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KodyKeir posted...

Well that's new, (to me at least) last time I unloaded a refrigerated trailer, the driver had to keep the tractor running as it would cut power to trailer if he turned off the engine.

But maybe that says more about how long it's been since I worked a dock.

I suppose it's possible, but I've never seen a refrigerated trailer that needed a tractor to run. Unless you're referring to those box trucks.

I haven't driven a refrigerated unit in about 9 years but drove them almost exclusively for several years before that. We always had Thermo-King units attached directly to the front of the trailer, with a fuel tank underneath the trailer. You could disconnect the truck and trailer and keep the thermo unit running as long as it had fuel.

We had box trucks that worked similarly but were tied into the same fuel tank as the trucks, so we could run those while the trucks were off, too.

But I'll admit there's a plethora of different styles of refrigerated trucks and I've only driven a few kinds of them. Quite possible there are some that require the truck to remain running but I would think those are more rare, as states like California have idle laws for trucks.