Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

Leatherman, I truly appreciate how kind you are and helpful with the information. As far as hearing from my husband goes, he's on the road that's why I'm writing. Chompi, if you don't want to deal with a driver's wife, I completely understand and feel free to not reply. My husband works out of Fontana, he's never rude to anyone. He just doesn't operate that way. His loads have never been late and he communicates continually. He's always using yes sir, no sir, etc. He was raised to be respectful and is very respectful even when upset. He has never requested home time. He's out for 4 weeks at a time then home for 3 days. So after being told to take the 500 mile load he had a pleasant discussion with his DM and respectfully explained that he has a family to support and can't do that on 500 miles. His DM understood and it wasn't his DM that took the load out from under him. So this week will be short, he's dropping this load in a yard and taking a 900 mile load to finish before the week ends. 1400 miles is not great at all, but much better than 500. Thanks to your advice Leatherman he will be calling the shipper and receiver from now on and not waiting for dispatch. No one even told him that he could do that. Thank you for being so generous with your time and advice.

 

Best advice I can give you is have your Hubby finish his year and then move on to a different company....Central has always been a starter company and always will be!

After a year he can move onto a better company, A lot of companies running 7 Western states, where he can get his 3000+ miles a week and be home 1 night a week for his 34hr reset!

A lot of the 7 western western companies pay the same as Central but your pay goes up every year and drop pay is pretty good!

Just try hang in there for the year!

 

Oh no trkrswyfe I don't mind talking to you at all. Its just hard to figure out what is going on through conveyed messages.

Up until your husband refused a load it sounded like the problem may be with the DM. It sucks and I cringe saying this but he may have put his nails in his own coffin by doing that! You absolutely cannot refuse a load. Now in the past when someone does that Central usually sits them or starves them of miles until they quit. They may also be a little more direct and just fire him.

Now if he is lucky and his DM is nice they may have let this one slide. Little hard to tell because I don't know your husband and I don't know his DM or their past interactions.

Your husband needs to stop what he is doing call DM supervisor and have this straightened out immediately! Hopefully the supervisor will see that he is new and is just trying to make some money.

For the future though, you NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, NEVER, REFUSE A LOAD!!! He is very lucky to still be driving.

 

He didn't refuse the load. If you had read thoroughly you would have seen that he indeed take the 500 mile load and then his DM arranged for him to deliver to his first drop and then put the trailer in a drop yard so he could pick up another load immediately to get some miles in before the week is up. Central is lucky to have a driver willing to drive and make them money.

 

Thanks for the reply. I'm not on here trying to get anyone to fix anything. I've worked for Corporate America for more years than I care to mention and frankly I'm just a wife trying to figure out how this all works. I'm the one who isn't on the road trying to figure out if the bills get paid and the kids get fed. So I appreciate people like you that give good advice without the attitude.

 

i woulda taken the 3000 mile load and told central to kiss my a s s.

 

Speaking of sitting waiting in marshalltown ia for porky and petunia to be loaded I

If and when u call shipping and or reviving be to the point and don't gripe and complain to them about your issues they r busy and your issues r just that your issues..identify your self as a central driver whoa going to be there and u want to confirm directions . Time of load can I get there early is there on site parking r there nthrooms available can I. Park on a nearby street ..do I need to precool my trailer do u have a wash facility thereif I get there early can I unload early can I drop and hook
You will hear about the driver is responsible for just about everything so I ask a lot of questions and it js given me better directions faster load and unloads drop and hooks the ability to stay near my loads so I dent have to start my 14 hour clock or find a rest area or truck stop..and then u will also be amazed what a smile and positive attitude will do for u..I have had shippers and receivers go out of their way to help me just because I had a smile said use and no sir jokes with them etc be pleasant to be around its not that hard and it pays off

 

Another thing I have found helpful if you a delivery on a fri sat or sundry call sa soon as u get the load if u have any questions or concerns a lot of busnessr closed on these days especially in th afternoons amd the number listed is to one of the people who is gone and dispatch has no more info I have had loads that say pick up at 5 pm sat but they close at 3 pm on sat now and the load info u see that was sent to you is from 2004 and the person listed as the contact is no longer even with that company

Another one that is a pain is when u get a 3 day load that tales 5 days because the reciveing company is closed on the weekends ask if u can drop in their yard or contact dispatch tp drop somewhere or maybe u can swap with someone who is out of hours. Or best yet call ahead when u first get the load find out they r closed on the weekend but I'd u push hard u can make it there Friday deliver the load and get another load..
Think ahead know your hours plan your trip be informed about your load ask questions listen to what is going on around u I was in line a driver in front of me worked out a drop so when I got to the window I did the same thing even though my load was listed as a live unload ....on the flip side I have had loads listed as reloaded and not be ready I contact dispatch immediately so they know amd I am not to blame for the late

 

trkrswyf

I'm a new driver too coming up on 6 months now. My first month and half was low milage. Ask lots of questions in the first few months and it helps alot. They will give you a load but not always all the info you need to trip plan. He does need to call the shippers and find out what there policies are. I have a notebook that I keep on all that I have been to with the information so I don't have to call them all the time. Also communication with DM like others said is very important. It does get better I am now getting better milage and usually if I am delivering on weekends DM know sends me another load before the weekend so I can just keep on rolling. Once he proves himself to the planner and DM they will give him more miles. I know you need the money know but it does take time to get there.

 

That's what I tried explaining but apparently I have attitude.