Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

LOL yep have run into the same #### thing. Trainees on their own but they do not even know how to use the qualcom. One told me his trainer taught him nothing, only cared about his miles. Trainers are not doing the job they are spose to do, and the guy in charge does not care. These guys will be the most dangerous out on the road.

 

planners have their favorites. those guys are averageing 3000 miles a week! 2200 or 2400 is not good at all, especially for a L/O

 

It just gets worse. 900 miles for the week! Took anything they gave me, was sat for almost 3 34 hr restarts. Raised hell, better this week, but i should not have to raise hell ever. It goes like this a lot. Bad weeks raise hell, good weeks, then back to bad weeks and raising hell. Want a home someday, they told me my truck was spose to be my home! Wtf

 

The only reason they would try and get the lease Op's more miles than the company drivers is due to the fact that the lease Op's are cheaper to run.
Lease Op's running for extremely cheap rates (as almost all lease deals are set up) makes it so the company can bid rates under 1.30 cpm +fsc.
Since no owner Op in the country would ever consider moving freight for less than 1.50 cpm, and company's will not run their own trucks for less than that, they have a gold mine.
Plus in the end Central will own that lease truck.
Get a good bank in the overmilage built up, then starve the lease Op out of the truck. Once they are behind a few weeks on payments the company can come in and cancel the lease.
Thus kicking you out of your truck due to being behind on payments.
Then they will re-lease the truck if it has time left, or they will just buy it out for the remaining balance plus a part of the buyout. They will have all the over mileage to help them out.
This replaces trucks they have to return to Volvo, since the only trucks Central owns are off lease trucks. The company trucks are all leased and they will not buy them.

The big bonus for them is that when they can get slightly higher rates on some freight, and have lease Op's haul them, the extra capital from those runs pays the company drivers pay. So that most of the money getting paid to company drivers is paid on the backs of the lease Op's.

Maybe you will get lucky and be one of the 1 out of 100 lease Ops at Central that will own there truck in the end. Good luck.
It is looking to me that they are already starting on the starving.

 

Good thing you didn't say everyone that goes to company school is an idiot!

 

I honestly could not lower myself to commenting on that post. I can make the same type of comments on some of their prior posts. But that would be flaming. And I really do not do that.
Everyone here has a right to their own comments and observations.

 

Here is some "real" information for you...I guarantee that you will go to class, maybe get kicked out (less than half actually make it to training for various reasons) and then you will sit for 3-4 days waiting for a trainer to show up. He's probably a jerk...although there are good ones out there...and you will probably be tempted to ask for another trainer...don't. I knew a guy that got fired over disagreements with his trainer, got a new one, didn't like that guy either and got fired over it (stupid reason to fire someone, huh?)

They say 28 days with a trainer, most keep you 30+. All trainers are now L/O's, for some reason some don't even want you to back up their truck. If your trainer won't let you back up his truck how are you going to learn and be a safe and well-trained driver...make them teach you everything or report them!

As for after you upgrade, do not expect to get a truck right away, you may have to go recover a truck or wait for one to be "fixed" at the West Valley shop. By the way, as a rule of thumb, I have found that once your truck has a problem it will have that problem until Central sells it or returns it.

Miles are not good...I'm on a forced 34 hour reset right now because they are underbooked in the area...the 2 adjoining states as well...I don't even know if I'll get a load tomorrow. I've been averaging around 2200 miles over the last several weeks. I've only had one week over 3000 in the 4 months I've been with the company.

...Well as I was writing that last sentence I got my next load over Qualcomm. It's 450 miles and doesn't pick up until Monday afternoon. Looks like I'm going to have a 1500 mile week...I'm pissed!

 

It does pay to read some things more than once in an attempt to get the true intent. I must be an "India Delta 10 Tango"

 

Hey Chrome, got passed by one of your trucks yesterday and almost died laughing. Tlr doors are really smooth and shiny. Almost like a mirror. Had a sign on it that said some thing "reflections of quality?" or something like that. It was my dirty brown truck that was the reflection. hahahahahahahaha
Wouldn't say my company was quality but.....seems to be much better, for me anyway, than Central is.

 

I'm not really for sure what that means.. Its kinda left field aint it.. I'm just curious as to why you would call me an idiot.. Also.. You work for central? Then you went to our school? Also.. Are you trying to make yourself out to be better than us? I hate to tell ya there picture taker.. But aint no one better than no one... So I would watch who I insult.. I would appreciate it.