Rider policy..$137 a year for the policy. .no dogs..miss mine more than the wife..LOL

Used to have a dog policy, too many abused it! Course some don't need pets to be pigs!

Guys, Central is a very good company! Drove them for quite some time. You need to reconsider your career path though if home time is an issue. Central is an over the road company and although they "offer" good home time, you are looking at 4-6 weeks out as a minimum. I can tell you now you aren't going to make any amount of money if you are coming home every three weeks or so. The guys that want to stay out and make money get the good miles. The guys who are pain in neck and have to be home all the time are given the crap, short runs and are utilized to pick up and deliver everyone else's loads! Do the math, 1000 miles a week x .32 a mile = $320. This is going to be a good week!

So Central will use to go to the drop yard pick up a loaded trailer and deliver it 50 miles a way. Oh yeah, and its walmart, so you are going to be there for 10 hours. Once you are empty you will bring that trailer another 50 miles and get it loaded, another 6 hours, now you will bring that trailer back to the drop yard and the driver that wants to stay out will bring it to its destination 2200 miles away!

Not trying to be negative, just trying to give you new guys a prospective of how it works.

Like I said Central is a very good company and went above and beyond to help my wife and I succeed in the business! However, if you aren't willing to stay out for long periods of time then its not worth it. This is the way it is with most over the road carriers. That is why I urge you to look into another career. Especially to those with a spouse and kids. If you just have a spouse I strongly urge you to get her license and team. You will make gobs of money teaming together!

There is the opportunity to run dedicated or regional but you must first put in your time and gain some seniority. Sometimes dedicated can be worse than regular over the road in that you rarely get home.

hi all, been a while. upgraded into a Volvo (trained in a Cascadia, GOD how I miss that truck) developmental fleet out of Conley. lots of 400ml runs adverage of 1500-1700 miles a wk. Got my upgrade off the DF now with my "regular DM" will have to see how the miles are in a few weeks.

well said. I am really thinking long and hard about this. My wife said it will be fine. I just really dont want it to affect my daughters. We can always skype, but one is 9mos and the other is 3yrs so I dont know if that will be enough for them. could someone send me a message and let me know whats really out there? I know the miles my recruiter is telling me that i'll be doing minimum, but thats why they are called recruiters. I would be driving solo and am unsure of all the downtime rules yet. What kind of mileage is really out there....? also you guys are all awesome for contributing to this post! I really appreciate it and I know others do as well.

SoCal, since you live in UT even though you 4+ hrs from West Vallley if you can arrange or afford to relocate closer to the terminal it may be easier for you to get some home time. Especially one you establish yourself as a good driver then try to get on a dedicated route in that area beer, Kraft, Fred Myers will help you get home more often even if just for your 10 hr break. Realistically a good DM will do their best to get you 2500+ once you've proven you can run hard be ontime and no accidents. In reality starting off you can look at 1500-2500 until your feet are wet. This week after I deliver on Monday I'll have 2900 with a few more days to try and break 3k (running low on my 70). I average 2500+ a week but my DM knows if I have the time I'll deliver ontime so I run hard. Like with any company there are times in areas freight is slow so you may have to sit a bit longer then you'd like but a good DM will try to get you moving ASAP even if it's a short 2-300 mile load then back you up with a longer load. Like all companies not all DM's are good and easy to get along with but neither are some drivers.