REFER and Stevens questions

Stay away from dry van, worst annual pay in the industry.
Newer reefer units aren't that noisy. All truck stops are noisy anyway; you get used to it.

 

Personally I chose reefer due to the economy, with all the uncertainty I figured people are still going to have to eat.

umpers are pretty much a necessity. Stevens pays for all lumpers and will do it with TCheks so no need to pay out of pocket.

Fuel management simply means they will teach you to drive fuel efficiently and they expect you to learn how to do so. There is a monthly fuel bonus for company drivers.

As far as the reefer noise, they don't clang, they are actually not that loud at all and you get used to it. Even if you haul dry vans, or flat beds or anything else, you are going to have noise... the truck on your left idling,the reefer on your right, your own apu. If you need quiet, ear plugs are suggested. Truckstops are noisy in general.

 

you do have to pay for lumpers, and you do get reimbursed, BUT....

with most companies in most situations you wil pay for lumpers using a comcheck. this will be treated like an advance, so in effect it does come out of your pay for a time, but if you send in the load info and receipts right away you generally wont notice it. but lose the receipt, or dont turn it in, and you will never be reimbursed for it. and of course theres always that one in a million company that doesnt take comchecks.

as far as sleeping with a refer unit going...most get used to it. in fact, you will see posts from people who have run refer for a long time, then switch to dry van or flat bed, and the quiet is deafening.

dont know much about stevens...ive seen some good posts on this site, but a very good friend of mine had a BAD experience with them. so id never work for them, but hes my friend, and i trust his judgment. i would not, however, try to sway another driver away from working for them...one review is still only one review.

 

Okay, refer will give you more loads, and steady work. People will never stop ordering food!

Companies will give you a comcheck or tcheck for lumpers, nothing is out of your pocket.

Fuel management? if you mean mpg, a lot of companies will give you a bonus if you keep it as high as you can.

And we have a refer, to us it's just white noise. Good companies have good equipment, all refers are not the same. Ours our good and you know it's on, but you'd be surprised how fast you get use to it. It's all you do.

As a matter of fact when we go home we have to have a fan running to sleep

 

well your sleep will vary according to your load and unload times you never really stay on a day or night schedule for long.

 

If you caught a T2000 you got one of the older trucks in the fleet. I am driving one myself.

 

They do have plenty of Canadian freight and tuition reimbursement... not sure how that works, but for Canada you need a passport or passport card and you will need to be eligible to enter Canada in a CMV.