Is flatbed annual net really that far ahead of dry van and reefer?

I personally think you’re underpaid for your skill set and responsibilities.

My guage for that is simply that a good LTL carrier will pay about the same for a moderate amount of skill hooking pups and rolling, but working 65 hours a week, 48 weeks of the year.

We do what we do for different reasons, I know what size freight bills are paid for what you do - hence my opinion.

 

Amen to that brother! Percentage wise van drivers earn a lot more of what their truck makes. I’m way under 20% if I had to guess, but I’m fine with that. I like what I do and very few positions make close to what I make. At some point “more money, more money, more money, gets old”.

I have low personal expenses so on the 116k I can fully fund a 401k, pay off a ten year old house and 4.5ac in 8 years, while being completely debt free. In 10 years or less I’ll be “semi retired” working local or otr but taking the winter off.

I have coworkers who make more then I do who are broke, filing for bankruptcy, or cleaning out retirement plans to move when they are 60+ years old. They are a huge motivator to not end up that way.

 

True stuff about those unloading times! I’m an o/o doing reefer. Unloading times for reefer are a PITA and many receivers treat drivers terribly. IMO the measly detention pay isn’t worth the headache.

I did dry van for a few months before purchasing my reefer, and found dry van load and unload times to be much more pleasing. I ultimately purchased the reefer thinking that it would give me the flexibility to move both dry and refrigerated loads based on what made more financial sense in the various markets I end up in. However, I have found many dry shipments that specify they can load into a van or reefer are too heavy to fit into my reefer with the added weight of the refrigeration unit.

 

Yep i never saw any gain

 

And almost every high cube load won't go in a reefer. That's 90% what I do is low weight but cubed out trailer

 

Been about a year since I've been to Hannaford but I was always in and out quick. Straight pull offs 1 product so that's probably why Lol