Any opprtunities for driving E350 or similar reefer truck?

Hi TT, not that I know of. Usually, reefer loads are full loads, or LTL ( less than a load) that's taken to a warehouse, assembled into full loads and run to a location that has smaller trucks like you mention, and delivered that way to smaller customers. The money just isn't there to run a small truck long distances, and the places a small truck goes, isn't where a semi can go anyway. If you don't want to do OTR, perhaps a LTL job is what you'd like. Generally, LTL pays by the hour, and you're home everyday.

 

Usually companies that deal with that, but with increased costs, just about everything is full loads. When I worked for a dairy warehouse in the 80's, there were many places I'd pick up at small mom and pop cheese factories. 2 or 3 pallets here, 1 pallet there. Sadly, many of these small outfits went out of business, as trucking companies couldn't send a truck and a driver 150 miles out of their way for 1 or 2 pallets. Matter of fact, I think everything is full load now at mega cheese plants. Dry freight is a different story, as I know several freight outfits still do LTL.

 

Dry freight is anything that does not require refrigeration. Not sure how that got started, but van freight or dry freight are the same.