John Christner Trucking (JCT) reviews

Someone can correct me on the finer details. 
Only works if you fuel at PFJ.
For the sake of easy numbers let's say you fuel at PFJ for $2.15 and put in 100 gallons. Later on, you will get $15 bucks put on your EFS card so in essence you only paid $2 bucks for the fuel afterall.

Another way to say it, it is approximately $0.02 cents more per mile on your rate. Figure 3300 miles a week divided by 7 miles per gallon equals 471 gallons times $0.15 equals $70 bucks divided by 3300 miles equals $0.02 cents per mile on top of your base rate of $0.90 a mile. 

For all intents and purposes it is revenue. On time deliveries pay an additional $0.02 cents per mile at the end of the quarter also so in these ways a hustling driver can increase revenue.

Is JCT the absolute best? Of course not. 
Can you make easy money and not sacrifice personal time in the process? Absolutely.

It's a business. Run it as such.

JCT pays for a ton of stuff that other companies charge their drivers for:
Tolls, lumpers, scales, fuel tax, empty miles, pre pass, pike pass, ez pass, reefer fuel, permits, base plates, 2290.

Drivers pay for fuel and maintenance on their truck. Q com, insurance are minimal.

Now compare EVERYTHING and you'll see that 90¢/mile +fsc for ALL miles isn't such a terrible thing.

Median average of about 32 to 35 cpm is what I'm profiting as well. Our discounts for fuel have changed this past year, but for the better I think. With fuel surcharge and rebates for PFJ fuel, I'm seeing a significant difference in lower fuel costs. I don't really like the method for getting the rebates via EFS card, but if it nets me more at the end of the day, I can deal with it.

Also I'd advise anybody that's not making what they think they should be to ask their dm for a mentor. I know Steel has said he agrees to mentor people every week and very rarely do the people call and follow through with it. JCT asks those very successful drivers to mentor for a reason...
Sorry I know this is out of place.

If you are failing at JCT, then I hate to be the bearer of bad news..but you're most likely going to fail at any lease purchase opportunity. Sure JCT's .90cpm could use a bump, but they pay for everything but your truck payment, maintenance, and fuel. Manage your fuel purchases, keep your truck in good condition, and profit. Not rocket science.

After a little hiatus from these forums and focusing on other video / podcasting projects, I thought I'd make an appearance after ingesting what seemed like gallons of popcorn from what I've seen on these boards since my absence.

A little bit about me:

Started out over 5 years ago obtaining my CDL through Prime running flatbed (Lease). Moved on to a company dedicated opportunity with Schneider about a year later running Toyota parts from Ann Arbor to Chicago daily. When the opportunity there dried up, I had a desire to move to Oklahoma and so joined JCT just over 3 years ago. Been running with them ever since, 1 of those years as team but back running solo now.

Now, on to the meat and potatoes of what we do here at JCT and why people succeed and fail. In an effort to keep this TL;DR, I'll do this in bulletpoint format for quick reference:

I know this isn't everything but I'm not going to pluck through the entire boards in some misguided attempt to debunk "Wahh, I got screwed!" arguments. Firstly, because all I have to go by is your biased version, but mostly because you probably wouldn't like my answers. As a successful driver with JCT, I know what it takes and I know the pitfalls some people get into. I can help you through that, so can the people at the office. So if anyone has specific questions, I'll be happy to answer them.

Q: Few questions,
- weekly truck payments, new and used
- escrow accounts, how much is company banking. 
- weekly settlement, what is the method used to receive pay. 
- other than you choosing not to run a load, is there any way you pick your own freight. 
Thanks. 
Be safe.

A:

JCT is a refeer outfit as well as a long haul company also. If you like to take weekends off you won't make it here.

Not sure if i agree with that statement lol.. Your success has more to do with how well you budget/manage your time and money personally and business wise. 90% of my hometime was on the weekends. I had a fun run for over 8 years there. I left in pursuit of wanting more control and my business. JCT Kept my family and I happy and well fed for a number of years.

Q: Hello everyone. Kinda new to the trucking industry. At 6 months with crash &roll stunt team ie. CRST. Getting ready to jump ship and have been approved for JCT. And seriously thinking about going. What would you guys suggest. Thinks that will make me more cash and make the transition better. I see your spreadsheet and think that is a awesome ideal. What is this modules that you were talking about for orientation with JCT? And and advice you could give would be very appreciated. My co driver and I probably will be there in the next month. 
Just a few of the many questions. What should I expect the avg. Check to be after all truck expenses? I have talked to a few of the drivers and just don't see how they are making so much at .90 cents a mile? 
We drive a lot between Co driver and me we been popping the 7000 miles a week and the check with crst just isn't cutting it.

A: Modules are just little videos to watch. Some of them are pretty long. Some of them have a little quiz. Often times they will call you around to do some quick little interview or something, or you want to go take a quick break, they say pause or log off your module. Don't do it lol, let it keep playing because when you come back you'd have to start from the beginning again. I tried to open all 20 modules at once and have them play all at once in different tabs, that didn't work then I tried different windows that didn't work either. But what did work is I only had a few more to watch to finish so was able to log on at the hotel and finish them the first night.

A: If you watch your fuel you could average 7k miles a week so take home about 2800 I would guess. I'm a solo driver I bring home about 1200 a week. Well that's what Jct deposits then my wife takes that and I get 100 or so lol. I know teams run way harder then me.