Well I am CRE trained and certified as an PH2 instructor. I searched and reviewed many trucking companies before deciding to go to the CR England school in Texas. The cost was $1,999.00 if you paid cash, which is what I did. You were also guatanteed a job if you passed your PH1 training course after recieving your CDL. After 2 weeks of school in Texas I got my CDL. I then went to Salt Lake City, Utah. After getting solo qualified by passing a 30 day Phase 1 training, I was hired. I then went on and passed my 60 day Phase 2 training. This allowed me to take a 6 hour class and actually become a Phase 2 trainer myself. Imagine that! I had exactly 90 days of OTR experience on a team truck, and I was now a trainer! Today is 7-12-11. Last weekend CRE had 4 rollovers! FOUR ROLLOVERS IN ONE WEEKEND!!!! This says something about the quality of their training program. In short they are a student mill. They recieve $10,000.00 from the government for everyone that passes the Phase 1 training. Add the cost the student pays ($2,999.00 if you don't pay cash up front) and that's about 13 GRAND for everyone they put on the road. Think twice before you embrace CRE. Not enough space here for the real dirt, but I could write a book about my 2 years there. HORRIBLE!!!!!! I now work for a friend of mine that has his own authority and I haul PRIME trailers for 76% of the line haul. And I run solo in my own tractor. I paid my dues with CR England. There are MANY better choices in a trucking company. Do your homework before deciding on a carrier. After CRE, I worked for 6 months for Knight Transportation, before going to my friends company. Knight was EXCELLENT! I would recommend them, as well as Central Referigeration. Life is good now, however I still have nightmares about CRE!
CR England "beware"
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Unfortunately a new trainer was killed in one of the 4 rollovers CRE had last weekend. It would be nice if England cared enough about their drivers to have a memorial at their terminals honoring fallen drivers.
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90 days and you can train a new driver? wtf are these companies preaching!
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CRE had another rollover last night. That makes 5 in the last couple of days. I wonder if the DOT is going to step in soon?
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Well, I was just going to update this about the latest rollover last night. Look at what I found on a Federal website regarding Englands CSA 2010 score.
Carrier Name: CR England Inc.
US DOT # 28406
MC # 124679
ISS Inspection value: 92%
ISS Recommendation: Inspect
Basis for recommendatioin: Safety
0 is the best, 100 is the worst. This means that there is a 92% chance inspectors will find a violation during an inspection. Comforting thought.Rollover the Original and zentrucking Thank this. -
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Again, I want to stress that I'm not trying to start anything here. We have seen a few posts from Knight drivers that seem happy with the company. It really does appear to make a difference which terminal is your home terminal and who your dispatcher is.
There will always be people who are unhappy with a particular company, just as there will always be people who are happy with the same company. Different things work for different people. But where ever a person is planning on going to work, it only makes sense to research the company first.
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that is scary!!!!! i have driven before but it was 10 years ago. they told me they wouldgive me a 10 day refresher course. still pondering that. the more i read about cre the more i am inclined to run.
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