Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

When you get the fuel is not important in regardss to the surcharge, true enough, but WHERE you get it is very important, the cheaper you find it, the more you will save on fuel, especially if you can get it below the national average for that week.

 

You are paid on Wednesday morning. You can usually see your check on-line at the Central Ref site on Tuesday night. The $67.50 is per day, paid on a 7 day week. Usually if there are more trainers at one location than another they will fly or bus you to the trainer. I have heard of guys waiting for a trainer for a couple of days, but that is unusual. they want you in a truck the same day you graduate so you don't lose the info you got in school.

 

BTW, you request fuel on a mac17. I usually park where I want to get it and then send the mac. That way you can go in, use the restroom, get a soda or sandwich and the fuel routing will be there when you get back to the truck.

 

The other thing to waatch is the roadtax that is taken out as a seperate line (o/o and l/o). The fuel can be cheap in a state like Alabama but you also pay 1.25 per gallon in road tax. Correct me if I am wrong on this, but that was what I was taught.

 

no you only get charged 0.01 cpm for road tax. That extra line is a 0.34 processing fee for fueling somewhere other than what was given to you on fuel routing. If we went to what was on the fuel stop list, we wouldnt get charged the 0.34.

 

THAT is why you have an idle problem. If they don't let you off on the over-idle, take the issue to the terminal manager. I got a bad load of fuel in Missouri once and the fuel started gelling even with anti-gel in them. OTRM told me to dump in a couple of bottles of 911 and DO NOT shut off the engine. I informed my dm and he forgot later when the percentages come out. I reminded him and they didn't charge me for it.

Flying J had been plowing their parking lot and the fuel cap came off and they dumped a LOT of snow in the underground fuel tanks. I had to change the fuel filter 3 times to clear out the water.

 

I have gotten mac11 instructions that say not to go into the shipper with full tanks. That is usually for beer or meat loads. I got one where I was at maximum with 3/8 tank of fuel and had to calculate the weight of fuel across 5 states so I could get to 99. It also helps to run those loads at night or weekends. Most of the scales are closed then.

 

They also have a mac22 when it looks like you are going to be late for hometime. You can also contact safety in the case of your license expiring and they will ride your dm like a cowboy. I guess you love the road being out for 7 weeks at a crack. WOW, I did 8 weeks once and now have decided that once per month is just fine. BTW, you don't get extra days off for extra time out. You can get a maximum of 4 days off for being out 4 weeks. You get 4 days for 8 weeks also, no change. Just thought I would mention that.