What are the downsides to hauling a reefer

I've worked for two companies on percentage and both were open door on accounting. If a company is paying you percentage and not letting you chk the books for your loads I suggest finding another company.

 

Loaded and headed to the house. Not even 2 hours kinda heavy 43,000 but hopefully it won't be a problem. Also if I do have to sneak into California a little over length. I can do it at night because most of the scales are closed deliver and have no problem. Probably won't leave okie city till Saturday morning. Well time to hit the road.

Oh ya I'll never worry about percentage paying companies unless I'm local or something. Until THEN show me the MILES!!! We back quiet.

 

To make what I'm making you'd have to be paid .40+ a mile and running 3000 miles a week. I run maybe 2400 highest week so far has been 2700. I'll stick to my hourly cause I know exactly what I'm being paid for every minute that I'm awake.

 

I actually miss hualing reefers. Even with fixing air shutes, Walmart loads being rejected because the driver I swapped with couldn't maintain control, sitting at shippers and receivers for hours after my appt. time, getting to a shipper before my appt time only to find out they closed an hour ago but didn't tell the company, and whatever else can and does go wrong. I haul auto parts for a local company now, 90% D/H, and home every day, but I would still rather pull a reefer, just with a better company than who I was with. I started with CRE, but even though the pay sucked, I loved what I did. I may go back to hauling reefers, just not with CRE lol.

 

Delays, Delays, Delays.

Delay at shipper, delays at receiver, delays if the reefer is having issues. Late night, early morning deliveries. But the biggest downside?

A noise-y as frick reefer that doesn't hum you to sleep... just vibrates your truck.

unloader

 

What happened to you to make you so vindictive? Not enough hugs as a child?

 

Holland Enterprises is a good reefer company and trucks have APU's.
To each his own, but personally, I hated local or regional trucking; tried both and absolutely hated it. I love coast-to-coast and have done it with flatbed, reefer, tanker.

 

Wow awesome day so far. Checked in at 2:05am Was checking out at 2:35 and no lumper needed, and trailer except for a few wood chips is as clean as it was when I loaded it. So no need for a washout. Headed down to National City (live load) to pick up Next load going to Utah which is a drop and hook when I get there (Utah). Guess I'll get some rest since My appointment here is not till 10, but I do believe they get here here at 8, and I should be loaded at 9. Might go ahead and take my 8hr break here not sure yet. They can give me that load all the time. Still can't believe I was done in 30 minutes. I didn't even have time to play a game of Candy Crush. Well Nap time. LOL @ downside in chicken mobilin. Yeeee hawwww

 

Since this 'question from new drivers' is 'about the downsides to reefers,' I think I gave a few examples of why pulling refers for the new driver does not pay off. If you have the experience to land a hourly job of pulling refers it should be obvious that the downsides diminish.

The exception is the sleep thing. I never had problem sleeping with the reefer; I just sleep much much better with a van or flat. It is just a quality thing.

As a new driver you should most importantly consider that the phrase proclaiming that 'your extra work is not free but included in CPM calculation, ' is just another lie. Be assured most of the folks in the office could not calculate load weight, a trip plan, hours of service, a log book recap, bridge law, trailer cube, or any simple math problem that a driver deals with on daily basis. It is just easier to lie and cheaper to pay less than minimum wage.

That is why reefer does not pay off for the new driver; more opportunities to short change the driver.

It is also why drivers are payed CPM; more opportunities to short change the driver.

 

Exactly! Cpm is the old way of paying guys. It's a rip off plain and simple. We do a lot more than drive. What about all that line 4 work? Loading, unloading, washouts, paperwork, repairs etc. we don't need paid for that stuff? Your telling me the .35 cpm that people get paid is compensating for all that work? I call bs!