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1800 miles per weeks at 50cpm is rough.

I'm dying to know what the yellow flags were at the reefer company orientation you went to. Personally I'd expect 1800 miles per week doing reefer simply because of the nature of those customers. But doing dry van, you should be moving constantly. Either planning is really bad at Swift or the freight market is extremely slow. At a certain point I think the trucking company loses money just having a truck in their system that isn't getting miles. Have to wonder how a company can afford to run a business like that. But I guess Swift has deep pockets so they can afford to bleed money for a while.

 

What were your miles when you didn't have any mechanical problems?

What were the yellow flags you had regarding reefer? I might need a reminder why I should avoid reefer (although I might end up going with a reefer company out of necessity anyway).

 

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That must be how it worked back in the 40's & 50's.
The newer reefers units, the temp. can be monitored from the dispatch office.

 

I think you did good staying away from reefer. Be careful with that Coors account. You might have to drive reefer. They have specific routes you have to take. They don't want you going above a certain elevation.
Only reefer job I would consider. There was one with Pyle in the north east. Work every night consistently. Drop and hook reefer between DC's. Found about it when I delivered to a DC. I forget if it was Joisey or Penn. ?
On the seat cushion. Get the extra large Purple. It will fill the sides of the seat. Otherwise you'll feel like a weeble wobbling back and forth. I actually have three of them. Finally got the largest, extra large. ... So impressed with Purple. I bought two Purple3 mattresses. I judged only how they felt. Cost me two grand a piece. One was a twin I bought for the truck. Didn't use it much. Left that company. Then, my final company had an exceptional mattress in the truck. Not worth changing it out. It was close enough. My other Purple is a Queen size. I love sleeping on it nightly. Don't deal with the Purple people in Utah. I swear, they can't follow a carrot in front of their nose for directions.