LOOKING AT REEFER

Where do you live?

 

You can run nights if you want but truth is in reefer your hours will change like it or not

 

The reason I ask is if you like to drive at night, you could come over to Davis Express. The majority of your driving will be at night. Not trying to talk you out of your gig, just passing that along. I'm starting orientation at Davis Tuesday. That's one of the reasons I picked them over other reefer outfits. I want to have pretty consistent hours.

 

You'll be switching back and forth not a set night time schedule, goodluck if you decide to go for it.

 

Oh, I see. Don't quote me on it, but I think you have to have 2 yrs before Davis Express will hire you. I have a lot more than that so I don't ever pay any attention to that part, lol.

Of the 2 you mention, I'd likely go to Palmer. Roehl isn't bad if you can run out of Ellenwood, GA, but you'd be assigned to Gary, IN, and I wouldn't do that for any amount of money, at least not any amount they'd pay, lol.

 

Bit of advice, learn as much as you can about the operation of the reefer unit itself. That wasn't covered at all in my school, back in the dark ages, nor did the first company (reefer outfit) that hired me, bother to teach me anything about them.
Be prepared to deal with lumpers, and with long load and unload times, and very tight JIT schedules.
I actually enjoyed the couple of years I ran reefers, but I ran for a good small operation, that had good accounts set up on both ends.