chest freezer in pick up bed questions
Anybody see any problems with a plan wife and sister in law dreamed up? Bring along a household chest type freezer in pick-up bed that's filled with a 1/2 steer to a family member in Virginia and w...
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Seems like a practical plan to me. It would help to maintain the temperature to more or less fill the excess room in the freezer with bags or blocks of ice or something to add more thermal mass. That does unfortunately mean more weight in the truck.
I would suggest waiting several hours after loading the freezer into the truck before running it if you have to tilt it significantly to get it in. You'd also need to have some sort of positive latch or other closure to keep the lid shut while en route—most chest freezers I've seen rely mainly on gravitation to keep the lid closed. A hasp or strap or even a double hung window lock should do the trick nicely.
I would suggest waiting several hours after loading the freezer into the truck before running it if you have to tilt it significantly to get it in. You'd also need to have some sort of positive latch or other closure to keep the lid shut while en route—most chest freezers I've seen rely mainly on gravitation to keep the lid closed. A hasp or strap or even a double hung window lock should do the trick nicely.
