Tanker and reefer experience

A lot of companies out there, especially the mega carriers, will be willing to teach you how to use them. Reefer is just like a dry box cept you got a fridge/freezer to operate. Most of the newer ones will do everything for you once its set. Pretty much menu driven and easy to figure. Also, its another motor that you'll have to do a pretrip on.

 

I think what you will find is that when you have more OTR experience in some other type of trailer, then you will be given a chance in a tanker. Because the load moves around (surges) in a tanker, most companies want more experience. I imagine you could probably find a company that will put you in a reefer. Prime pulls all three.

 

SuperService (I drivefor them) pulls reefer and dry and will hire anyone who can fog a mirror. The do not haul tanker. They have an Atlanta division that does both dry and reefer (which I imagine would be a pain on switching trailors) and a Florida division that just does reefer. A reefer is running while you are sleeping, but it didn't really bother me after the first day of hauling one. Most of the time the reefer is quiter than the truck idling next to you. You do have an extra engine to pre-trip as panhandle said, and you will need to keep an eye on the light that tells you it's working correctly as you roll down the road. I can't see why any company would not hire someone for reefer, but would for dry.

 

Also check out the JBS thread in the "good" trk section. There seems to be a lot of good there.