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  1. Derrickanspach33

    Derrickanspach33 Bobtail Member

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    Im getting ready to go to school with cr england on the 18th of march any information will be helpful to me
     
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    Having been a CR England driver. Dont refuse the first load they give you. Always be sober. DONT EVER BE LATE!
    The 2 weeks prior to you getting in the truck has valuable info. I still use their way to go to sleep at night, it works very well.
    Also, if you miss the buss in the morning? Consider yourself fired (presuming your in Indianna). Salt lake there is no bus as it is all self contained.
    The pic? It is the view out of one of the dorm windows looking west.
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    I guess they are sending me to the school in indiana so what you know about that school
     
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    LOL! If you want to survive? Dont eat the sandwiches from the third floor snack machine. Go to bed early. The bus gets there early and leaves early. I think wake up was 530am. Dont worry about the exam, it was fun and everyone tells you the answers. The idiots (yes there were 2 in my class) whom didnt want to listen to the answers and failed.

    Download the 12 books and take the tests. You can log in to the CR England website. The password is the last 4 of your social security. Dont lie to them and be 100% free of drugs.

    There was a skipper from a tug boat that had not used marijuana for 6 months prior. If you used it, they will see it and toss you.

    Their equipment were nice new Freightliners at the time I went with 13 speeds. Very easy to shift with only three fingers on the shifter. They will take you for a test drive. DO NOT DO THE SPEED LIMIT! Do 10 miles an hour under. They will take you over a small hill on the freeway and you will overspeed at posted limit.

    Remember. At a street light, DO NOT GRAB MORE GEARS. Wait until the truck is straight and clear of the intersection before changing gears. It is only when the tester is in the cab. CR is wicked big on getting you out of the habit of road rage.

    Their Mantra is. Do the speed limit. Yet drive slow enough that the rest of the vehicles pass you. You want to be the stone in the river.
     
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    Any reason you didn't go with Thomas E. Keller Trucking in Defiance?
    Their cdl school training contract is only for 6 months.
     
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    Well, sorry you are not going to get the echo chamber you wanted, but why did you post if you refuse to follow advise?

    While all mega's are not great, CR England is always a tie at the bottom with CRST. If you insist on going to a mega, go to Schneider, or even Swift. You will fail at England. Their whole culture is setup to make sure the driver is useless (too many tickets, wrecks, etc) within a year.
     
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    I guess they have automatics now anything else that will be helpful please tell me thank you