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Message:: [QUOTE="VA CDL Holder, post: 11934003, member: 66545"]I drove for Knight Ref and Knight Trans out of Phoenix, AZ.  I can say that I enjoyed reefer more than dry van, but you will have problems finding an empty trailer if you run out of Phoenix, especially a dry van trailer.   As for the wait times, you will be waiting and waiting a lot if you do reefer.  When you deliver to a Walmart Distribution Center, you are going to give them four free hours, and then the detention pay starts.  Most other stops the detention starts after two hours.  You need to keep track of your time and then compare it to your paycheck.  If there is a discrepancy, this is where your DM fixes it for you, if he's any good, after you call in and complain. As for extra money doing reefer, I didn't see it, but times have changed since I last drove for them.  When I quit in November of 2020, I was getting 44 CPM.  They way things are now, I wouldn't start up a truck for less than 60 CPM.  The mega companies are very secretive with the wages they pay out.  I've been looking around over on FB and there are lots of companies offering 70 CPM, you must have the experience because the insurance company says so, but I can't see how the megas are competing with that wage. One thing about reefer is that the average length of haul was longer for me and that cancelled out the long waits.[/QUOTE]