Crete Carrier - A Year In Review - Fall 2013 Going Forward

Saw one Crete's new 2017/18 Cascadias today. The all new, squared off look of the new Freightliner just looks weird to me for some reason.

 

I have been on that road...leaving a Tyson plant in Noel.

 

They had plenty of regional freight out there, but not much to get you there and get you back out of there. I always got stuck on the UTCAUTCA loop.

 

At least those are long mile trips.
It looks like they have a ton of 100 mile loads going into Dallas and no local drivers to run them. I delivered to Dallas and all they had was 100 mile deadhead toba load coming right back there.

 

Finally made it home today.

 

"You will be awarded one-quarter safety point..."
Thanks, but I don't care about the safety point. How about you don't take 3-6 hours out of my 14 because you don't want to approve the purchase of a tire so it'll pass that inspection. Or refuse to replace a trailer tire with a quarter inch split in the sidewall because it's still "legal"? How about you figure in how much it will cost the company in lost productivity before you send me from the TA to a tire place across town.
Rant over.

 

Reminds me of Star Wars......


Oh and Happy VD! to everybody

 

But if the tire blew out and damaged something, then it would have been at least 1 bad point. I fought Wilmer one time over a steer tire with a sidewall cut. I ended up calling safety, and then had to threaten to stop at the next scale and have them shut me down and force the issue...they backed down and put on new steer tires.

 

I never minded that one, since I love driving across Nevada. The PAOHPAOHPA loop on the other hand...

 

I'm so glad I left.