crst/van expedited?

True, but I never had any problems getting the few minor problems I had fixed. The terminal in Carlisle is by far the best one.

 

im going to Cedar Rapids for a refresher course, then off with my trainer. Im female, so I wll post my journey for you to read

 

Big Tex. i will be going to Cedar Rapids on Saturday for a refresher course. I then will start out with a trainer. I want to work hard and make some good money. Will that be possible? Also, in January, I m going to apply to become a lead driver; since I am female, I may have a good shot.

Thanks,

 

hey i will be going to Cedar Rapids on Saturday to take a refresher. Im a lady driver and cant wait to start driving again. maybe I will have you as a trainer for the 28 days. Oh, I got 3 months otr, will i still have to do the whole 28 days?

 

You will have to wait until April or May to become a lead, you have to have 1 winter of driving before becoming a lead. Read everything carefully, CRST tells you exactly how it works and what pay to expect. Remember you may not make the projected money every week. But the average will be there. Most students do not manage their money correctly and have difficulties. You will likely have to be out with the trainer 28 days or so, its trucking and not an exact schedule. Besides does it really matter? Team driving is team driving.

 

I already have my CDL and 3 months otr thank you for the advice.

 

Beans,,,

I leave for orientation on Oct 4

Tell me how is it going so far...?

I have never done anything like this before...So any info I can get will be good...

Is CRST a good company or what ?

 

i have work CRST for one month....and they SUCK.....fist of all the dispatcher i had KIM MERTA was a B..... she wouls always pay us less miles then the said on the qualcomm...one time we were shorted 400 miles on a 1236 mile run....second i was off the road for 3 years and so they told me i had to do a refresher course that would cost me $250.00 to pay to the school the day i started. i lived only 40 miles from the school and drove thier every day. they charged me another $250.00 for the school and $350.00 for 2 weeks in a motel that i never stayed at...i complained about both charges and they said i never paid the school and that they have my signaature on the hotel form i told them i have the cashiers check that was cashed by the school and ask for proof of my signature on the hotel bill i still have not received none of the money back nor can i get ahold of anyone who i was talking to about this anymore....3rd we broke down in colorado and was down for 9 days according to there policy we were to get paid $40.00 a day for every 24hrs from the time we broke down...never paid....and finaly i had my home time set for 9/02/09 so that i could be home for my sons operation....they gave us a load on 08/31/09 from texas to california to get us home. in new mexico kim told us to stop and relay the load to another driver and gave us his load to chicago ...we reponded by qualcomm reminding them of the obligation i had and her answer was basicly it suck to be u and i don't care. so to make a long story short i did not get home tell 09/23/09. the company says that dispatch is there to support the drivers needs and questions but in reallity they are not...each dispatcher gets paid a commission as well as a $3200.00 a month salary...also gets bonuses on how much money they can save by shorting drivers on miles and reemberssments....oh by the way the breakdown time we had to stay in a motel for 9 days and they did not reembursed for that to the bill to me and my lead was $900.00.....p.s. sorry about the spelling
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please clarify what do you mean your lead was 900 p.s. I don't understand....

How did you pay the hotel bill if you didn't go to the hotel....

If you had so much trouble in the refresher course Why did you get in a truck?

Isn't there somone else besides the dispatcher you can communicate with? Sorry for so many questions but I am very new at this trucking business!!!!

 

You will probally have to take a refresher or go through the school for whole CDL training. BE prepared. They tell you they provide you with housing and a bus ticket, YOU WILL HAVE to pay it back.
I paid $500 for the refresher 1/2 up front, so I thought that was all I was going to have to pay back. I having to pay back bus ticket, motel and drug and physical. So right now, I owe CRST $687.00

The only problem with this, I could have flown for about $50 dollars more. Bus ride was awful 25 hours from ATL to Cedar Rapids. Plane would have been bout 7 hours with 2 stops and transfers.

Have a good day