Originally Posted by Lastkidpicked

Hey, DragonMatrix, I hope you are doing well.

I'll go ahead and tell the whole story, and I hope I don't bore anybody to sleep:

I started driving for Simon on September 12, 1998. I was assigned a tractor with 660,000 miles on it and it was the first truck I ever drove with air conditioning. I thought I was in heaven!!

Central bought us four years later. During the transition, I got a qualcomm that said, "you have been assigned a brand new truck. Next time thru SLC you can pick it up." THere it was, my brand new truck, with the plastic still on the seats. It was a thing of beauty and it was the last shipment to have the SWEET SIMON logos on it, even tho now all the trailers had Central Logos.

I'll never forget fuelling that truck up the first time. The cashier asked how many miles and I said, "42". SHe said "42 what? Thousand, million, what?" and I grinned from ear to ear and said "42 miles total" I felt like king of the world.

Fast forward 2 years and I recieved a message that I was going to upgrade to a new truck again because mine had been sold. I brought my truck to SLC and asked what they were going to do with it. They said they were selling them to a dealer for $20,000 each.

I about cried! My truck that I remembered being brand new was going to be sold for $20k? I said, "I'll buy it and go local with it" Central said, "Okay. Here's the name of the dealer." I bought the truck, drove it back home to Colorado, and I still run it.

That is my story of how I started at Simon, went through the bankruptsy, and was adopted by Jerry Moyes and Central Refridgerated.

I always came in at the tail end of all these events, and that is the reason for my screen name.

Hope you enjoyed the story,

Lastkidpicked, Still Driving Simon (Central) tractor 1357.

Originally Posted by Lastkidpicked

Hey, DragonMatrix, I hope you are doing well.

I'll go ahead and tell the whole story, and I hope I don't bore anybody to sleep:

I started driving for Simon on September 12, 1998. I was assigned a tractor with 660,000 miles on it and it was the first truck I ever drove with air conditioning. I thought I was in heaven!!

Central bought us four years later. During the transition, I got a qualcomm that said, "you have been assigned a brand new truck. Next time thru SLC you can pick it up." THere it was, my brand new truck, with the plastic still on the seats. It was a thing of beauty and it was the last shipment to have the SWEET SIMON logos on it, even tho now all the trailers had Central Logos.

I'll never forget fuelling that truck up the first time. The cashier asked how many miles and I said, "42". SHe said "42 what? Thousand, million, what?" and I grinned from ear to ear and said "42 miles total" I felt like king of the world.

Fast forward 2 years and I recieved a message that I was going to upgrade to a new truck again because mine had been sold. I brought my truck to SLC and asked what they were going to do with it. They said they were selling them to a dealer for $20,000 each.

I about cried! My truck that I remembered being brand new was going to be sold for $20k? I said, "I'll buy it and go local with it" Central said, "Okay. Here's the name of the dealer." I bought the truck, drove it back home to Colorado, and I still run it.

That is my story of how I started at Simon, went through the bankruptsy, and was adopted by Jerry Moyes and Central Refridgerated.

I always came in at the tail end of all these events, and that is the reason for my screen name.

Hope you enjoyed the story,

Lastkidpicked, Still Driving Simon (Central) tractor 1357.

Originally Posted by Lastkidpicked

MizB, I want you to know that hometime will be all right. Central cannot GUARANTEE hometime because they do not have any control over weather, shippers, etc. But I have never had any trouble getting my home time and Killer B shouldn't either.

Originally Posted by B & J

The other half and I are interested in getting into the trucking field as a team, We are looking hard at Central because of their training. My question is...how do they train teams? Do they put us into a truck together with a trainer or do we get split up? No biggee if we do cuz I'm a big girl now but if they do split us will I get a female trainer? Dunno if I want to spend 4 weeks out on the road with a strange man.

Originally Posted by ChromeDome

If anyone reading here ever sees a Black Volvo with Buffalo Sabres magnets on the sides, just say hi. I think I am the only one in the company with them. So I am easy to find.