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07.31.2008
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| Lochandkey, don't make the mistake. The fees are for the room and board, bus ticket etc. The 20/10 program is good if you can find three people who live in the same area and are satisfied enough to stick with it and not quit.  |
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08.07.2008
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08.07.2008
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| know how you feel buddy i'm right there with you but i have 6 months in with the bitchhhhes and looking to leave very soon #### the contract and #### them they need the truck anyway, with 20 to 30 new driver every week from 3 terminals you get the point heres a little history on crst they steal 2 cents from all your dispatch miles they steal 10% of your dispatch miles alot of other comp do that no detention pay lay over after 34 hours $40 breakdown pay after 34 hours $40 and you have to fight for mile just to buy food cause you sure cant pay biles at home or send home money and crappy old truck that smell like ash every week you have a breakdown prob Last edited by Baack; 08.08.2008 at 07.56 AM. |
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08.10.2008
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ok let me clear up that 11 cents thing once and for all so they tell you your working for 24 cents a mile but get 22 cent 10 cents tax and 12 cents none tax they take 2 cents why they take 2 cents i don't know your guess is as good ad mine |
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08.12.2008
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| I'm assuming y'all are talkin' about a TEAM operation getting 11 cents per mile --- which sound low on the surface. But, correct me if I'm wrong, but that 11 cents is for ALL miles driven. So, if one of the team drivers runs 450 miles, and the co-driver drives 550 miles for a 1,000 total miles driven for the Big truck in 24 hours, they each would be paid for driving 500 miles. To some Big truck truck drivers, that sounds unfair. Why is it fair to run 100 more miles than my co-driver only to be paid the same? Now, if it becomes a steady diet for one of the "team" drivers to cover fewer miles for reasons that are preventable and cure-able, when their co-driver wants to run the miles, that could be an issue, ........ or not. The higher mileage driver would be carrying the low mileage driver, --- or so it might appear on the surface. If it were a husband/wife team, for example, and momma is great at handling the paperwork, getting directions and making check calls, and can handle the Big truck when and if necessary, and poppa hates paperwork, getting directions and making check calls --- he just wants to drive the dad-burned Big truck all day --- that could be the makins' for the perfect co-driver "team". T E A M being the key word here. A GOOD team will cover each other's backs. Where one might be the better Big truck backer-upper, while the other specializes in driving the Interstates smoothly and safely while their co-driver sleeps soundly, there's no reason not to exploit each other's strengths and weaknesses to your benefits. A GOOD Big truck truckin' TEAM will/should function much like a successful marriage. YuP! Even if the team drivers are the same gender. It's a give-N-take thang. GOOD teams aren't easy to find. Mainly because potentially GOOD co-drivers NEED an equal to make them whole, and locating them ain't always easy. It's a drag trying to find that certain co-driver that gels with the TEAM atmosphere and works more efficiently. And going through a co-driver every 6 months or so gets old real quick. With a GOOD team, it's not so much of who did what LAST time, as it is who's UP and on duty when the call arises. Luck of the draw, maybe. But that's just the way thangs turn out sometimes. A GOOD co-driver will/should, at least, offer to assist if Lady Luck isn't being nice to their co-driver. A GOOD co-driver often will decline the offer --- because they're well aware that the job was dangerous when they took it and that sorta stuff is bound to happen. Reality ------ what a concept! HaiL! Luck is known to switch sides in a wink, and the other co-driver might experience the same thing down the road a few days. And you know what? YuP. The changed luck co-driver will offer to assist their co-driver, even though they're pretty sure they'll decline the offer, too ---- for the same reason(s). But it's the thought and concern and willingness to make a sacrifice if need be that counts --- and what makes a team GOOD. IMO --- IF, y'all ever get the opportunity to run team with an equally yolked co-driver, --- if I were y'all, I'd go for it, ........ if only for a little while. It really can be a pleasurable experience. HaiL! I've known staunch solo drivers runnin' team "for awhile" --- maybe to help a friend, --- and decidin' to make a switch to runnin' team as a direct result. Swore they'd NEVER run team, but they did, and with no regrets. It's not all that unusual for a GOOD team to stick together when and while seeking employment with better and better truckin' companies. Imagine the impression that two co-drivers who've stuck together through 3 other companies over a span of 15 years, while always providing excellent service to the companies and their customers, would have on the person(s) who do the interviews and hiring at the better companies. ALL Big truck truckin' companies are in business for just ONE reason ---- PROFITS. Bottom line. If a company thinks a driver or team will help them achieve the biggest number on said bottom line where the profits appear, Wouldn't/Shouldn't it be prudent for them to hire those drivers who'll git 'er done? Two co-drivers who've stuck it out for 15 years usually are very efficient employees, and don't want to break up a good thing. Just like a marriage. I think just about all Big truck truck drivers desire is to get hired by a best company possible. Who can blame them? Q: But, how does one get there? A: With your employment RECORDS. YuP! My best advice to to keep y'all's records pristine where EVER y'all work. That speaks volumes for the character of the driver, which can, and does, help to open doors to better places. One wrong comment with a company y'all don't agree with can follow y'all well into the future. You'll FEEL like sayin' a LOT of things, --- but those who've learned to hold their tongues have a habit of faring much better in the long run. One moment of satisfaction for blowing off steam could result in years of regret. ANYway, what I'm tryin' to say is, runnin' team ain't always such a bad thang. And at least getting SOME experience runnin' team helps round-out a driver's education and is something else that y'all have learned to do and can put in y'all's resume. Just an AfterShock AfterThought. I think.  |
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08.12.2008
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08.18.2008
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| anyway i'm home for a few days guy hey i made $600.00 with crst im rich now i can build that dream house of mine wohoo |
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