Central Refrigerated Service good or bad

The "Simon" equipment I saw wasn't "old" equipment. It was newer trucks and trailers. Didn't say "Dick" Simon either. Said just "Simon" Trucking

 

Nope Sad Panda. I dont have it.
I will be flying to Conley on Wednesday morning.
I am finally getting more driving time. I got 2 hours or so at the end of last week in training and now I will be solo with a trainer for 2 hours today and 4+ hours tomarrow. Most of it is city driveing with some country roads in the middle, I am getting my feel for the tight turns back and have had no issues yet.
I still am not big on the cost of a "refresher" course. Espically since I got the feel for it back in no time, mostly remembering not to dive into turns like in a straight truck and setting up properly.
I guess 9 days here will be worth it though if it may help spped up my time to get with a company trainer.
I got your pm by the way, I will see what I see.

 

I just met a newby driver from central transport,been driving for four or five months,nice cleancut mex american from san antonio tex,trouble getting home,out 4 or 5 weeks,and in illinois last week got a 1000 dollar fine for being on a city st thatwas posted for 73000 and he weighed 79 plus,he called the company right away and they told hin they would charge him for this fine as he was driving the truck,he told them and me that they routed him that way on the qual com and he was certain he wasn't off route,they still told him it was his fault and fine. Thats all I know about it,but,it doesn't sound fair to me.

 

No fooling? I haven't seen those!

 

THEY ARE STILL ROUTING PEOPLE DOWN THAT ROAD? I talked to someone like 2 months ago and the same thing had happened, and the cop said that he had already nailed 4 other Central drivers that week or something. The cop was so upset he called Central himself and told them to change the routing, so the story goes.

 

Thankd for the heads up Sad Panda,I spent a couple of hours talking to this young man,he said he was only making 400 a week and not many miles. Nice clean cut kid too,he will be a good addition to the trucking industry soon. All of what he's been thru,still didn't have him down,his wife was with him and really pleasant too.

 

Well I guess he will know his weight and read all signs next time as it was his fault for the fine.

 

Yeah, it sure isn't the company sending you down the road with local directions problem at all. After being contacted by the police and DOT time and time again to change it in the qualcomm routing. It's not like we carry local maps to every place we drop off ya know.

 

Yes, but there should be street signs saying not trucks over XXX lbs.
You the driver are resposible to make sure that the route supplied is a legal truck route for the load. You do not need to carry street maps for all areas all you need to do is call and ask the local law enforcement what roads are restricted.

What is it the companies fault if you are haluing hazmat and go the wrong way through an area that is restricted? Nope you the driver are resposible.

Another question for all of you does your company come and do your log books for you and make sure that you have hours to drive? No you the driver have to do it an you the driver are resposible to make sure that everything is legal.

Who's resposiblility is it to do the pretrip/post trip inspectoion? You the driver.

If you go down a road that has a low bridge just because the company routed you that way and you are not paying attention and take out a big chunk of that bridge who is at fault the company? Nope you the driver are resposible.

I am sorry but you the driver need to quit being lazy and check things out do not depend on others directions.

I don't know how you all were taught but when you get a load assigment you are then suppose to do a plan the trip to make sure that you are legal, that there are no low clearance bridges, no weight restrictions, and that the way that you are going is a truck route.

I am told yes you have to follow the route plan but you are to make sure that you are legal and reroute as needed if there are restrictions.

If you the driver do not want to take resposibility for yourself and the roads that you are on and any other resposibility's then maybe then you need to get out of the trucking industry.

 

Yeah, the driver ultimately has to look out for number one. He shouldn't rely on his company when it comes to routing.

I'm sure many a driver has been fined for going on that stretch overloaded. But I bet also the folks back at Central, or at least the folks who would MATTER, never heard about it. If one gets busted like this, he needs to make sure he lets the right people know about it. If he simply tells his dispatcher, it will probably go nowhere. Dispatchers usually don't care about drivers. All they care about are the clock on the wall and their bonuses.

Many of those guys who were fined in the past probably didn't even tell their dispatchers about this route. They quit when they heard they themselves were going to be responsible for paying it. Such is another disadvantage for working for a high-turnover outfit. The drivers don't care about the company, and the company doesn't care about the drivers. Usually, the drivers don't care about each other, either.

Gone are the good ol' days.