In article ,
Tim Williams wrote:
"Old Nick" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 02:31:44 GMT, Lewis Hartswick
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

I haven't, but yer...so what? What made you feel you needed to make
any one of us guys believe him? G

The "reefer box" part BG

You're thinking that he is referring to Marijuanna?

It is the box part of a tractor-trailer rig equipped with a
built-in refrigerator compressor used for transporting food. Over the
years, they degrade, the compressor and other refrigeration parts get
closer to end-of-life, and perhaps the insulation degrades. (The
refrigerator part normally runs from a matching size internal combustion
engine, so it does not require power from the tractor part of the rig.

At this point, they sell them for what they can get for them,
and replace them with new.

You can also get containerized cargo boxes (TEUs and FEUs --
Twenty-foot Equivalent Units and Forty-foot Equivalent Units). Good
storage at the least, but the reefers already have electrics at least
partially built in, so the conversion to an electronics workshop is a
bit easier. Just take it off the removable wheel assemblies, plop it on
a foundation, and wire it up. :-) You can even use the refrigeration for
super air conditioning (add an electric motor if necessary to replace
the IC one) -- a *major* benefit in the hotter parts of Texas,
Arizona, and New Mexico where a black iron tool left outside in the sun
cannot be picked up without insulating gloves. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.
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