Comments By Gladhand

Gladhand... I've always been under the assumption that refrigerated drivers sit a lot... Any chance you would keep a weekly/biweekly log and see rather that holds true in comparison to dry van?

Again I don't know that it's just what I had assumed.

Will do, I think there may be advantage to running reefer freight due to less reefer drivers at Swift. Doing dry van at Swift you can hit good miles, just wanting to see how reefer will be. Will keep yall updated.

Just a quick number crunch using my ranking numbers comes out to an average of 579 and change. My year miles on the portal right now are 144,378 on 249 dispatched loads. It's a little misleading because it includes a lot of 1 to 50 mile runs I've done to help out.

Thanks for that Big T, now I just gotta wait these few days out. Hope i am in a truck and running by Tuesday. We will see.

I'll look through my book and get you an actual answer, but yes they tend to be longer than dry van.

It cracks me up sometimes when I go to a dry terminal and they have the "no deadhead" signs because on reefer I've deadheaded 500 miles to pick up a meat load.

Appreciate it. Really hoping I have a good experience on the cold box side.

Hey Big T, was wondering the average length of haul you see on reefer. Rochelle's terminal leader told me they tend to be a bit longer. I am sure there are short loads too. Hoping refrigerated ends up being something that works well for me.

Gladhand

Congratulations on the new gig. Refer is different to say the least.

I like it better than doing dry van. But the waiting with refer to get loaded or unloaded can also be a pain.

Raptor

Definitely not looking forward to the unload/load times. Are the lengths of haul fairly long? It is the main reason why I wanted to do reefer. Its nice to drive a little more and be at customers less. Hopefully I will run into you somewhere on the road (figuratively speaking).

Hey time does fly! I might be passing you, if I can get empty here in Phoenix.

What's on your summer bucket list?

Not necessarily exciting for some but I want to catch the Rockies in Denver at coors field and go to Suntrust Park in Atlanta. It is a bucket list of mine to visit every MLB ballpark.

I'm going to be hauling a reefer for Swift Refrigerated and I'll share my experiences here.

Went back to Walmart dedicated after the situation with my brother. Now that things have settled I am headed back to the road. Thought this time around I would try hauling different freight to get a new experience on the road. Will be out of the Rochelle, IL terminal. They are getting a new dm so they aren't going to start me until Monday. Assuming Ill run a dry load out of Albuquerque to a place where I can get a reefer.

Crazy to think I hit 3 years of driving a few weeks back. Time really flies. Hoping to stay out this time and do some things that I have been wanting to do this summer. Be safe everyone!

I see them all the time parked for the night. They are the loudest group against e logs.

Ok, I guess I just haven't run across any. I thought it might be that it was a noise issue with cattle bellowing all night. But as you point out, there is a noise issue: against e logs. Lol

You couldn't leave cattle in the trailer like that over night. Big reason why they don't have to take a 30 minute break and also why they tend to drive faster. All about getting that cattle out of the trailer asap.

Doesn't it have a button in the cab? Our 2018 Kenworth daycab has one. It's under a red cover button that you lift up, then there is a little lever you lift up. Releases it Everytime, noticed it was tough to pull when doing it manually.

Which brings up a question. A few times my release handle won’t pull out. I have to get back in the truck and do the back and forth thing until it frees up. Why does that happen?

Pressure on the fifth wheel. Got to back into it to relieve the pressure.

It's possible, best bet to avoid really tough situations would be regional work getting you home weekly. All I got to say is avoid dollar store accounts. If there is a will there is a way.

If you can backup to anything and everything ect.. go for it.. seem most ward away from local stuff because newbies suck at backing up... im in school and got bored... i made myself an old serpentine back test using 8 cones instead of 3... like i said i was bored lol

Backing is easy when it's cones. Wait till you got to blindside back into a business on a busy street with cars on both side of the road. Don't get too overconfident that will lead to accidents.