Cooler box with dry ice

[alfoldivandor]

Anybody have a game cooler box with dry ice .... any experience ?

I am thinking to build one , on trailer for Bear , Moose and Deer hunt . Wanting to not to use generator ....

Thanks for any information .

[greatwhite]

You can really use nay cooler for dry ice. The trick is being able to buy small amounts of dry ice. Here in Ottawa I can't seem to find any dry ice under 50 pound slabs.

[topher]

You can really use nay cooler for dry ice. The trick is being able to buy small amounts of dry ice. Here in Ottawa I can't seem to find any dry ice under 50 pound slabs.

Find a co2 fire extinguisher.. (They don't have pressure gauges) grab a pillow case.. Or clean sock... Cover end of nozzle blast off extinguisher.. Voila.. Dry ice.just make sure it is co2 and not a powder... Co2s are the only ones that have no pressure gauge..

[greatwhite]

Will the one's downtown in my office building suffice? Think security would notice them missing?

Find a co2 fire extinguisher.. (They don't have pressure gauges) grab a pillow case.. Or clean sock... Cover end of nozzle blast off extinguisher.. Voila.. Dry ice.just make sure it is co2 and not a powder... Co2s are the only ones that have no pressure gauge..

[topher]

Will the one's downtown in my office building suffice? Think security would notice them missing?

They are probably ABC extinguishers. They are powder.. Unless they are big stainless steel.. Then they are water... Co2 is usually found in electrical rooms etc.

[greatwhite]

Like the one in our computer server center or the one's in the electrical room in the under ground parking. I'll just get the guards to look another direction momentarily.

They are probably ABC extinguishers. They are powder.. Unless they are big stainless steel.. Then they are water... Co2 is usually found in electrical rooms etc.

[topher]

Computer server maybe.. It could also be a clean agent extinguisher...

[gooseman]

We use to make a cooler using 2" blue insulation foam, plywood and 2x6 sides. We would go to the local welding supply shop in thunder bay and he would cut the dry ice in 1/2" thick slabs. Wrapped the pcs in newspaper and laid our frozen bear packs from the local butcher out in the homemade box / cooler and then topped it off with another layer of dry ice. Laid blankets over the box and put our gear on top and nerver had a problem driving home. Still had ice when we got home and this was always the first week of June. Oh and the box was for the back of our truck and if I remember it was 4' wide and 6' long and 6" deep

[Sudsee]

We use an old chest freezer for our moose hunt. Works great but the dry ice freezes everything solid you have to thaw it forever to be able to cook anything.

[Snowwalker]

Dry ice(solid CO2) is -40 or colder.. You don't need much to cool/freeze a large insulated box.

On the SAFETY side remember the box will FILLED with CO2. Don't be breathing it well leaning into the box, because you will not even know when the lights went out. If you are lucky you will fall outside the box, if not and you fall with your head hanging in the box you will NEVER wake up.