Why does everyone seem to hate reefers?

1. The noise of a reefer cycling on and off will wake surrounding drivers.
2. The old ones have terrible exhaust and depending upon where they are vented can gag drivers with their vents open for fresh air.
3. Reefers primarily go to grocery warehouses where the personnel are infamous for treating drivers poorly and delaying them for long periods of time.
4. Reefers that break down or run out of fuel are a real hassle to prime, restart, or find a dealer to fix them.
5. Many loads are so temperature restricted that claims are very common and even whole loads are refused.

Hope this clears it up for ya.

 

Though I think you were asking why people dislike the reefers themselves, in which case the first 2 of the 5 responses are pretty accurate. For myself, I will not sleep next to one, because I try to avoid having the engine of my truck running as much as possible, and that means I often have a window down. And the noise from a reefer can be very irritating if you are not used to it and have to sleep directly next to it.

As for his answers 3 through 5, those are the main reasons why you would never find a reefer attached to a truck that I am behind the wheel of. Particularly, number 3 applies, since I have very little tolerance for a customer that takes advantage of or tries to abuse me. It takes a lot to get me fired up, but once it happens, I can be a very volatile individual. reefer work and the docks they go to would probably light me off a lot more than is good for sociaty to endure.

 

I don't idle in winter anyhow. I have an installed Webasto heating unit in the truck that provides heat in the cab when the engine is off, and provides warm coolant to the engine for starting. They burn a few ounces of fuel per hour when I am running them. If I am home on a weekend, I can set a timer, and they kick in a few hours before I leave, have everything warmed up by the time i walk out to the truck.

 

We specced them as part of the new truck purchase, but I spotted ads for them late last year offering them for about 800 cash and carry, or 1100 installed. They work well, but you still have idle time in summer if it gets hot enough. Company made the decision that cutting back on half of the idling was enough of a benefit to make use of them. With a 48" sleeper, I never have mine set above the lowest possible temp setting, so they are a pretty effective little unit. Mine's located in the pax side box, little device about the size of a half gallon of milk.

http://www.webasto.us/am/en/am_trucks_heaters.html

 

last night some guy had a refer from 1960 i swear. the motor noise was behind me so i figued it had to be a refer. typicaly i can sleep fine next to a refer... but a locomotive was quieter than this friggin thing. it was 30 degrees out and this stupid thing was on allll ngiht long non stop its 30 degrees outside and this thing is running non stop. wtf was he hauling dead bodies?!!!???!!