Any current Feedback on Celadon...2011

Wow I can't believe they have fallen that far down the food chain.......I drove for them in 2008 and got starved out of there.....the place was great ..at first...and then the games began......maybe try a smaller outfit near you driver.....

 

I drive for them now. I've heard the horror stories from other drivers about teams getting put on a 3-stop local run. Teams having to repower loads other drivers couldn't do but said they could. People having their truck in the shop for several days. People sitting in Laredo for a few days.

They've been good to me. Really good. My dispatcher runs me hard. I think I did about 3000 miles last week. Seemed like every load I was doing was near or over 1000 miles. I've had the chance to do a 34-hour restart once a week so that helped. I was in Indianapolis at the terminal because my truck needed two things fixed. First my Qualcomm never had a signal. Secondly my bunk heater would shut off after an hour. I got in Friday evening. Sunday evening they called to have me bring the truck into the shop. 2 hours later I was done. Now I'm finishing up the night and will hopefully be rolling out of here tomorrow morning.

Yeah it sucked to be down for 2 days but I needed these two items fixed. They got fixed. I got a 34hr restart out of it. What's done is done, let's focus on the present now and get me rolling.

I'm shocked you had a rude recruiter. Mine was Terri and she's wonderful.

 

Things were really good for me for about 4 months and then they forced my dispatcher out and I got a new one that ended up getting canned after i left....seems she was on the take so to speak ( I heard that 2nd hand so I'm not gonna say it 's true)....Judd was my 1st dispatcher and he was great really stuck up for his drivers!!!! I never had issues getting out of Laredo...the key was putting your PTA in as soon as you dropped....I think I sat there once for a 34 because I had been running REALLY hard that week!!! Glad to hear that you are doing good there Sequoia!!
is Ed still around there...I was trying to get on his board but Chesterman, wouldn't let me switch fleets. Also do you a driver named Eric...he goes by Bam Bam.....he was a good friend that I've lost touch with...he was on Ed's board....if he's there and you know him tell him long haired Rock n Roll Nik said Hey!!!

 

Run don't walk as fast as you can from Celadon. Ive been with them nearly 3 years. The only reason I am still here is I got grandfathered in on their pet policy. I almost got disqalified on my physical because of my weight. I am 6'3 and weigh around 290 yes I admit i am overweight but I'm not tub of lard. This company does not care about its drivers. They dont care weather or not you get miles ie; a paycheck

 

Yeah I don't mess around once I'm done with my delivery. Say I'm sending the empty macro at 9:12. I'll set my PTA to 9:15. For some reason I feel setting it to the closest quarter-hour will make things easier on their end.

I didn't have to sit around in Laredo, either. My dispatcher already had me a load going out of there when I was doing an empty trailer move from Edinburg to Brownsville. I felt bad for those other drivers at the truck stops and terminal sitting around bobtail. I did take a 10-hour break tho after I hooked up to my load and sent in my macros.

I apparently got one of the dispatchers that likes to keep his drivers busy.