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Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by steamroller I-5, Apr 28, 2013.

  1. steamroller I-5

    steamroller I-5 Bobtail Member

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    CAL has a lot of trucking companies,but they are all the mega otr;s,and i do not want to just drive,i want a decent check.Also,to compound the problem,the cost of living is sky high.And the dmv is a lot worse because CAL is strapped for cash.My co-driver got a ticket for bypassing a weigh station,which had a closed sign.It was the one southbound from victorville going down the hill.They pulled him over,directed him back,did an inspection,and he got a nice size fine.they also told him they could throw him in jail.And we were running empty!!Like I said,CAL is not a good place to be.AZ is where I want to go back to.
     
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  3. Florida Playboy

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    Yes almost every mega has a terminal in Ontario or Fontana but there are also a ton of smaller outfits in the LA area. For a trucker the best cities to live are LA and Chicago. If you can't find a job in either of these places you can't find a job anywhere. Look at how many CDL jobs are in your local Craigslist:

    http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/trp/

    Sure some are crap $10 an hour 1099 gigs but most are good. There are even some gravy LTL ads.


    Besides your problem was not being in California but going with the lowest of the low bottom feeder company. LOL Of all the outfits in your area you chose CR Hell? Why?

    If the sign really did say closed he should of fought that ticket in court. Something tells me he just goofed and blew past the coupe.
     
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  4. steamroller I-5

    steamroller I-5 Bobtail Member

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    i needed a refresher course,so i went to school.details of that are in a few other posts.I was first seat on the truck,and was sitting in the 2nd seat when we passed the weigh station.I saw the closed sign,and a lot of times that weigh station is closed,unlike the grapevine ,which stays open like a dennys.If I were driving,i would have caught the weigh station snafu,but thats life.I got a job with a company starting up in Mccallen TX.I am hoping a small company values it's drivers more than these mega ones do,as new companies want to grow.
     
  5. Florida Playboy

    Florida Playboy Road Train Member

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    Wow that's screwed up. I went past that scale many times when it said "closed" and no bear ever came chasing me LOL. McAllen TX is a nice place to live. Will you be hauling produce?
     
  6. steamroller I-5

    steamroller I-5 Bobtail Member

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    primarily.Right now it's Texas to New Jersey,but the owner is looking to open lanes to CAL,which is why he is looking at me and my former co-driver.Will run solo a few month's,then team again.
     
  7. Creampie

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    I had been on the phone with a C.R. recruiter and nearly went through with it. I researched and bailed on it. Thank God.
     
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  8. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    You can't stop for a shower or bathroom under a load? Bull. Nobody is telling me that. I try to take a shower every day if feasible.
     
  9. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    Arizona is no better than California these days. They should change their name to the roadside DOT state.
     
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  10. Ghost Ryder

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    There's always something more to the story. I have a feeling this is directly related to poor trip planning.
     
  11. steamroller I-5

    steamroller I-5 Bobtail Member

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    Do you drive for England.Not stopping off for bathroom breaks is actually in their employee handbook at the school.We used to get qual-com messages instructing us not to stop.W estern division sucked.That is why we went to 48 state.We stopped anyway,but the point is it is there attitude.
     
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