Reefer myths and legends

I talked with a driver last year while waiting to load. He said another driver had not only shut his unit off but somehow damaged it. He said another driver saw him do it. He called the cops and they actually arrested the guy that did it. Something about tampering with public food supply?

 

I try to park away from them, btu wont go out and turn one off. If it operating incorrectly and outside the max decibel range I will complain to the driver, but a normal reefer with proper muffler is aloud and i wont complain. I have a pretty quiet diesel bunk heater and thus prefer quiet and try to park away from them givent he option. This tim e of year there are more trucks idleing loudly then reefers though. Since the invention of DPF trucks will randomly idle up in the middle of the night to like 1500 rpms to clean themselves. That's far more annoying then a reefer. also, id rather park near a reefer then a livestock trailer just do to smell.

So yea, if possible i try to avoid um, but i would never turn one off.

 

well deserved

 

a reefer driver has no choice so when I find an empty spot to park in way out of the way and one parks next to me, yes it bugs me but like someone else said, part of the gig.
Now an ######### that comes in revving his engine like hes trying to blow his pistons throught the block while everyone is sleeping, this fella has a choice and is just being an annoying prick.

 

If I'm dragging a reefer I'll park next to a few others if I can. I don't like to be the only one making a racket. I will consciously not go park in the back row or next to a truck off by itself... That's just rude.

As for some cretin messing with my reefer switch, I bet I could wire up a taser to a big dummy switch that said OFF on it. Heh heh heh

 

I hate reefers and the racket they make. But even so, everyone has the right to park and get some sleep when they need it. If it's a full lot and the only available spot is beside me, by all means driver. But if the lot is half empty, please don't park right next to me and keep me from being able to get some sleep. And for God's sake man, if ya gotta park beside me, flip it over to continuous so atleast it's running steady instead of staring up and shutting down every thirty minutes.