CRETE - A Year in Review

How long you been with crete?

Well the word I herd was several people in oreintation

Dude said were on the weekly fleet looks like that is

The new model and the rest will just have too get

The scraps like they do to national drvrs

Weekly is the new regional I guess

Don't know 4 sure anybody else

Herd much about these weekly drivers

Dude that I talked with was in class for rehire

Was with hunt now with crete

He lives in cali....says he has 2 do 45 days then 6 off

And that is the norm 4 west coast crete is this true or bs

Andybody know

 

The asset manager thing is not a rumor anymore but has been verified. I picked up a letter from Ops at Wilmer (addressed to us drivers) that describes the whole enchilada. Supersnack was correct in that this policy will slowly be phased in for Crete drivers over the course of 2012. Supposedly Schaffer fleet is already 60% transferred over to asset managers. I'm left wondering how freight is going to be selected for trucks during this transition. Are trucks assigned to an asset manager going to get better loads because the asset manager wants to have higher mileage numbers? Are drivers still on area dispatch going to get leftovers that the asset managers didnt want because it was unproductive?

 

I called and spoke with the receiver. She OK'd today. Woohoo! Now I am waiting for a new load.

 

Rite on.....hope you get something 2 hold you over till Monday

 

My first full week back on National.

4 runs totalling 2359 miles and at .41cpm that's $967.19 gross. There was one load that held me back. I spent 7.5hrs waiting to be unloaded. I was fit to be tied with this large company. But I turned in my detention and will see what happens.

I am looking forward to a solid 25-2800 mile per week average. I figure that the next week or so will start seeing an increase in overall freight,

 

I forgot to add that I'm on a 770 mile load from Atlanta to Waukegan I'll. This one doesn't del til Mon am...so I've got plenty of time over the weekend.

This is where I wish I has a dedicated dispatcher and could get a preload...but I figure in time.

 

Made it to Calexico and delivered. Sent in my empty call and got the check in in the morning routine. Oh January, how I love thee!

 

ok guys question i was due for 4days hometime the week of xmas but was told couldn't because vacation got priority plus we had all this freak ya right lol. Anyway i message my asset manager to be off next wed thru sat. She replied I only have 2 days because the xmas day counted as hometime mind you i have been out since nov 25 anyone else think this is BS or anyone take off this week for time earned?

 

Hay dude did you pick up those cd or dvd cases I had a load outta

Kentucky by elizabethtown that delivered out there around september

 

Yep, it was DVD cases out of Elizabethtown. I've picked up there several times in the past coming out of hometime since I live about 25 miles from E-town.