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CTI Bulk Transport

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by tirednaz, Apr 6, 2012.

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  1. Apr 6, 2012 #1
    tirednaz

    tirednaz Heavy Load Member

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    I've search around and cannot find anything on the forum on this company. Anybody work for CTI Bulk Transport out of Arizona? Good/Bad or point me to where there might be some info.
     
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  3. Jun 17, 2012 #2
    captian kirk

    captian kirk Bobtail Member

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    I have a job offer from them. I too have questions. I see no one replied to this post 1 month ago. please send me any inof you now have. thank you captian kirk
     
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  4. Jun 17, 2012 #3
    Allow Me.

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    I'm somewhat familiar with them, sitting there along side the I-10 near Tucson. I've seen a small cluster of their trucks parked somewhere, like maybe Flagstaff, doing a long term job probably. Can't help you on pay etc.
     
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  5. Aug 18, 2012 #4
    ny4t9

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    I worked for them for almost 1 yr. the Tuscon truck yard is the home office. flag is another yard, also have Laveen, st.johns, and Kingman. pay is not very competitive.( all per loaded miles) alot of dead head miles, and sitting at plants waiting to load, and as anyone familiar with pnuematic bulk transfer knows, unloading is time consuming.most tractors are older,degraded units,and trailers are hazardous at best. i was at the laveen terminal,and went thru 4 terminal managers in less then 1 year.overall, not a stable, safe, competitively paying experience for me personally.
     
    ny4t9, Aug 18, 2012
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  7. Aug 18, 2012 #5
    tirednaz

    tirednaz Heavy Load Member

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    I am assuming you are no longer with them? I just finished up orientation with them and will be out with a trainer next week to learn the pneumatic thing as I have never done it before. I will also be out of the Laveen yard as well. As you can see from my original post I have spent some time looking at them. Talking to their drivers at the mines when I would run into them. Most of what I got was that CTI was alright, better than most, and at least Im home every night kinda stuff. Their CSA for maintenance was a little high for the companies 300+ trucks. But my plan is to learn this and see if there are any O/O opportunities in this field of the industry.
     
    tirednaz, Aug 18, 2012
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  8. Aug 20, 2012 #6
    pilottravel2002

    pilottravel2002 Medium Load Member

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    I went to orientation about a year ago,is not worth yout time and health,trucks are nasty and abused,too much waiting unloading,waiting for a load,not worth really.
     
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  9. Oct 2, 2012 #7
    tirednaz

    tirednaz Heavy Load Member

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    Well this was a short lived adventure. All done with this back to the road.
     
    tirednaz, Oct 2, 2012
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  10. Oct 2, 2012 #8
    pick

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    What went wrong, if I may ask? I just started the very beginning of the process for a company driver slot with them out of their Fontana yard, can't turn down an offer, but don't want to waste the time and effort if it's really bad.
     
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  11. Oct 2, 2012 #9
    Voyager1968

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    When I lived out in AZ back in the late 90's CTI appeared to have the oldest, nastiest looking trucks on the road. I see nothing's changed.
     
    Voyager1968, Oct 2, 2012
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  12. Oct 3, 2012 #10
    tirednaz

    tirednaz Heavy Load Member

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    Equipment is old and very abused, the shop staff is short handed and unable to keep up with maintenance. Trucks are fixed as they break down. as far as I could tell there is no preventive maintenance being done. No assigned vehicles slip seating.

    Work schedules are non existent if you have hours you will work period. In the last 6 weeks I have worked every imaginable schedule you can think of. No more than 10 hours off between shifts and barely 34 hours at the end of your 70. Burn out came fast. When I added up all the hours I worked compared to the money, I was averaging about $8.00 an hour for a 70 hour work week.

    I worked in the pneumatic section of the company delivering Cement, Flyash and Lime. They have other areas HazMat, Copper Concentrates and Acid drivers, but I am not familiar with them all so my experience could be unique to my terminal here in Laveen AZ.

    I hope this helps
    Good Luck
     
    tirednaz, Oct 3, 2012
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