hey lewis does the diesel engine run a generator ?

aprophet, thats the way I understand it. I have never actually had my hands on one.

Mine was a produce truck with a diesel,and electric motor which is ,or was 3 phase which is only good for commercial purposes.Amish here use diesels to run the compressors but my thought is it is more costly to run,and far more trouble(effort).Diesels need to be constantly fed diesel,also oil changes,and more other matience.My 3 phase electric moter need to be single phase,my options were a converter box for $700,or a brand spanking new single phase motor for $700.I elected the new motor.This was 7-8 years ago.Just had a brand new regular unit installed for $3700,which is much more qoiet,and much more energy effecient.Mine newly installed unit is both a cooler,and also a freezer that got my box down to negative 10 degrees.For finished fur storage I have it now set at about 40 degrees on the upper end,and will shut off at about 35 degrees.My box is about 12 ft by 8 ft by 7 ft,and I believe I can keep about 4-5 thousand fox in it.I have had 2400 fox in it some years ago.

Inside of unit

Thats just what I am looking to put together PSB. Right now I am just trying to come up with options and costs. Did you have your van body spray foamed for more insulation?

Yes,I took out the inside paneling,and had 3 inches of ridged foam insulation sprayed on the inside.

Hey Phil, would you rent out freezer space if you had the extra room?

Phil did things the right way, as Phil said you can put in a nice unit for 4 or 5 grand and not have to worry about it for a few years. Few tips if you feel the need to buy a used unit thinkin your saving money, always look on the txv of the evap make sure condensing unit and coil are same refrigerant, and NEVER let one tell you a 350 dollar phase converter will start your 3 ph compresser on single phase, I've followed up a couple of these jobs after the salesman/installer had his money and was long gone. Looks like a trenton unit Phil has there, good unit, you can pick up a Russell unit a little cheaper probably.

The group of guys I hunt with have had two. The first was a small ice cream truck and deer had to go in horizontally. Now we have a beer truck body and it will hold 32 deer, 16 can hang from a rack on each side. The compressor is 110V and sits under a little shed in front of the walk in cooler. I know we have had this cooler for 20+ years.

always look on the txv of the evap make sure condensing unit and coil are same refrigerant

there are families of freon for example r -134 r -409a r -401a and r -12 will interchange on TXV,S and condensing units in the next week or two I post more of the families if anyone is interested HTH

PS. and that kina depends on whether you are using it for low temp 0* and below or medium temp +25 and up the charge on the powerhead on the TXV would need to different for LT or MT