Bunny at Celadon!!!!

I am so happy you like your company.

 

Please remember to post about the item/subject at hand and not to attack other posters/use rude comments etc. Everyone has their own opinion and they can be expressed WITHOUT insults and rudeness.

 

I see that you have been brainwashed by the Celadon control freaks(been there, done that) IF you wanna keep giving up your life to this company well have at it. I am reporting the facts as Celadon has released them-they themselves said they were keeping ALL of Continental's equipment in the release that they gave to both you drivers and the release that they gave the press. Obviously they are not running you the miles that you claim since you are logged onto here all hours of the day. When I was a Celadon, I was trying to make money in a truck that would only go 66 MPH and having to pay tolls out of my pocket in order to run their crummy freight toward the East Coast--and I didnt have time to go on the internet or whatever, so obviously you do. Although I was doing an average of 3000 miles a week and getting home about 3 days a week also. The day that I pay to run somebody else's truck again-will be THE DAY-The only place that I ever had to come up with out of pocket expenses as a company driver was when I drove at Celadon, no where else. The lowest money that I made per mile was when I drove at Celadon--so if that is the atmosphere that you want-then so be it. I also sat for (as I have explained in other threads here) for more than 19 hours more times than I care to count. Celadon could care less about the driver, and could care less about your well-being, but if that is what you want then by all means--drive your butt off over there! I am just repeating what the people at Celadon are telling me, Im sorry if you find it offensive, like I said if you want walk your butt into their office and ask them the things that I have said and you will find out that my facts are 100% correct and verified. If you have problems beleiving them, well, that is your problem--I have told you everytime to go verify what I have said and you have yet to. You just repeat what the qualcomm says, which BTW, at Celadon is a joke and it doesnt even work right 90% of the time.

Also, you can turn the caps off in your posts--for somebody that is so knowledgable about any and everything should know that caps are considered as "yelling" and you know what I do to people that yell at me? Thats right "tune them out" since they will be back over here in several months telling us all how they were screwed. You have a very small time frame at Celadon, and you probally never even heard of them before (except for maybe seeing their hodgepodge group of trucks every now and then) before you started driving for them. I on the other hand have lived here in Indianapolis for the last 25 years and I thought that I knew it all when I went to work there and didnt listen to anybody, but I found out that everything that I was told by people right here that knew all about them was true and to the point. The do deserve everything bad that people say about them. See you here in about a year when you have met the "real" Celadon. You ought to go over to the Celadon stuff on the "bad board" here and unless you are blind or not even a driver over there, you will have experienced any and all of the problems that these people are talking about. But it is your life and your job and your money--and obviously we cant convince someone who knows it all. Hope you remain "lucky" over there, since you are not the typical Celadon driver--most of their drivers are all about ready to quit at any given time.

 

Dear bunny,
This is billsgirl's boyfriend (bill) I recently quit Celadon (November 17,2008)from lack of consistent miles. I have read a few of your postings. From the experience I had with Celadon, I don't understand what you are so happy about. Don't get me wrong, if you are doing well there, I am happy for you. I have friends that are driving there right now, are maybe getting one good week a month as far as miles go. The average that I heard/got a week was 1400-1800 miles. Dropped on Friday, sit most of the weekend. Actually I went to Laredo and almost fell out of the truck when I got a dispatch after one day. But the problem with that was the miles were split up over the pay period, even you have to admit paying your own tolls and waiting to be reimbursed for them is a pain, and to my knowledge the only drivers with EZ Pass are on the Canadian fleet,( keep that in mind if you get a run from the Chicago yard to the East Coast of Pennsylvania or to the Baltimore yard-its about 175.00 in tolls) the trainer I had at TransAm who drives for Celadon on the Canadian fleet right now and was the reason I came over to Celadon. I talk to him every day, he is hurting for consistent miles. As a matter of fact, he just sat from Friday 12/5 to today. He is in the process of really trying to find another driving job. He has a lot of associates there and it's pretty much the same story from everyone. If you think Celadon is great, you will really LOVE TransAm. I left them to come to Celadon. In hindsight, they ARE a better company. Good luck and be safe. Bill

 

Have to have a good DM to get the miles it helps

 

Heck,a lot of companies are no good.Do you care to post a list of these"good companies",that charge drivers for heat or a/c? I'm sure people would like to see it. I know I would.

I think that the biggest problem in the trucking indudtry today,is that drivers grovel at the feet of companiies like CELADON.They accept this treatment and praise the company for it.I don't get it.

As for your freind, he should pay for any expenses associated with HIS TRUCK-Company drivers on the other hand, should not..

Thanks for making my point for me.

 

I have my own laptop and pay for internet service for my Sprint aircard.I don't need Idleair determining what web sites I am allowed to visit or what I'm allowed to download.

As for T.V ,I have a 15 inch flatscreen, and rarely watch it.When I do,I usually pop in a DVD.

How does this work out at team CELADON- If I don't use the other services,(t.v-internet) and am only intersted in having heat or A.C.Do I still pay half?

Just seems like it would be a lot easier to put in an APU. What do CELADON drivers do when they are waiting to get unloaded at a place with no idling laws like N.Y,Dallas, California, or Wal-Mart?

I guess they just wait in the drivers lounge, huh?

 

Well, Harry we get the idea that you will never want to drive for Celadon. Obviously you have put them on the list of companies to stay away from.