Going To CRS

hey, yeah thats awesome. Look for black cowboy hat, and black spring coat. i will be on here another hour or more, let me know where to look after class.,

 

I am not a trucker but the wife of a new one at central. 1bad has been with them for 8 mth now. If the miles are so great why did we lose a car, our home and almost our marriage. The people at crs promise the moon but you never get a chance to see it. 1bad is a company driver so he can't refuse anything. He goes where and when they tell him to. He has amny of trips under a 100 miles and we have never seen a week of over 3000 miles. Heck most weeks were under 2000 so if you can live off that go for it. But if you have a family at home to support I hope you have tons of money in the bank and know how to budget it very well. Hard to budget anything when you bring home around $300 a week. After they take all their fees most week that's what you will get. They could care less if your losing everything you have worked for in the past. As long as they have their mansions and nice cars that's all that matters.

 

When I was at Central a year ago the miles were better.
Yes there were drivers that were not getting miles, but many were.
I would go to terminals now and then, though I did my best to stay away from them. It was funny though that many of the drivers you saw at the terminals were the same ones every time. Did not matter if I was in Irving, Conley or SLC. I saw many of the same drivers every time I hit a terminal.
Why was this?
Because many of these drivers were terminal rats.
They would get no miles because all they did was ##### and moan, but did not communicate well with dispatch. Did not matter who there dispatcher was, because they would not talk to them. They would get late loads, many times because it was late when given to them, but they would accept things without checking them first. This got them a poor reputation with dispatch as unreliable.

No, this is not the only reason for drivers not getting miles. That is obvious.
Miles are down because consumers are not buying as much and there are too many trucks on the road. If central closed there school for 2 months the miles would go up. Allot. But they want that extra money so they will not.

On a side note. I noticed in a post earler that they are charging a 100 dollar fee at the school now. That is funny as hell.
For years and years drivers would get 300-2000 dollar bonuses for going to companys.
They use to pay you 300 and airfare just go to to the company and check them out. Even if you did not take the job. No, central did not do this, but it was a normal practice for experianced drivers coast to coast for many years.

 

Ok JJOY! Did everybody pass their CDL permits? You were all up studying hard last night!

 

Down south we started with 25, lost a bunch on day 1, 1 on day 2, 2 on day 3, leaving 12 out of 12 passing the permit on day 3. A little more classroom then pre-trip for today, hit the range tomorrow.

 

Some good reading here. I'm gonna follow this thread, however I have NO intrest in Central Ref. Let's see how many are still around By 1/1/2010, anybody care to bet? Ya'll be careful, winters a knocking, get's a bit slick out thataway.....
And good luck on them 3000 mile weeks...................!!!!!!!!!!

 

How about a weekend update !!! Hello Hello

 

The southern class started this AM with 12, now down to 11. Now that permits have been received, we are out on the range, pre-tripping and straightline backing. Feels good to be out on the range.