From gm to celadon

Mike, I hate to hear this and I agree, 33cpm is low. I may look into flatbed instead.

 

If and when you research new employers,

pay attention to past performance.

Sometimes a company that is losing millions of dollars a year,

is not a very safe bet !!!

 

Well I delivered in Louisiana this morning. Drop & Hook at Wallyworld. Drove an hour to Baton Rouge to pick up. Originally it wasn't supposed to pick up until tonight but got a message that the trailer is preloaded and ready to pickup so I grabbed that around 5/6am this morning. Now going to work my way towards NJ today. Not too happy about going to the Newark area but with a 1287 mile run, I'll deal with it.

 

Or you're just modest.
..or you're exaggerating about Injun's exaggeration.

 

Was told to plan on running the Southeast and get at least 2500 miles per nweek and am now setting in NH for 2 days and have not even seen 2000 miles since the buyout.

 

Miles are going to be low right now. January is probably the slowest month for van freight.

I wondered how that regional was going to work out, since Celadon has never done regional before. Guess it's not going very well, huh?

 

yep on the slow freight for Jan,,, and Feb is not much better

 

So yesterday I saw a Celadon driver with a Martini truck, pulling a Glen Moore trailer and with a GM hat on. I was like "You've got all the companies represented there!" He wasn't too sure he wanted to stay because of ELogs. I told him it's not so bad once you get used to it and learn how to work it. Hopefully that was enough to at least have him stick around for a few more weeks before looking elsewhere.

Oh, talk about turnaround. I pulled into Richmond. Dropped my empty. Went inside, I swear I was only inside for 15 minutes. Came back out, someone had already hooked to the empty I dropped and took off. Woah!

 

Let me start out by saying something positive. Marker light/headlight button on steering wheel are very convenient.. beats the heck out of slapping at toggles in the dark. Also the #### truck pulls hills if I am going 55mph.. if I am going 65 it falls flat. I guess the hp setting is tied to mph rather than rpm. I figured this out, because my MPH bonus was taken on my first load, and truck hasnt gone above 63 since. So I slid 5th forward to close gap, and started driving 55 to get my bonus back.. kind of funny that I have to drive 55 to get my bonus back to go 65 so I can just lose bonus again.
I guess the bottom line is I am just not used to being micromanaged to this extent (elog/macros/eobr sensors). also I keep getting 700/900 mile runs, as soon as I send "loaded call" and head out, the #### load gets changed and I have to drop in obscure yards a couple hundred miles away.. then sit in a mudpit yard standing by with no food/showers while my 14 hour clock counts down waiting for a "backup" run that never comes.. Are they pulling loads off me because my pay rate is higher than a other available driver???

 

I have been sitting in Florida since Friday morning. I told them two weeks ago I had to be home for a doctors appointment. I have 3 DM's since the buy out! I have 1100 miles for the week, I pay way more for insurance and I am not getting home for regional work like I was told I would. This is worse then GM! I am so out of here. I will pay the medical bills for my wife to have the baby...I will not loss my house for this place! And I wonder also if I sit and get pulled off good loads because I make more money! I feel like I was lied to from the day I walked into White Pine and told to head to Indy!