Sleeping w/reefer hard to get used to it?

I'm good, thanks.

 

So far, about 3 weeks into it, the transition to reefers has been a total non issue. If I do happen to be awakened by the reefer now, I already don't even notice. TBH, I cannot tell you if it awakens me, or not, so I'm guessing not.

It's a bit of a switch for some other reasons, though. I was pulling flatbeds for about the last year, so the wait times for load/unload are a definite change of pace, because with flatbeds, at least the lanes I was running, a wait over a half hour was quite unusual.

Also, it's nice to be clean. Flatbedding is dirty work, and TBH, I wasn't getting paid enough to make it worth it, the dirty work, and also the lack of fair "accessory pay" for all the hours of securement and tarping tarping tarping. I won't miss that, at all. Ironic side note: I had been made an offer by a conestoga outfit that runs for LandStar, but it took LandStar so long to approve my application, that by the time they had their minds made up, I had already taken this job, and, oh yeah, almost 4 weeks off work.

But, I'm still quite happy with this outfit. The pay is certainly fair. The equipment is far more to my liking, that is, I have a full size sleeper instead of that ridiculous 36" sleeper that System had me in. My DM/FM/Dispatcher is really good to work with. He gives me my assignments, and the info I need, and other than me sending a daily check call macro, he really just lets me do my job. I'm not having issues with fuel routing. Also, Pride preplans, which I REALLY like. System didn't do that, they wouldn't plan me until I threw my empty call, which seems very counterproductive, to me.

I'm really happy, I really feel I made a very good move.