Reefer vs Dry Van

Well I am no longer in the game, but I was OTR reefer, and i seldom had a wait over 2 hours for a load/unload. Part of the reason is I would get to my appointment time a minimum of 1 hour early. Following this I would quickly get the company to approve my comchecks (I would even call and harass night dispatchers if I didn't have a PO# for my comchecks in less than 5 minutes), and quickly get it inside to the lumper service. When they have been paid for a truck they USUALLY hurry to get that 1 unloaded so that they can get on to the next one.

It also helps that if you go to the same place twice you try to remember the people you dealt with last time and be extra polite to them. Always find a reason to compliment their work, and they will do a faster job for you (or at least that was my experience).

 

ironpony is right... If you run refer, and there are no immediate refer loads, you can always get a dry load... On the other hand, you can't hardly put frozen in a dry van. So, you get twice the trailer with a refer, so, you may actually get more miles because of versatility with a refer than if you were stuck waiting for a dry box load.

 

Stiker you are probably right about the amount. I did read in this company's shipping rates section and yes it seemed to an outrageous amount. I'm sure the company had an agreement on Detention charges with thier regular shippers. The most I have gotten in detention pay is $150 and did a 10 hour break. Got paid to sleep. .

 

Eh werner charges detention too. Supposedly its $35 an hour though, so maybe they just dont care. (I dont get paid any of it though)