I can see it happening once maybe 2x a year when you have the perfect storm and everything goes right but not very often. Biggest week I have ever seen where times and everything matched on the log was 4300 running west 80mph speed limit most places and it was a truck that didn't have it's nuts cut either.
I've run over 5 a week no it wasnt legal and you fall out of the truck when you get back to the house I can't say I miss those days...actually I can but it makes an old man of you quick and it's a young mans game doing those trips.
As said in my previous statement I have seen it done but it was done in a truck that wasn't governed and it was running west. Everything matched as it should am I saying some things weren't fudged, nope we can all fudge a little here and there for the most part it's possible in theory but it takes a lot to do it and it isn't going to happen often. With the old 10/8 rules I could see it being much more believable because in theory a person could drive about 15 hours a day on the longer loads. 15*60 that's 900/day and you take a 34 on day 4 which still leaves you a day and half roughly to drive so I could see it being more common on a 10/8 log but not this 11/14 rules.
Reefer vs. Dryvan
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by Charlie Mac, Feb 16, 2016.
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I personally don't have dry van experience, but a lot of what you hear about reefer is true...long wait times, a lot of multi stops, lazy, expensive lumpers, constantly changing shifts etc. There is also the added issue of having reefer problems...while not often, if you end up having a mechanical issue, it can turn a simple, easy run into a teeth grinding, stressful tight run.
On the plus side, there are usually a lot of longer runs available, at least with my company, the ability to run dry or refrigerated, giving you more freight options. For drivers that also like a little down time, you will definitely get it waiting to get loaded/unloaded.
My suggestion would be to find a company that pays guaranteed detention/layover if you choose reefer. I work for a small, 20 truck company. While I make decent money, I only get paid detention/layover if my company collects from the customer/broker, which is rare, so I do a lot of sitting for nothing.RustyChops41 Thanks this. -
I should've updated this thread awhile ago LOL. I've since done reefer, dryvan & now run a "shuttle" service which is basically a trailer relay. In the AM some dudes from Michigan being a trailer to my home town, I hook up to that in Indiana & then "shuttle" it down to southern Illinois where I meet a guy from Tennesee. We swap trailers and he takes my load to Memphis & I bring his to Indiana where the Michigan guys pick it up in the morning when they bring me another load.
Must say...I really love this gig. Home every night, 2 days off per week. Life is good.MistyWhite and mxpx148 Thank this. -
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Just sat in MD for 7 hrs recently while the brought the watermelons in from the fields.KW10001 Thanks this. -
With all the rain that has fallen in Texas and another tropical storm set to slam Florida, there goes a lot of the "good" refer loads that would normally be coming out of those states in the fall and winter...more sitting and more fighting over dry van loads...Last edited: Sep 1, 2016
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