Originally Posted by MedicineMan

The second email today told me they keep those posting oped as those jobs become available periodically. There has been jobs available between last time I poke to them and now. RIght now there is no job but in 10 minutes there may be. My response was why was I not contacted when there was a job open? I was approved and ready to go so by there explanation they would have contacted me when they needed a truck filled and it could have been done immediatly.
Just none of it makes sense

Originally Posted by evertruckerr

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son."

Originally Posted by evertruckerr

First off, if what you say about getting far less miles is true the longer you are with the company(not once have I EVER claimed that this is not true, it very well could be. I'll make that judgment when the day comes) I will be gone long before then. I won't be on this board griping about not get miles anymore. But then again, maybe by then I'll be ready for that cozy little regional gig and more home time. I am just as proactive in career choices as I am in my driving. IF a company treats me well, I work hard for them. If they let me down I will react accordingly. If you are so unhappy you are as free as anyone to move on. Don't sit around and complain, do something about it.

A new truck, you got me on that one too. It was brand spanking new with just over 387,000 miles on it. I'm now sitting at 595,676 miles. Who cares if its a new truck. They are all the same bare bone models. It's not like we have top of the line equipment around here. Everyone knows that. I've also stated on this board that I fully well expect to get a used truck when this one is taken out of service because Crete is out of new trucks at this time. Unless they stick me in one of those trader blue models.

As far as what Crete/Shaffer trucks are pulling who's freight. Again, who cares. It's all the same company. I've pulled refers and I've seen actual Shafer drivers pulling dry. That just means they were MT before me. That's just the way the company works. I knew that before I started working here and am not about to start complaining about it after the facts where presented to me.

One last point. If in fact the new drivers on the lower end of the pay scale (like me) get all the miles, how is it a bad thing to recommend the company to other drivers. Wouldn't it be a prime situation for them. Especially new drivers that are looking at 25-30 cpm at other companies. You seem to want to ward off any new comers. Your logic is anything but.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a 2000 mile run over to Kansas City to get to. Even if I had to sit for 2 days to get the dumb load. I had a funny feeling I was going to have a problem after unloading in mid-state Washington. My first ever layover in almost 1 1/2 years. Hope it's not a sign of the times.


Drive safe all,

And SuperSnack, find a new job and enjoy life a little.

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son."

Name that Quote.

Originally Posted by 074344

Dean Wormer speaking to Kent 'flounder' Dorfman. Animal House, 1978.

Originally Posted by supersnackbar

Once again I will say it.... The reason your doing good at Crete is because you are new here.... Working for Crete is like riding a roller coaster. When you're at the top of the hill you are about to go for a wild fast ride, but as time goes along, you get slower, and slower, and slower. The reason for this??? Money. You make more money for the company the I do. They don't make more on a load because the driver is paid more. So, if they can pay you $50 less on a 1000 mi. run, guess who gets it. I didn't believe this when I was new, but as time went along, my miles get shorter and shorter. And the wait for loads gets longer. It's the Ostergard way. I'll bet you got a new truck when you hired on too, right! My truck was almost 600k, well past trade time, because they gave all the new trucks to the new hires, and didn't have any when it came time to trade existing drivers. So I ended up getting into a Shaffer blue instead of a Crete red truck. Makes no real difference to me though, but most drivers passing you on the road think Shaffer is pulling a dry load in a Crete trailer, and give you static about it. As if I were a Shaffer driver stealing their freight. It's slow right now for most of us only slower than normal. We'll see how things are in a few months when the slow season is over.

Originally Posted by evertruckerr

Net income is a rather irrelevant number. There are too many things that affect it from one person to another. Things like how many dependents you have, if you are married or not, what state you live in, what level of insurance you choose, 401k deductions, etc.

But I did promise to post my last pay stub to support my claims so here it is:

The final numbers are in and it looks like my initial estimate of my YTD pay was a little high. So here are the actual numbers and a the copy of my final pay check that I promised earlier in this thread:


My YTD pay on my final pay check of 12/27/07 for miles run through 12/21/07 was $60,857.19


Final Pay 2007 .................................................. ................$60,857.19
Less: First paycheck 2007 for last week of 2006........................- 575.23
Add: First paycheck 2008 for last week of 2007
including 1week pd/vac # $1154...........................................+ 1743.57
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Gross pay for 2007 .................................................. ..........$62,025.53


Here is a copy of final paycheck of 2007, you'll have to take my word on the adjustments.