Central Transport International - Warren, Mi.

Their position was that for the run, from Romulus to Indy, they alotted 5.25 hours (BTW, it is 280 miles if you run US24, and 300 if you run I94 to I69) and that was it. Even to the point where when I hooked up to a trlr and found a small tear in the emergency airline, and told dispatch about it, I was told by the dispatch supervisor to hurry up and get moving, because time was ticking away ( and I would be written up for being late).

Needless to say, I stopped as I needed to, especially since Indy would keep us waiting, sometimes up to 4 hours (which would invariably put you over your 14 if you were logging as you go).

I'm glad they're in my rear view...

 

About the air line, we had to clear (with dispatch) which truck we could/were driving for our shift. So when I discovered the leak, and saw the shop was closed, I had to go into the dispatch office and get 'cleared' to take another truck. At first he tried to get me to run the truck, I said no. After that, he 'issued' me another truck and told me to get going.

As far as forced routing goes, we don't have that. But, they allot drivers 5.25 hrs for the run, the driver gets to pick how he/she gets there.

 

Yeah I hear you, it would happen at Central too -mostly on saturday, as 'overtime' or whatever you want to call it. The drivers that did it were doing the same run I was, so you know whatever they were delivering was done completely illegally (like dispatch gave a crap!)

 

Only by choice, and it was usually the same driver every time.

 

Yeah, but when you soaked that DOT officer, I bet you had some explaining to do.

 

I live in Columbus Ohio I plan to move down to Tampa in three or four months. The company I'm with now isn't in Florida. I was wandering about Central Transport as a local p/d hourly driver? I haven't noticed much on this thread about local p/d. If anyone can tell me about a good local\hourly company out of Tampa Florida that will help alot. Thanks on any info about this company or any other company