Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

YES YOU! And don't play that innocent crap with me.... I know better!

 

Thanks for remembering, my friend.

Camaro was a fun car for Josh, but he's looking at college now and we sold it off and put that money away for him.

Thanks again for remembering. Sounds like life is getting better for you?

 

I really didn't request it, but when it came my way out west was getting pounded. You were there, so I figured some short runs in tropical weather. Remember, I am company. I just make less on short runs, I don't go into the hole.

 

Ok folks - I got a question for you - if I needed to send something (a box) to my husband on the road - how would I go about getting it to him? Could I send it to a terminal that I know he is heading for? Or a truck stop? How would I go about this??

TIA

 

I am currently going through the hiring process and I noticed that it asks if I have any reason why I cannot unload a trailer I'm wondering does that mean that Central does not pay for lumpers?

 

I was told that loads are 'no touch' loads and that if there is on that has to be lumped, that CRS pays for it.

(but that is what the recruiter told me)

 

At CRS (or even other companies) I understand we get paid per mile - but how do they determine how many miles driven? By actual miles on the truck - or what Google (or some other maping system) says it 'should' be?

Like I said - serious newbie here!!

 

Send it to the terminal, put his truck number and employee number on the package, my wife did this for me when I worked for central. Then he will just need to go to the mail room to get it

 

Sweet!! Thank you!

 

You get paid by the household movers guide miles.
This is done zip code to zip code. They say that it will only loose you a few miles per run. It is also doing the miles by the shortest route, not always the shortest truck route.
This is why it is getting to be a big deal when company's will pay what we call practical mile pay.
It will still be basically zip to zip, but it will be taking the most practical route for a truck to get there. Thus you actually get paid for more of the miles that you run.
Central has not swapped to that yet, and may never.
My company does not do it aether.

I have to say though, with an OTR long haul company it does not hurt too bad on pay day. My company is short to medium haul. Most of our loads are less than 600 miles. Many are less than 400 miles.
So when you loose 15-20 miles on each end of the run it adds up fast.