Central Refrigeration Service, Inc. - West Valley, Ut.

no they do not take students from other schools. you have to go to theirs and pay back the school to them . costs about 3000, but you only repay 1200 back and central covers the rest but you have to sign a 1yr. contract to drive for them, if you break the contract you will owe the full $3000.00 to them. they only take $25 a week from your check to cover your part . not a bad deal really. if your strapped for cash like so many people are in todays times. just remimber central is a starter company many people use it as a stepping stone. just like me.

 

Well I just got done with the trainer testing so now I can train decided to try it out for awhile. As a company driver the pay won't match a L/O but still a little xtra money won't hurt.




Hey Jess hows your other half doing on miles me I run about 2,000 a week I hope a student will bring it up some. Sitting in SLC till tomorrow then it's back out I go. Tell JJ I said hi.



Lastkid I decided to stay a while longer went looking for a local job no money in it so I'll keep pushing the Volvo down the road. Hope to get tru CO. soon will look you up I may be very hungry.

 

hey 6pak im in slc right now at the ramada that central puts you up in. ill been in the cafiteria tomorrow morn at 6:00 for breakfast. come on over and say hi . it would be neat to really meet someone else from this thread. ill be the one with the university of tennessee hat on.

 

Has anyone been on Central's new E-Logs to tell me about them. Any problems or short cuts you may have to make things smoother.

 

If you drive for them you are running them. Here are three things I can tell you about them...

1) They suck.

2) There are no short cuts that have been found... Yet.

3) They REALLY suck.

 

lol well they can be a pain at times but yes there are a few things to know. You can move your truck 7/10 mile without going onto line 3. This means you can get all around West Valley Terminal, or go from one side of the freeway to the other. If you ever go to National Beef in Kansas you can get from their place to the Flying J and never hit line 3. So you can get there, drop the trailer and head over to the truck stop during your break.

Tip: as soon as you get to a stop, do a mac 45 to line 1/2 then spend time parking or whatever. This will save time on your 70.

NEVER mac 45 to line 1/2 during a police stop or weigh station or fueling. When fueling, get fuel then pull forward, then mac 45 to line 1.

Before you start driving for the day, mac 47 to make sure you are legal. You can always edit line 1/2/4 to line 1/2 if you need the hours for your 8/10 hr break. I've gotten violations and simply edited line 4 and got legal again.

Make sure you have 5-10 minutes on line 4 at beginning and end of shift for your pre/post trip inspections. (Of course, I have heard of dot officers making truck drivers do an inspection and if they couldn't do it in the time they have logged then they get a ticket... so, make sure you got whatever time on line 4 you're comfortable with.)

 

i got to meet 6pak at slc we just bumped into each other on accident out on the range. then had lunch really nice guy seems to want to train the way you should . iam requesting him for my trainer since jj ranch got anotherload and wont be able to make it to slc in time . passed my pre trip, brake test and ally backing tests today. tomorrow will be straight line backing, offset backing, and pararrell parking plus the road test. the n a 3 day orentation and off into the wild blue yonder for 28 days.

 

Best of luck to you.

 

Hey 1Badz, 6pak will look after you he is a good guy even if he does wait to call us after we leave the truck stop he's at lol, he will know what I'm talking about
Good Luck with the rest of the testing and keep the good posts and information coming for the new guys starting.

Don't forget to call us sometime and let us know how its going.