Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

Iraqvet tex - Thanks for the input. I got reading some of the threads on one of the stevens forums. While in Driver training you are paid only 350 week. A trainer was on there and said that they did away with the dumb & dumber program. Believe two student drivers had wrecked and were killed. I agree with you, there seems to be more bad than good. What a shame, they had double bunks too.

ccolvin - How are you liking CRST? Where are you training at? Do they take new students or do you have to go through their program? I was also looking at Roehl. Seems like a very good company, just not the best lease program. Sorry if I have gotten of the "Central" theme, but I will end with that. Central is still one of my toop choices. Like I said, a friend of mine started driving for theme in Nov. 08 and he says he is maintaining the miles between 2500 - 3100 a week. He is now a O/O. Can you choose your traininer? THanks.

 

If you know a trainer you can request then!!

All Central trucks have Bunks! If you are sleeping and the truck is moving you WILL be in the bottom Bunk, Just throw a sheet or blanket over your trainers bed lol.

 

1bad got a great trainer. His trainer believes in taking a bath. However he got stuck w/ some one in the jail cell ie bunkhouse, that didn't shower for a week. Till 1bad went and complained to one of the instructors to talk to the guy. Come on we are all broke when we start this thing but a bar of soap and a toothbrush and toothpaste is cheap. LOL
I just don't get why people won't shower!!!!!!!!!! My husband would shower 3 times a day if he needed it.

Thanks for the PM and support last night Jess. I truely just needed to vent w/ someone glad it was you!

Ok gonna try and catch a nap before softball practice and see if I can get this migraine to go AWAY!!!!!!

 

Man I'm growing tired of this crap, If I get one more message about what MAC's have to be sent in & how much time you have to show for whatever I'm going to go nuts.

Its getting totally out of hand... It was cool to meet you Cowboy JJ.

Off I go, no time to hang.

 

Lol Your welcome to Vent with me anytime!!

 

Yea the team thing sucks but I already found me a good codriver that lives in the same town I do so the first year should be good. Tomorrow is the last day of learning and Friday we test.

 

Thats good....No problem with home time then.

 

Sent my online APP into Central and was greeted with a prehire for CDL school by a recruiter.. However, I have my CDL with multiple endorsements. Is this a "sign" for how much attention to detail is paid?

 

If you have less than 6 months driving experiance, they will probibly (Will) have you go out with a trainer anyway. Plus I don't think they are hiring experianced drivers at the moment. Just students.
I had driven a truck on and off locally for many years, of course that counts as 0 experiance for an OTR company. So I still had to take there refresher course. It was 2 grand, with them paying part and me paying part for 8 months.
I was at the school for a week, went to orentation, got with a trainer for a maybe 2 weeks, then on my own.
I did not learn much of anything the entire time that was really new. Though I did need to learn how they wanted there paperwork done. How to use qualcom, and the new log rules. Since the last time I had run a log was 1992.