Suggestions on how to drive 30 hours with meat cost effectively

[Weldor]

The big question is will it be frozen or just cold? That should answer your question. If you have to spend extra money to make a homemade cooler , just drive the diesel and save yourself the grief. I don't think the price difference will break the bank. Don't know Canadian diesel prices but here it's less than a dollar between gas and diesel down here.

 

[bushwhacker1975]

Deep freeze is the best option we bring bears home cut up snd hides

 

[GARLICSALT]

Deep freeze and pack in an old side by side refrigerator freezer laying down in the truck bed.
Dad would transport our tuna and wahoo home this way and it would be frozen solid upon arrival, not quite 30 hours but we would not jump out of the truck and start unpacking it either. that would wait till the next day.

 

[HilltopHitman]

Cheap ice chest from Best Buy and a harbor freight generator. Will last through a nuclear war

 

[Marble]

25 years of transporting meat from CO to CA. Never used a cooler or freezer. If the meat is cold, it stays in the bag, goes in the front of the house trailer, sleeping bags, foam and other gear gets packed around it. It is in the trailer anywhere from 18 to 30 hours.

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[TNRAMBLINGMAN]

I try to leave early and pack cold meat when it is still cool outside. Try to get dry ice and do not leave any open space in coolers (use towels, sleeping bags, etc. If in bag of truck put on a light colored tarp, not the typical dark surface. If I am using regular ice I salt it heavily both for cleanliness of meat and the freezing effect. Last deboned elk driving from Utah I hit midwest temperatures around 100 degrees. I went to Wally late one night and simply piled many ice bags all around my coolers. If no dry ice I would drain the water nightly and redo the ice and salt each day. I have never had an issue. In fact, I have frozen some meat doing the above.