Wanting to try reefer

Marten also does not allow any pets, under any circumstances. Same with DOT Foods

 

I found van to be boring after a while. One good set of holidays slow down and that's that.

Reefer can do van freight in a pinch, no problem.

 

Everyone always says reefer can do van freight but there's a LOT of van freight out there that will not load into a reefer. Most of the good paying van freight won't. Do a search for van freight on CHRW and note how many say in the required equipment column "53V" versus "VR". In my area less than half of their posted van loads are "VR". You can ask if they will load a reefer on the "53V" loads but most likely they won't. That's not to say it isn't nice to have that little bit of versatility with a reefer though. But I seldom ever haul a dry load in my reefer. Can only remember 2 in the last year and a half.

 

The last one we did was small coil for Remington. Brass. Buffalo NY to Lonoke Arkansas. 60 degree temp to fight humidity etc during a early winter up there and still late fall here. I don't know what it paid, but well enough to make it happen.

 

I've heard reefer stays more consistent through the winter because people are always buying groceries. How true is that?

 

True, BUT. You will notice that probably 80-85% of items in a grocery store are dry van products that don't require refrigeration. It is more of which commodities does your trucking company haul to keep you busy throughout the year.

 

That, and, as mentioned above, reefer trailers can haul dry van products, while dry vans can rarely haul temperature controlled loads. (No-freeze loads in the middle of the summer being one example.)

 

Hey I’m in Hagerstown md if I roll with magnum any chance of me getting home. With out a inconvenience

 

There's an awful lot of wants in there buddy however you'll have to do alot of research through google and individual transport company websites to take home $1000 in the hand thats a big ask you'll need to be on a very good rate and get alot of miles as an example at .45 c per mile to earn say $1250 before tax assuming you'll pay $250 in tax that'll leave you with $1000 you need to do at least 2800 miles per week. If you drive for only 5 days per week that's 560 miles per day which is doable so the key here being first to find a company that will pay you at least .45 c per mile and second that they'll regularly give you the 2800 miles per week in freight.

 

I’m not with Magnum anymore. But call recruiting. They always had MD freight and no one likes to go there... so it’s a real possibility.
They just went through a whole pay structure change... nice raise ect