Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Now that sounds like a very funny ad!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Wow sounds like ya'll got routed right into the rough of it! Be careful out there!

 

Originally Posted by jasper_truck86
I want to get into truck driving really soon. I saw in the local paper that Central Refrigerated will pay for your training if you work for them for 1 year and it also says you will make $35-40k your first year. What should I expect if I were to decide to go with Central? I am also considering PAM...





I think Prime Inc. would be your best bet..

 

Oh man.. Haven't been here in awhile.. Well.. It looks like 4 or 5 people from my 40+ graduated class is left.. Including me.. I got lucky and was put on midwest dedicated and I average around 2500+ a week with a few 3200 weeks...

They took me outta my o/p prostar cus someone wanted to lease it.. They put me in a W900.. Its been about a month and a half now and I'm finally getting the back up idea in her..

Well hope everyone stays warm and has a happy happy and a merry merry!

 

are you going to the salt lake or the riverside ca one

 

Arrrghhhh!!!! All this christmas stuff on tv is driving me up a wall.

 

sorry 2x posted

 

i start the riverside one next monday so ill post about it then

 

Just finished my first week of training at central in salt lake city. the rooms they put you in resemble a jail cell, with plain white brick walls and nothing else but two bunks. the top bunk is a metal bunk with a metal ladder leading up to it. not the easiest thing to get up and down.

today they put us in a hotel to make room for the new class that is starting tomorrow. if you have some sort of little portable tv/dvd player or even an alarm clock radio, bring it, as there isn't much to do in the little jail cell rooms that they put you in but stare at the wall. there is a microwave there but no fridge. they take guys to walmart in the company van in the evenings after class is over.

central seems like a professional company, a good way to get started in over-the-road trucking. most of the drivers that i've talked to at the salt lake terminal have not been with central for too long. central seems to be mostly just a training company, but if you're new to trucking it's a way to get your foot in the door.

 

Thanks for the info. With everything the way it is, I realize that I'm not going to make a ton of $$$ the first year and I am prepared for that. As I said in my last post, I saw the ad in the local paper and according to their website, they are supposed to be opening up a school about 75 miles from my house. Again, thanks for the info.