"How Is Reefer?"...

I have found that those Dalmer engines on Freightshakers keep me up more than a reefer. They idle like a Jet engine. I have never pulled a dry van, only reefer and flatbed, then localy dry bulk trailers and lowboys.
I just never noticed a size difference. Weight wise I know it is heavier. With a volvo I could not haul more than 45,500. And only that much since I had super singles to save some weight.
I can haul 50k on my flatbed with no issue.
Had to break a guys wrist one night when he parked next to me and tried to shut my reefer off. Cops came. It came down to me getting an assault charge, or him getting a felony destruction of property charge.
We both declined to press them.
My trailers for the most part were within 4 years old, and fairly quiet.

I have had to prime a few of them, usually at a shipper that ran it out of fuel, and I have to get it going again. Pain in the rear, but not as bad as priming a Mack or a big Cat.
Did that a week ago on a Cat. I found out the hard way my guage was off. Had to grab 10 gal. of fuel and prime for an hour. Did not have my tools in the truck yet to pull the filters to fill that way. (I have them now)

 

Geeze... They actually charged you for that? In general, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't stick any better than scotch tape would to a recently thawed turkey.

I've been fortunate so far - nobody's come near my trailer. Certainly nobody's ever turned it off on me.

 

take a tape measure to those trailers at may sometime. they are at least a foot shorter then the 53 foot dry vans. you can't really tell just by looking at them.

 

LB.. next time I work for them, I will

Not trying to tell by standing off to the side and looking, though - I guess what I'm looking at is the kingpin placement, which seems identical on both trailers. Won't tell me if the doors are closer, though.