CRETE - A Year in Review

Ever! Welcome to MEXIFORNIA...... Drive 55 and do not donate any extra! DRIVE SAFE

 

Congrats on that APU, man. Right on.

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Frat

 

Does anyone here have experience with Crete's "WM2 Dedicated" or "Mid-South Regional" fleets?
Also, how long is their training program for someone who obtained their CDL from another school?

Any info appreciated.

 

Lucky you! Is this the same truck that was using antifreeze and oil like crazy? I just assumed you were in an old truck!

I was at the TA "west" in ontario, CA 3 weeks ago, and witnessed first hand drivers getting tickets from the epa in the truckstop for idiling. I bet they gave out 50 tickets. The trucks parked directly next to me on both sides both got tickets. They didn't even bother waking one of the drivers up, they just taped the ticket to his window. Nice thing to wake up to.

 

I heard there warnings being issued there. Does anyone know what the fine is for idling in CA ? And just an FYI, everybody knows how bad the TA (east and west) is in Ontario, there are ALOT of places to park south of that TA. Lots of warehouses to stay. I used to run LA once a week and once you find the places to park you will NEVER go back to that TA again. Also, if you ever deliver to Walmart Dist. you will see a little dirt lot next to the driveway. California is getting worse all the time, but since ive been with Crete I have only been to Cali once!
DRIVE SAFE

 

well SuperTrucker ever...you are welcome to keep your butt out of my Great state of California, we won't miss you. And second, I doubt you saw any driver getting a ticket that was asleep in his bunk since CA revised the idle law to allow drivers to idle while sleeping months ago.

 

Happy,
Where did you hear that they revised that law. The CARB website still has the 5 minute rule. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/cabcomfort/cabcomfort.htm They should revise it though.

 

The last time I was at the PETRO at the bottom of the grapevine I saw signs posted about the anti-idling law, so I asked the fuel desk personel if they really enforce that law since its so warm in Cali, and she said they never see police driving thru the truck stop, and it would be overwhelming to enforce because of the number of trucks that idle. I think its a common sense law, the police know a driver cant sleep if its to warm to sleep.

 

i was up around modesto a month and a half ago and they were enforcing it there. asleep or not.