Bored, Should I Switch to Reefer?

Get away from boxes man. Run chemical tanks, flats, dumps, roll offs, box trailers make people fat and lazy

 

Usually lots of night time driving pulling reefers. That's why I did it for about 18 years before switching to tankers. As @GreenPete359 posted, tankers is good also. I enjoyed pulling tankers.

 

Never got tired of OTR coast to coast. Liked reefer work. Tankers had many advantages such as not waiting for a load in some faraway truck stop. About 50% of the miles are empty and it pays the same empty or loaded. I had plenty of tanker loads from Tennessee to California, Washington, Arizona and it took about 45 minutes to an hour to unload. Then as soon as it's empty, deadhead all the way back to Tennessee for the next load. Paid the same both ways.

 

If you want to do reefer you need a good company. The money for company guys is in the long miles. I think @STexan works for one and is happy there. You will get crushed with the screwed up appointment times and trying to keep it all legal now on elogs. So you have days that might suck when doing multi pick in California but then you run full days of driving. If you get 1 pick 1 drop loads those are good, and easy. Not sure how much dropping and hooking happens with reefers, given their naturally time sensitive product.

 

Lessors Inc. is a good reefer outfit that hires in Idaho; isn't that where you are?

 

STexan drives for Holland Enterprises, Inc.