What are the downsides to hauling a reefer

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by abbadox, Jan 20, 2014.

  1. Dinomite

    Dinomite Road Train Member

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    Yeee Hawww Dropped load at the grocery warehouse, picked up empty, dropped empty at plant. Got service done on truck. All in days work when you rollin like a River.

    Can somebody give those guys who are crying about cents per mile a tissue. Didn't Mattbnr start a thread because he is not happy with his pay. Some people are never satisfied. But some of us are happier then a Chicken hauler in a Chrome shop. We back quiet :)
     
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  3. mattbnr

    mattbnr Road Train Member

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    Didn't say I wasn't happy with my pay just always on the look out for something better. No harm in trying to better yourself.
     
  4. Dinomite

    Dinomite Road Train Member

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    So what part of Never satisfied don't you understand.

    Oh ya I did see the part where you said you were paying 200 a week for insurance. My reefer company who pays cpm. Insuance is only 58 a week for the Family. It is up from 28 I paid last year :) So who is getting hosed lol. But hey some people like to yank tanks, and some like to haul tail. We back quiet.
     
  5. mattbnr

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    So now it's a bad thing to look around at other options that may be out there? If I never looked I'd still be driving for crst making .29 a mile being gone a month at a time.
     
  6. osumike33

    osumike33 Light Load Member

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    I just forward the rate confirmation to the guys driving for me as they need all the information, anyway. Of course, someone trying to rip someone else off would not be a unique situation in this business - just go to a Freightliner repair shop!
     
  7. ‘Olhand

    ‘Olhand Cantankerous Crusty

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    There's a down side to pullin a reefer? When did this happen?
     
    wore out, FLATBED and Dinomite Thank this.
  8. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    In trucking there is supposedly a DOWNSIDE to everything involved with it
     
  9. aholtz

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    Dinomite please pm me who you work for.
     
  10. orcen

    orcen Heavy Load Member

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    What are the plus sides of hauling a reefer? Much much shorter list!
     
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