reefer drivers

I think I'll start telling livestock drivers to park elsewhere, too. HA!

Seriously, though. I'm used to noise with a side of odor. It's part of being a trucker. Not just any person could do what we do. It takes patience and skill. People lacking these traits usually wash out and just blame someone else.

You see a blue Pete 387 Marten truck #9153? I'd be fine with a cattle hauler parked on one side of me while a rickety reefer is on my other.

I get my silence on my home time. No livestock smell or loud trucks there.

There has to be parking for all trucks out here. The general population already descriminates against us... We can't turn on each other now!

 

i driver a reefer and a dry van. my trailer depends on my load assignment. get over the reefer noise. that is payback for drivers who idle the trucks in 55 degree weather.

 

If the sound of an engine running bothers you, you're probably in the wrong line of work.

 

Some guys just like to ***** about everything. They are happy campers to park next to the reefer when there is an easy
pull thru spot there though. If a person has trouble sleeping next to a reefer they need to buy some earplugs or rent a room.

 

The steady purr of a reefer blocks out the noise of the beggars, pimps and lot lizards.

 

What's this BS I read in The Trucker about reefer drivers turning off their units while loaded in transit then cranking them just short of delivery to bring the freight to proper temp?

The State of Indiana seems to think they uncovered this mass conspiracy to defraud the food lovers of that fine state........ya right.

Mind you my reefer exp is limited, just a couple of years BUT, I had to have 3/4 fuel and be at temperature to get loaded, on their probe. My ice cream and turkeys traveled at zero and the product was probed at delivery as well as the box.

I would have been foolish to shut down the unit loaded thinking I could let it warm and freeze it again....not with my unit anyway.

Somebody get a hold of some bad dope or something?

 

Also many loads have temperature monitoring devices inside.

Mikeeee

 

when I do climate control loads, they usually put a temperature monitor inside and check it when I deliver.

 

I haul Miller/Coors from time to time and never had to start the reefer unit. Just sayin,..

 

must be 30 years since coors was always cold