Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

Remember the more lights the more money to get em fixed!

 

Sorry must have missed that part. There are so many people com'n in to Central right now most don't have a clue what there getting to. Good luck.

 

Thank You Jess

 

It's ok 6pak. No harm, no foul. I know i'm going to be away from home. No problem there as I am almost a ghost now as it is. I was happy about 10-15 yrs. ago when I was driving. I had all dedicated routes then in Chicago, Kearney,Neb., New Jersey and Michigan. I have not been anywhere else though. I love traveling and have unloaded most of my own freight. I don't know how Central does it though. I am looking forward to this greatly to get out of the corporate rat race I was in. I know it's not going to be easy and I am willing to put in the time and effort to get it done. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

 

I just think that the guys and women that are thinking about going OTR need to think about how long they will need to be away from Family to make a half way decent living, ya notice I say halfway decent!

As a company driver plan to stay out 4-6 weeks minimum or your miles and checks WILL suck, and your FM will be looking for loads home for you which means your miles will suck because you will be running in one area so they can have you home on the date you Wanted.

Lease Operators need to stay out longer as they are paying payments on the truck, that continue even if your home having a break or your truck is broken down and they have to pay quarterly taxes, Leasing has a few small advantages your truck payments are totally tax deductible, but in most cases you have to stay with the company you are leasing from and if you the economy is slow and you have a crappy FM and can't plan your trips YOU WILL FAIL.

I don't agree with Companies that push there Lease Program on people after a few months most are still learning how the company works and don't realise there is more to Leasing then just driving from point A to B and delivering the load and picking up the next load......Yep your trainer might have a shiny new Truck full of cool things, like a Microwave, coffee maker, power inverter and an APU

Owner Ops You have have more Freedom, you can Lease on with a Company or be totally independent......if your not getting miles with a company you can move on, We plan to buy our truck outright and probably Lease onto a company for a year then go Independent if things continue the way they are now then that goal is attainable.

That is just my opinion for what its worth!!

 

I'm prepared Jess. I have already stated to the family that they will be lucky to see me once a month. I explained to my daughter that in few weeks, i'm going to be gone. My wife is working out some details to have our daughter get to school and I have a few things that I need to show my wife in the next 2 weeks to prepare her for when i'm gone. The good thing is that through July 1st-11th, they will be in Ohio visiting family so that will pass some time for them while I am out with the trainer.

 

Sounds like you have thought it all through and you are prepared and have your family prepared!!

Good luck and as I said earlier if you need any info just ask.

 

Jess, do they have teams at Central?

 

Yes they do run teams!

 

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Jerry Moyes is majority owner of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League and the Arizona Sting of the National Lacrosse League.
Moyes is the founder, chairman and CEO of Phoenix-based Swift Transportation, one of the largest trucking companies in the nation.
Moyes was originally a minority partner in Steve Ellman's ownership group, which bought the Coyotes from Richard Burke in 2001. On Sept. 26, 2006, Ellman sold controlling interest in the Coyotes, Sting and the lease to Jobing.com Arena to Moyes. He retained Wayne Gretzky as part-owner and head of hockey operations.
Moyes is also a limited partner in the Arizona Diamondbacks, and was once a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns.
A graduate of Weber State College, Moyes is currently vice president of the American Trucking Association and previously served as president of the Arizona Motor Transport Association.
Jerry and his wife Vickie have been married for over 39 years and have 10 children and 10 grandchildren.
Moyes was saddled with massive financial losses that dated to the time the former Winnipeg Jets moved to Phoenix. Unable to turn around the team's fiscal picture, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 5, 2009. As part of the filing, he agreed in principle to sell the Coyotes to a group headed by Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie, who intended to move the team to Hamilton, Ontario. The league responded by stripping Moyes of virtually all of his ownership authority, though he is still nominally the team's owner. The NHL argued that Moyes had no right to make the filing because numerous agreements he'd signed with the league in return for financial assistance specifically barred him from filing for bankruptcy. It also claims that Moyes effectively surrendered control of the team by signing the agreements. A bankruptcy judge has scheduled a hearing for May 19, 2009 to determine who actually controls the team.

From one truck to an empire that runs more than 18,000 power units and 3,000 owner-operators, it's Swift progress indeed.

Like many in truckload, Jerry Moyes started with one truck. And just like other prominent truckload figures, he has parlayed that unpretentious start into a major force in truck transportation.
The scale of what Moyes has done, though, is very different from most. His company, Swift Transportation, headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., is the leading public truckload carrier with more than 18,000 power units and another 3,000 owner-operators. Yet it is only part of the Moyes empire that also includes Central Refrigerated and a majority interest in Central Freight Lines and extends to other interests as diverse as restaurants and professional sports. He is the owner of the NHL Phoenix Coyotes and has been an investor in the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks.
His trucking start was in the mid-'60s. He had grown up in Plain City, Utah, a small town of 850 souls that is also the birthplace of no fewer than four major trucking companies: The Moyes family was very close to the England and Knight families. C.R. England was based there and one of the England family members, Jeff England, went on to found Pride Transport out of Salt Lake.