Advice to buy dry van or reefer

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  1. winchester306

    winchester306 Bobtail Member

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    I gotta go with S TEXAN on this. there is alot involved with reefer. I pulled reefer for years and hauled dry and cold, bu if you dont know reefer do's and don'ts you could get reamed real fast. temp variables and such can cost you a load and that can cost you a fortune. consignees will refuse a load if temp aint right or if they find any spoilage . Bananas, lettuce, and such can be a pain, and lord help you if you dont plug the drains and haul a load of bleeding meat, cuz dot gets real bent when they see blood dripping out on their roads.
     
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  3. Saddletramp1200

    Saddletramp1200 Road Train Member

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    Pulp themo, Bills, origin, I drag a flat bed. It is there. Chained down. Oh you scratched the paint. 2800 miles, might happen. Not this time. I don't drive for that TV show. I drive a real truck. Stow it kid. Reject the load, or accept it. I will put the trailer in a drop yard. Choice is yours.
     
  4. Saddletramp1200

    Saddletramp1200 Road Train Member

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    I should be a gentler kinder driver. Suk Muck Dik. I got it here. I want to be paid. Not a scratch on it. I haul cars. It's a table. 48 Ft Flat bed. A 6' ft table. 1230 miles. I don't care, you have money, here's my Invoice. Pay Me. I don't get paid to think, just to move freight. Truckers are some of the most intelligent people on this planet. Don't get us wrong.
     
  5. Saddletramp1200

    Saddletramp1200 Road Train Member

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    My Cmo, 93,548.00. 4 days in a hotel room A speck tractor. They gave us the .93 . 3408, 18 over. Wife did most of it. She told me where to go. I'm the Boss, She is the Wife. You will know some day. She never questions my radios. Keeps the dogs off our butt. How they can bother Us is beyond me, Bite the hand that feeds you. Might think I am blowing smoke. I'm not. We provide America with every need . Food, goods, other things, we have Mc wages. I am going to give an idea. Wake Up. I bring your everything. Treet me better. Don't be a BMW Prick. My tractor costs way more than that. Think about it.
     
  6. Saddletramp1200

    Saddletramp1200 Road Train Member

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    Other than spelling, I made my point. On your feet. or On your knees. The choice is yours.
     
  7. Saddletramp1200

    Saddletramp1200 Road Train Member

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    I still don't know how turbo'.s spin 250 thousand revs a minute. It happens. I am grateful. I would rather play with a 200 mph bike. At least I have a chance.
     
  8. x#1

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    install a wet kit on your truck and wildcat yourself,power only-ing it while having the ability/capability to pull almost anything.less expensive than buying a trailer.

    or install a wet kit and buy a frameless end dump and pull loads that have little to no appointment times while having a higher per mile rate/percentage.

    the only drawback is you will be going into areas that get your truck/trailer dirty and dusty but that always are welcoming to you and what you are bringing in or taking out-
     
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    I always derived great joy and laughter and humor from those that would push me,even if i was going 80,while watching the pusher turn on their wipers and smearing their entire windshield with the liquid runoff from a freshly processed load of chickens.

    yeah they did back off rather quickly.
     
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