Looks like CRST wants to bring me on.

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Gearjammer17, Aug 2, 2012.

  1. Gearjammer17

    Gearjammer17 Bobtail Member

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    Yea it's going to end with me taking CRST'S offer.Just waiting for the recruiter to get back to me.
     
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  3. scooter123

    scooter123 Bobtail Member

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    Good luck, you must choose your own path, but i worked for them for a short time on a local account, the told me it was 800 to 1000 bucks a week, 400 miles a day and 8 to 10 stops per day, 30cpm and 10 bucks a stop. I did it for 2 months and guess what? I ran 150 miles a day and had 3 or 4 stops, i worked about 5 hours a day and made about 400 bucks a week, just my experience.
     
  4. Gearjammer17

    Gearjammer17 Bobtail Member

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    Sorry to hear that man,I wish I had other options myself but really don't.I gotta start somewhere hopefully it will be alright for a while so I can get the experience. I know that any first training company I choose is gonna suck anyways so just gotta get thru it...
     
  5. Theguy24

    Theguy24 Bobtail Member

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    Mcfatter wasn't an option ?
     
  6. NewbieRick

    NewbieRick Light Load Member

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    Wow! What a ridiculous comment! :biggrin_2551:Im enetring trucking with nothings but a month worth of paid bills while in training to cover everything! You have 3k just sittin around their buddy? In this economy? You must be pretty wealthy or the industry has done you some good. Have you seen what Obama has done to our country? Lmao! Put your head back in the sand where it belongs! " a real trucker" like my dad ( 25+ years) doesnt have money like that layin around, sure hes doin well, but not well enough, to loan me 3-5k, which is why im going Prime. And some people like myself want to do it on our own. Without help. And comments such as yours should be disregarded. Thanks for the positive outlook their sandbuster. Drive safe
     
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  7. NewbieRick

    NewbieRick Light Load Member

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    Good luck thir gearjammer! Eyes wide open, atleast its not CRE. You make it what you want. Drive safe
     
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  8. drdave

    drdave Light Load Member

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    I worked for them for 18 months. My contract was for 8 months, As long as you communicate well with your dispatcher you will get all the miles you and your team mate can handle. They paid for my training school, so I almost starved for the first 6 months, What you will get out of this, depends on how much experience your trainer really has.. And how lucky you are at getting a good co driver. My first co driver tried to drive under a 13 foot bridge, then he hit 2 trailers in the yard. My second co driver was a very picky jerk. My third co driver, well, it is 4 companies later, and we are still working together as a team. If you have never teamed with anyone, here are some of the important pieces to keep that truck rolling. If one likes to shower at the end of their shift, and the other likes to shower before their shift, there is no disagreement about shower time. If ones favorite meal is breakfast, and the other dinner, this helps to. Agreeing on music helps. Agreeing on what to do on down time helps to. CRST really gets alot of bad press, but in all reality, they do know how to keep team trucks running. They deal with beginners, so when stuff goes bad, they know how to deal with it. Since they deal with so many strangers being put together in small places to live, and that goes wrong, they know how to deal with that to. They are big enough, they can send someone to rescue your load if you get sick, or to rescue you, if you can not live on that truck one more minute.
     
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  9. FEELTHEWHEEL

    FEELTHEWHEEL Medium Load Member

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    Read all of my post with CRST. I have been with many trucking companies from 1979 to 2003, and have never been put through the intense scrutiny in a short period of time that CRST put me through from Feb to May of 2011. I will not say bad things about CRST, just the things that happened to me, it could have just been the luck of the draw. But living in Florida I can tell you this much, you will never see home if you hook up with CRST. Good Luck !!!
     
  10. drdave

    drdave Light Load Member

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    I am not sure if that is true or not. I was in Ft. Lauderdale 21 times in a year with CRST. I live in the Seattle area, and could never get home for anything that was important to me. I worked for them for 18 months, and I think part of their policy is not to let the drivers go home. Because they are a training company, they lose lots of drivers when they get home. They act like you are not going to get back on the truck, even when you take it home with you. LOL! But, when their was a family emergency, and I was in NJ, they got me home in 2 1/2 days, and I took two weeks off.
     
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  11. tracyq144

    tracyq144 Heavy Load Member

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    I just know that the first company I ever drove for was Midwestern Distribution, out of Ft. Scott NE. I'd gotten my CDL from a dinky little school in TN, and could barely get down the road!

    Anyway, they were a team operation, with the "lead" driver having, if you were lucky, having 2-3 months more experience than the "trainee". I went through 3 trainers, one totally pissed off (abandoned the truck), one who was new also, but a good head and we learned together, and the last one, a crusty old fart who also taught me a lot. So, after 3 months, I became the "lead" driver and started leasing a truck, with $1 down, the infamous "Dollar Truck."

    A team operation in a single, 36" bunk, spring ride, Freightliner cabover. No power steering or brakes. No cell phones, no Qualcomm, find a payphone somewhere when you got m/t. And two drivers in a truck that was cramped for a single driver. Well, what did I know? No one in my family had ever been around the trucking industry, I was the greenest of the green.

    But, it was all a great adventure, and I am still driving OTR all these years later.

    Point is, I guess, if you want something bad enough, you will find a way, and put up with some sh1t along the way.
     
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