dry van and no sweating
in that one either.
Going to get rid of some stuff soon.
Combine the two into the dry van and
get rid of the reefer.
I plan to rent a bobcat and excavate a
loading dock in my side hill. Back the
dry van in so I can drive a tractor in
it.
I think you can buy a trailer cheaper
than a container. Trailer is fine if
you can contrive a way to drive into
it.
 
With the cold winters and high winds, I prefer the reefers. When closed up, temp swings inside are minimized (which in my mind, helps prevent sweating), and it's much quieter when windy out.

Yes, I do hate the floor! Have twisted my ankles more times than I care to remember....and I have one really bad ankle injury from many years back.
 
Oh, one other thing -- a benefit of the reefer floor is, if/when your roof gets a leak, the water can pass harmlessly under most of what's in storage without causing damage. Only time anything gets wet is if the leak runs down a wall and gets something, or happens to drip right down. So far, any leaks I've had have been on the outside walls, where they would likely be.

And a bad thing about reefers is, if you have a leak, the water can run back for quite some ways before becoming visible. That makes finding the leak even more difficult. Really have to do routine maintenance on these to prevent leaks.
 
I haven't seen an 8ft wide trailer in years, and I wouldn't think that there are many out there. Every truck we load or unload is 102" inside, and the few reefers we load are 102 as well. The containers we load are 8ft. The reefers we load have the slotted floors, and some just plain flat aluminum floors with ridges for the tires on the lifts to grip. There are "summer" and "winter" reefers, as we call them. The summer reefers have thicker insulation, thicker doors, etc. Winter reefers are right opposite. I guess that could either be the manufacturer or whatever.
 
A friend gave me a dry/tight 42 foot van.....dug a ramp like you"re planning..gonna add a couple foot beavertail and put some rr ties on the ramp to drive the skidsteer inside, to store pallets of parts, etc.
 
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