Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

**road runner 9630** · 02.20.2011

Originally Posted by truckerswifey916

Centrals lease is $867 a week and includes EVERYTHING except fuel. That is even $50 a week going into your maintenance account. Dont get me wrong if the mile arent there you wont make much but a month into my hubby's lease, and he is solo right now, he has been making about $1000 per week take home. He plans on training eventually. You definatly have to be willing to run the miles and not take home time in order for it to work solo.

Dont forget to put aside for quarterly tax from that 1000. I have seen l/o forget and have trouble makin it.

**ChromeDome** · 02.20.2011

Yup, Quarterlies are about 16% of your gross. Before fuel.

The thing with that whole thing is the amount you pay.
Sure it is "only 867 per week", but I can buy a good truck that I will own in 3 years. And "only" pay 1300 per month.
Yes, this is a used truck and not new. But it should last me 5 years before it will need major work.
So that will be 2 years where it will cost me "only" 300 per month.
All are plus fuel of course.
And I can lease on with a company that will pay me .95 cpm and not .85 cpm.
And that is just sticking with leasing to a large carrier. Or I can lease to an owner OP company and get paid a good percentage. Which as rates go up would be even better.

**mikley28** · 02.20.2011

my favorite 3 words the last 4 days are.... "I have onions"

probably 5 or 6 times a day for the last 4 days I hear on the CB "hey Central, you know you have your little inspection door open?" I reply, "I have onions" then they say "oh! 10-4"

**celticwolf** · 02.20.2011

I had a load of onions.. told everyone I was carrying HazMat. Hahahaha

So now I am going to give the Kraft Dedicated a try.. pays more and I'll be somewhat regional. If it does't work for me I'll go back to hauling everything..

Got to get my Icon fixed first. It won't shut off after the 2nd time regardless of the outside temp.. don't need to get charged for excessive fuel.. off to the dealer tomorrow..

**mama mia** · 02.20.2011

The lease payments depend on the truck and insurance for the two of us is different than others. after the first year, ours including everything is $789.43 per week. And as far as the taxes, you do have to account for that, but our rate is less than 16%, but I also will not pay the government a cent more than they are due and estimate thing regularly

**mikley28** · 02.20.2011

Newbies, if you ever get a load of onions, keep the inspection hatch open. In case your trainer didnt tell you. Or when you get to receiver like walmart, you will become the talk on the CB!

**1badz28** · 02.20.2011

Originally Posted by mikley28

Newbies, if you ever get a load of onions, keep the inspection hatch open. In case your trainer didnt tell you. Or when you get to receiver like walmart, you will become the talk on the CB!

dont want to be stupid here but i never hauled onions whats the reason for for having the inspection door open? just curious...

**JimBob24** · 02.20.2011

Originally Posted by sydsdriver

I would be more concerned with why the drivers that "graduated" to their own trucks are leaving, rather that how many get sent home from orientation.

Some of that quick turnover rate may be due to a company. But when a driver shows up at orientation and can't pass a whiz quiz, or they find out that he lied on his application, you can't blame that on the company. It is simple math. The greater the number of people you are hiring the greater the number of idiots you will have to send home.

I left after the first year. Mainly, financially. .09/mile pay raise. Practical miles and not zipcode, Dry-van vs Reefer (more drop/hooks) and other benefits. If you are curious PM me. If everything else is the same cup of soup at least more money. 10k a yr is significant.

**JimBob24** · 02.20.2011

Originally Posted by bigrigtruckdriver

Not entirely true, catfish has a dispatch office with a central employee as a load planner in Isola, MS. They consider the fish place there a "terminal" it listed it I think the code is CRSIS if I remember right, it was listed as my "home" terminal. Plus they have drivers drop loads there

But unless you were on the fish dedicated most drivers never knew that it existed

What an appropriate abbreviation CRISIS! I had a fish run. Stay on premises for 10 hours then run like heck to hot-lanta to deliver early am. No joke...2 tire checks only stops arrived 20 minutes early. Told my DM, no wonder these loads are late routinely. If I had a serious bowel movement or even a difficult fueling. Part of the problem is 260 miles of 4 lane expressway that hits every podunk village. They all have a red light with a cop posted nearby....No green ones.

**Klingon** · 02.20.2011

Originally Posted by poolplyntrucker

Wow, sounds like I stirred up a hornets nest! I am really not sure yet what my opinion is about the lease. He was in the car business so he understands what the lease says compared to the average person. And from what I have heard from different people if you have to change dispatchers to get more loads that's what you do if you have to take some #### loads at times that's what you do too! And its my impression that the only way to make money as a l/o is either as a trainer or a married team, a solo l/o is going to struggle. Please don't think I am trying to convince anyone that leasing is perfect. Merely sharing!

From what I have seen, the only way to make sure you make $$ as a L/O is to be a trainer.... It seems (from setting around CRSFO for a week waiting on a truck) trainers are higher on the list for loads than company drivers and straight lease drivers. Plus, the trainers are making .85 per mile they drive and .82 per mile the trainee drives; and they don't have to pay the trainee. (plus they are getting the .39 (+-) for the fuel surcharge. Now that is making some coin!