Northern Refrigerated and detention times, is this normal?

Reffer in general. Yeah, you’ll see your far share of 5-6 detention time loads.

There’s a reason reffer drivers are the fattest, followed up by dry van drivers.

 

You should be paid hourly pay plus stop pay for detention time.
I pulled reefers for about 18 years and was always paid for detention time. I didn't work for Northern Refrigerated, but did work for a few others and they all paid for detention time.
Some reefer outfits have longer detention than others, due to the type of freight they haul. Longer detention with produce out in the fields, grocery warehouses, and maybe some cold storage facilities. I never did care about all that because I was being paid and it gave me a few hours to sleep or whatever.
Depending on the company, on average, I was paid about $25.00 for the stop, then $12.00 an hour detention pay that started after being there one hour.
Some companies pay much better, but that's about the average from my experience.

 

18 years you pulled a reefer, and you always got
Paid for Deten time.
I live on the beach in Arizona too!

Don't even tell anybody that.
You'll just get them all pissed off when
They sit at some grocery wharehouse
For 7 hours and they don't get a penny
For it.

 

I refuse to work for reefer companies that don't pay detention pay. Some driver do, then gripe and whine instead of changing companies. They should have asked about accessorial pays before accepting the job.

 

If anyone should go on strike, it should be reefers. Out of everyone, they get crapped on the most.