can anyone say anything good about CR England.

I had that same issue with them in 1990

 

When I drove for, and leased with, CR England they were good. I had really good driver managers, always had loads, some good and some bad, was treated with respect and professionalism. I made good money and had my off time. That is all any driver can ask for.

 

I used to be a mechanic for them and all I ever heard from the drivers was how horrible they were treated. But then again, no company is perfect. They were not my favorite company to work for and they werent my least favorite either. Sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad. If you have work and are getting paid these days that is a good thing.

 

Soo many of their drivers complaining about them me thinks it maybe the company. When are we gonna get off the lucky to have a job routine? I would much rather be unemployed than work for a bottom feeder!

 

Would that be like one company I worked for that us 10 drivers made them pay us in cash because we did not trust their checks?

 

Alright, I came back to the forum and bumped this thread to give a update. I'm still with CRE. I turned in my 6 month demo last month and I got offered a position in the relief recovery fleet, which is a company position. I took the offer, and immediately got placed on a IC's truck (the IC took a few weeks off). Relief recovery starts out at .35 cents a mile, and even as a company driver I average 3,000 miles a week. That averages out to $1,200 a week gross as a solo driver, with no driver unloads. Don't tell me you can't get the miles as a CRE company driver, because it can be done. If you aren't getting the miles then there's something you're doing wrong.

Proof that you can make it at CRE if you stick it out.

My advice:

Don't jump into a lease if you don't have any previous driving experience. Don't give into the temptation of leaving the Phase II training early, because that lease will bite you hard if you don't know what you're doing. Stick out the Phase II training for the 2 months and become a company driver. Otherwise, I'm going to be the one stuck trying to find where you abandoned the truck at.

Remember that driving the truck isn't even half the battle. Your ability to drive doesn't mean squat if you can't do a proper trip plan. Jumping into a lease when you can't do a proper trip plan is only going to lead you to problems.

One more note, don't buy the illusion that everything will get handed to you on a silver platter with a lease. If you can't manage a business, you aren't going to make it.

 

Totally couldn't agree more. If you are failing as a L/O you can't just be upset with CRE and feel sorry for yourself.

When I was getting bad freight from my DM for a couple of months I started calling around asking for a good fleet. Eventually I got into a good dedicated fleet with a great DM who actually treats me with respect.

 

Batman I forgot to ask but did they charge you anything for turning your truck in after the 6 month demo period?

 

That's funny, I was thinkin' the same thing......

 

No, I wasn't charged anything. You need to keep your truck in good shape though and provide Horizons with a 30-day-notice, or you won't be able to return the truck. My truck was emaculant when I returned it, and it suprised the mechanic at Burns Harbor. The only thing wrong with the truck was the arm rest on the drivers seat broke, and the AWS sensor on the dash panel kept falling off so I bonded it on with future glue. LOL