Pros & Cons of Reefer as Company Driver
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by downplay, Jul 15, 2022.
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TL;DR:
There’s things that are kind of a pain but I like it. Works for me.
Wilson company driver hauling Prime loads.
Plenty of freight moving and almost always have a load ready when I’ve delivered the current one.
As many have said, waiting for unloading / lumpers can be a pain but when you learn to manage your clock and get detention pay it’s no big deal to me.
I don’t mind the ever-changing sleep schedule either, but sometimes finding decent parking is a PITA, especially at certain times and in “certain areas.” As for being concerned about other drivers bothered by reefer noise…I try to be polite but in the end if you’re parking at Love’s you should probably expect it.
It’s the only kind of driving I’ve ever done, and I’m in my rookie season so there’s that too. -
Wilson Logistics? I wanted to try with them; but, they wouldn’t take me because it had been more than 30 days since I got my CDL and I didn’t go straight into trucking.
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I ran into a guy today who moved to the reefer company I work for who was complaining about dealing with the problems from companies receiving dry freight. It sounded funnily similar to the problems with reefer shipper/receivers, maybe even a little worse than what I’ve experienced so far with ‘reefing it.’
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If you have to deal with a food warehouse, then there are no pros....
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Some of our drop ‘n’ hook food shippers are great. The last one I picked up from has their own washout bay, scale, etc. I dropped my empty to be washed out, hooked, scaled, had my seal verified, and then drove away. It doesn’t get much easier…if only their scales were certified I wouldn’t have to re-scale using Cat.
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Pulling reefers, if the weather is extremely hot or extremely cold, just set the reefer unit to "Continuous Run" and the temp will stay where it's supposed to.
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