Central Transport (not Central Refrigerated)

i sub-leased a truck at their colton CA facility in 2004.some of the freight that came off the rail was a mess. we did not have any liftgate trailers on the west coast but we had lift gate freight.this meant hand offloading stuff.the money was pretty good but there were some issues on the Motor Carrier Permit.they have since phased out all contractors and all loads are now done by co drivers.last i heard they were paying around 16-19 per hour on a 50 hour week.make sure they pay overtime over 40 hours.the trucks are sterlings and some old roadway volvos. i'm pretty sure they have gotten rid of the old fords they aquired when they took over DiSalvo

 

from what i gathered when i was contracted to them it that they are pretty strong back your way.we were trying to work under their west coast expansion and to this day they still are lacking out here. i do see more and more of their sets running terminal transfers out here though. the guy that owns it has a good east coast and midwest freight base from what we always heard around the terminal. out here all the contractors were contracted to CC Western which was their division out here. my truck said CENTRAL TRANSPORT on the door,operated by CC Western and then we had our own business name on also.made good money doing my route untill the insurance/motor carrier permit issue came up,they didn't want to pay and neither did the contractor who leased the truck, i was a sub lessee so i had no say so.

 

Good luck whiteline, I used to work for them (doing nightime linehaul) and they were a pretty crappy outfit. You may want to do a search under the 'bad company' thread, there were a lot of others posting there.
Just an FYI, of course your experience (with a different terminal) could be different. Odds are if you are running during the day, then you may be doing P&D, as opposed to running terminal to terminal.
Also, if you have your doubles, you may want to look at running turnpike doubles/triples, I hear that pays well and of course, is mostly a drop n hook affair.

 

No problem, I know when I was running linehaul, I was getting paid 38cpm (with only 1 year exp), but because I was doing a round to Indy and back (from Detroit, around 560-600 miles round trip) I was making $700/week. My biggest problem was unpaid waiting, it would turn my shift into a 15-16 hour nightmare.
But, like I said, everyone's experience is different. And 34-40 for hauling steel doesn't sound all that great. I have only ever pulled vans and reefers, so I have no first hand experience of flatbedding, but I have heard (from other drivers) and seen how much work it can be.

 

I live in Jamestown NY. I actually was driving a mixer at Ler down the street from there last year.
I did not talk to them when I decided it was time to hit the road again though. I have never seen allot of activity around the Jamestown location, but it is small.
Good luck and let me know what you find. My wife seems to want me home more. I have thought about talking to Path trucking in Fredonia, but what I hear about them is hit or miss.