Anyone have any experience (good or bad) with Di Pietro? Within the last day or so I learned of them from a driver here in my hometown. I have done a search on the boards and can't find much of anything about this company. I guess they do only refer and only the I-5 and Phoenix. He seems very happy with them.

Also, along those lines, is there any cautions a new driver should have starting out with a refer or would it be better to start with dry van until until I have more experience under my belt?

Thanks 'Useless' for the insights. Pardon my newness but besides fueling the reefer, what else is involved in the babysitting process?

Some companies offer more cpm for driving reefer. Like Gordon offers 2 more cpm than dry van, and Interstate Dist is 4 more cpm. Also from what I've been told recently by a few reefer drivers ( from both these companies ) if there isn't another load out of and area that you dropped off at, you hook up as a dry van to get back to where you need to be ( sometimes taking a load from a dry van driver ) because they need your reefer back on the road.

This is not first hand ( I don't drive yet ) this is word of mouth from drivers I talk to.

i never pulled one of those contraptions either.ive spent too much time in those grocery warehouses tho.they got all their union rules that keep you from getting unloaded in less than half a day.you have to hire non union people to unload and put the stuff on pallets 6 different ways.and sometimes you have to unload it and they will pick it up with the forklift after you put it on the dock.they take a coffee break every 45 minutes and evry thing stops so they dont get too tired. you have to take that reefer box somewhere and get it washed out between loads.ive seen them put partitions in there and you can haul different stuff at different temps.you can find six different warehouses in gotham for each load and unload.have fun.