Cobra was taken... By Holland Enterprises

Anyone who has done reefer for any significant amount of time has dealt with stuff like this. There needs to be serious reform for this part of the industry especially. Lumpers really are an archaic concept that need to go and even at the cold storage places that don't use lumpers, they still commonly pull ######## like this all the time on drivers.

Did Holland at least pay you whatever normal detention pay you would've gotten at the shipper had you not been late, since it wasn't your fault in the first place you were late?

And let me guess, the shipper wouldn't let you use the bathroom the 8 hours they kept you or at best, they had a disgusting portable toilet that hasn't been serviced in months?

This post needs to be pinned somewhere for any new drivers thinking about doing reefer, as a fair warning for what reefer drivers unfairly have to go through at these cold storage places. Thank you for posting both the good and the bad in this thread Cobra.

 

I got an idea where ye be heading. If it IS that place, I spent a lovely 12 hours there. Full load.

 

2 hours is good for that place. Last time I was there, they still had bathrooms for the drivers, guess someone messed it up.

 

That’s why I’ve been keeping the truck fully stocked with whatever I can fit into the fridge & freezer, plus canned & non perishable stuff. Usually I stock this stuff up when I’m at the house. I get 3 cases of water from Sam’s or BJ’s wholesale while I’m at it since the truck stops love to charge almost 5 bucks even for a single bottle of it. And then I’ll throw on a couple 12 packs of the “sparkling water” sodas or local made diet sodas.

What some places charge for even a regular sized meal is obscene… like 30 dollars or more for a meal at iron skillet… and even then it’s crap. And a lot of them have closed their restaurants up not really caring if drivers need food.