Career advice needed

621289

{"text":"I'm at a point where I'm trying to decide if I should rather go into reefer, or stay flatbed. I'm currently hauling a flatbed and I have a little experience with reefer, but long term I'm not sure.","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

610123

{"replyTo":"","text":"Flatbed always pays more. Reefer means grocer warehouses which means sitting for days.","replyToPid":0}

366847

{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"Reefer pulls food and medicine. Mostly food though. Flat bed is feast or famine. Reefer is more consistent but you’re not getting rich. It’s a toss up. Get rich running flat bed but have a saving account for an economic downturn, or run reefer through the downturn for lower rates. If people have to choose between starving or building which do you think they’re gonna pick.. PS- reefer trailer’s can run some dry van loads but the floor is different so you can’t do slip sheets i don’t think. "}

505487

{"replyTo":"","text":"I found it was too much crap to keep track of when I pulled reefer between making sure the temperature was right, getting so many phone calls from brokers wanting me to pull over to give them the temperature reading or taking a picture of the temperature, making sure the Reefer tank was full, trailer washouts, box counts in freezers, because you know if anything happens even things like they gave you the wrong temperature it's the driver's fault, And worst of all trying to sleep with the Reefer engine running behind you turning on and off. I pull dry trailer it has worked out for me, But I believe any aspect of being a driver has it's good and bad points no matter what you are hauling, So it's all depending on what fit's you best. Good luck hope it helps.","replyToPid":0}

70497

{"replyTo":"","text":"Do Not do reefer, not much of a pay difference than a dry van....if you are doing this for off season of flatbed go with dry van... my opinion ","replyToPid":0}

654793

{"replyTo":"","text":"Reefer seems like a completely different lifestyle ","replyToPid":0}

599477

{"replyTo":"","text":"I find that reefer has more consistent dedicated routes. And if you don’t have to pay for fuel in the reefer, that’s free points 😁","replyToPid":0}

644688

{"replyTo":"","text":"You’ll stay in better shape flatbeding but after it tears up your body reefer is not bad as long as you make the company keep the reefer in good condition (dry van is the same thing as reefer with heaver loads and half the freight options)","replyToPid":0}

553636

{"replyTo":"","text":"If you find a company that values you, have them flatbed you in the summer, dry van in the winter. Works out well for my fiancé and I as a team","replyToPid":0}