@@delgadotrucking went with my pop to California to deliver avacados and it took 17 hours tk get unloaded. They even used his truck as a partial storage for a bit. Pretty insane.
As a reefer guy, the hardest part is dealing with my customers. Many of them hate my guts. And I hate being on their dock for 3 or 4 hours. Sometimes a lot longer. I’ve been on docks for 8 hours. Frustrating. Some of my pickups at factories are just the same too. Long waits. That’s how it goes with trucking: it’s a pain in the ass, and you get to decide where that pain is coming from: the customers or the freight. Like everything though, you get use to it. Nowadays I’m happy to bump a dock and get a nap in haha. Thinking of flatbed someday in the future though
I agree with what you’re saying but out of the three flatbeds a little bit harder some of those reefer and dry van guys couldn’t even back our trailers properly without ripping a tire off let alone pull 12 chains and throw them over the load strap everything down and lift 80 pound tarps in all weather conditions we probably have the better schedule as flatbed drivers then those reefer and dry vans are driving at all crazy hours
Well said brother ‼️
I think a persons patience also has a big part in it. Cause for me it’s easier to do flatbed than to wait HOURS to get loaded for a reefer or dry van.
That was a reason I stopped pulling reefer. Those people act like they don’t want their stuff
@@delgadotrucking went with my pop to California to deliver avacados and it took 17 hours tk get unloaded. They even used his truck as a partial storage for a bit. Pretty insane.
@@josebocanegra3794 yeah that’s ridiculous
As a reefer guy, the hardest part is dealing with my customers. Many of them hate my guts. And I hate being on their dock for 3 or 4 hours. Sometimes a lot longer. I’ve been on docks for 8 hours. Frustrating. Some of my pickups at factories are just the same too. Long waits. That’s how it goes with trucking: it’s a pain in the ass, and you get to decide where that pain is coming from: the customers or the freight. Like everything though, you get use to it. Nowadays I’m happy to bump a dock and get a nap in haha. Thinking of flatbed someday in the future though
I agree with what you’re saying but out of the three flatbeds a little bit harder some of those reefer and dry van guys couldn’t even back our trailers properly without ripping a tire off let alone pull 12 chains and throw them over the load strap everything down and lift 80 pound tarps in all weather conditions we probably have the better schedule as flatbed drivers then those reefer and dry vans are driving at all crazy hours
Definitely not debating that we work hard. We bust our ass. Just saying pull what you like to pull because in the end, trucking is the most difficult