I would choose a company with lots of California freight,and a decent terminal in California
Use California for my home time location.
Whenever they send you east,imediately put in for sometime..be creative.
West Coast Trips?
Discussion in 'Crete' started by csmith1281, Oct 1, 2017.
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Spell checker here blows.
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The biggest complaint I have is that the company doesn't have APUs. They use opti-idle systems. I do not like getting thrown around in my bunk during a rough start/stop of the engine.
Recently, there has been another thing bothering me, where correct loaded calls are rejected because Crete has bad temperature settings in their load data. But hopefully it will get fixed soon. If you drive the Crete side dry vans, this issue wont be a concern.
The last significant concern I have is that Crete/Shaffer *really* wants OTR drivers to run @500 miles a day and chase their 70. I prefer to roll as hard and long as I can, since the potential income is higher that way. I have made an arrangement with my asset manager to chase my 70 this time out. If the money isn't roughly the same, I may move on to another company with APUs and performance-based pay.csmith1281 Thanks this. -
You won’t get out to the West Coast a lot I got out a couple times your mainly going to be Midwest, back east maybe mountain west
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I've mentioned elsewhere that Crete / Shaffer do not have dedicated OTR planners. They have regional planners, and I'm pretty sure that they have a policy that if you are out of your home area, and a OTR load from a non-home region will send you closer to your home region, that's the load you will get if they do not have a strong need to send you in a different direction.csmith1281 Thanks this. -
I really enjoyed crete I had 5-7 trips out to the mountain west or West Coast but for the most part I was in the Midwest or back east
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