Reefer myths and legends

This isn't rocket science , yes a reefer may be annoying to some but this is trucking. I've never heard of someone having their reefer shut off. I'm sure my die
sel APU may annoy people too , if people are that sensitive they should move to another spot, lately I've been noticing people driving into spots instead of backing in, maybe to isolate the sounds or more than likely because of lack of experience backing in. Maybe a bit of each.

 

sitting next to a reefer at the moment.....thanks for asking.
1. yes, while I do not "hate" a reefer, I'd prefer not to be parked next to one.
2. actually, I sleep like a log. Once I've gone to sleep, a reefer, nor anything else (noise wise) will wake me up.
3. I would never touch another man's truck for any reason......unless it was to help in some way.

I honestly feel sorry for the reefer dudes......they got to listen to that crap every night. Me, maybe once or twice a week. Frankly, those TriPacks are more annoying, or just as much anyway.

 

I pulled reefer for 2.5 yrs, and I had someone shut mine off during the night twice. I'm a chain-smoker and I usually wake up every 3 or 4 hrs to smoke, so both times I caught it before any damage was done. People are ### holes and it does happen.

 

There are rare occassions where another driver will turn off a reefer and many of them have no teeth left.
Same with stealing chains and binders from flatbed drivers; those thieves when caught usually end up wearing dentures and casts on their arms. Some are on disability because their fingers and hands are too damaged to ever be of much use again. I know a driver that caught someone stealing his chains off a loaded trailer; he knocked the guy to the pavement then crushed his hands, wrists, fingers with the cheater bar.

 

I try to park next to Other Reefers when I can..

Lots of other drivers don't like when I park next to them..but what can I do..we're all kinda doing the same job anyway.

 

Never had one shut off. . But trucks do usually stick together. .

Bull wagons..reefers..grain wagons. .rock haulers and door swingers. . Reminds me of the"clicks" in high school. Ugh!

 

I have been driving refer for 20+ years I try to park by other refers when I can because hopefully they are used to the noise. However the only time I have had my refer shut off was by other refer drivers from a CD mill company. Both times my refer was shut off I was pushing it to the limit and was past the maintenance point and refer was louder than should be. I can say that the hardest time I have sleeping is when I'm hauling dry goods and refer is off. I wake up often because there is no noise. When I'm hauling dry I try to park by a louder refer so I can sleep.

 

I would always look for a bull hauler with his windows down to park next to. It wouldn't take long for him to move. My switch was mounted on the inside of my reefer so that no one but myself could access it.