reefer madness

Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by riggs, Jan 1, 2015.

  1. riggs

    riggs Bobtail Member

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    I'm a recent cdl grad and a month ago an old trucker gave me sum advice if you deal with reefers you will deal with unions the dock workers unload you when they feel like it and you have to have a lumper if not they have lumpers for hire and don't ever let 1 in your truck you will be robbed blind or left for dead and there sum loads of meat that really raise hell with the dock workers any thoughts
     
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  3. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    who ya gona drive for ?
     
  4. riggs

    riggs Bobtail Member

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    We were just talking swapping stories
     
  5. crzyjarmans

    crzyjarmans Road Train Member

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    Don't miss pulling a reefer, hopefully I'll never again
     
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  6. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    well up till a year ago i hauled meat out of the pack houses in ne ia and ks into the nyc metro for 20 years and other than the taurus i totaled out in brooklyn i never had any issues so dont let people tell ya how terrible it is there ...never got robbed or had union probs .
     
  7. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    only dry van drivers tell tales of the horror of reefer
    when I drove for Transam i believed they went to the worse DC's that no one else would
    A year with a different company confirmed that not much waiting around
    and not surrounded by CRE and Prime trucks on every side
     
  8. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Only union problems I had pulling reefers was A&P Warehouse in Edison, NJ and Fleming Foods and McDonalds Warehouse in Pennsylvania. Some drivers hated going to Jewel grocery warehouse in Chicago, but I liked it just fine and got along good with the employees there.
    Over all, pulling reefers wasn't so bad. Trying at times, but made a good living.
    Enjoyed selling the grocery warehouses pallets; made one or two hundred tax free dollars a week doing that.
    Pulling reefers was OK really. Never had any problems with Publix or Sav-A-Lot even though some drivers did.
    I'd find out how much the lumpers wanted to unload, then I'd unload it myself and pocket the money. The reefer companies I worked for didn't care.
    Once you learn your way around, it's OK. Many reefer drivers wouldn't do anything else.
     
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  9. Pin Ball

    Pin Ball Bobtail Member

    I love pulling reefers. Its recession proof freight. Just because someone says it "stinks" doesn't mean it does.
    **Most drivers are liar's***
     
  10. riggs

    riggs Bobtail Member

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    Wow guess its not that bad I've seen guys hookup to reefer power unit and use it so they wouldn't have to idle so much
     
  11. Chinatown

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    Good point; reefers haul food and people have to eat every day, year round.
     
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