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Stevens runs 48 states with lots of west coast PNW runs.
I don't think Millis runs west coast.

 

First day in my career that I pulled reefers, I knew I'd found my calling. I'd already done dry van and flatbed running 48 states.
Wait times don't bother me because of being paid hourly pay while waiting.
Can work your schedule for more night driving which I prefer; less traffic to deal with for one thing. Night driving makes it easier to find parking for the 10 hr. break because most other trucking is running during the daytime hours. Don't have to deal with that blasted bright sunshine coming through the windshield when driving at night.
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Here's a good example of refrigerated trucking pay: this company has been hiring at 3 mos experience lately.
Marten® Transport CDL-A Jobs | Marten Transport® CDL Company

 

You may also hear that the reefer driver has to pay the lumper to unload the truck. No, I never experienced that and have never talked to another reefer driver that had to do that. From my experience, once the lumper unloads the truck, one of two ways he is paid. The lumper money is included in the billing already or you call your company and say, "The truck is unloaded, I need a Comchek number." Your company gives you a number which you give to the lumper and then you can leave. The lumper uses that number to collect his pay. Simple process.
Sometimes a company already has an account with a lumper service, so the driver doesn't have to do anything.
I don't know how owner-operators deal with this; I only know how company drivers deal with it.

 

Prime and Swift are both ok.
Go with refrigerated division with either of them.
Yeah, between Millis and Stevens, I'd go with Stevens.

 

Our Stevens expert is on medical leave right now; nothing to do with trucking.
He has nothing negative to say about the company.

 

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