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Originally Posted by Colin
Longest I sat ever was on a dry van load. It was loading, not unloading. 21 hours for a paper load.
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Yeah, you'll wait on dry-van loads too, which is why both van/reefer pretty much suck in that regard. It's just that ON AVERAGE, you'll wait more pulling a reefer than you will a van. Reason is that you're bumping more grocery warehouse/food-grade DC docks and there's just not as much drop-n-hook with reefers because of the nature of refrigerated freight.
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If you sit, you sit. Go to sleep if you can.
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Nah, I'd rather run and get paid. Or if I do have to sit, get paid for each and every hour I'm on the job.
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Never done a pallet swap.
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How long have you pulled a reefer?
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Never had freight stolen by receivers.
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It happened a couple of times to me. Twice in NYC. Once in Massachusets.
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Almost always ran at full gross. And? I've legally run way heavier than 80k.
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Like I said, most reefer loads are max weight, which depending on the area of the country you run, is gonna slow you down. With dry-van, you'll get loads at like 5k, 10k, 20k, etc that you don't have to scale/slide tandens. Better yet, you can fly up mountain-grade hills while guys with even big dual-stacked Petes are struggling like the Little Train that Could.
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Washouts can be inconvenient in some areas. In 99% of the country, you'll be close to a truck stop with a truck wash company on site.
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They're inconvenient in ALL areas. Mostly because you're getting paid $0.00/hr to sit in line with your trailer doors open.
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I always got home when promised. 2 weeks out, 3-4 days home.
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That wasn't my experience.