Calex Express....My New Home!

when i here SUPER TRUCKERS say they cant make money on e logs i tell them its either your company doesnt know how to dispatch you or you dont know how to stay out of every truck stop you pass !!!!

 

I was standing in the truck bay at the Walmart/Henderson, NC location a while back and heard an awful sound. Looked out and saw that a truck had had the trailer door come loose when pulling from a bay, caught it on the truck next to its hood somehow and not only ripped the trailer door off but pretty much destroyed the hood of the other truck as well. Glad I didn't have a "hey, I've got a small problem here" phone call to my employer with that one.

 

Personally, I like e-logs, and had no problem running with them. I did one west coast run when I was there, and like John always points out, you CAN run coast produce IF you know how to manage your time and do proper trip planning.

 

Most figure if you cannot FUDGE it or FIX it to suit your needs ( logbook ) its against you. Same as when the ECM's were put on trucks , lot CRIED as they could not FARM YARD tune the engine to suit the way they wanted to.

 

I'm not sure if this has been covered, and I've burnt my retinas out of my skull for the past few weeks reading this thread (very helpful, BTW), but does Calex offer a retirement plan? Be it 401k or otherwise, does the company offer a match? The reason I'm asking is that I just started a state gov't job, and the thing that really benifits me there is the pension. I guess this brings up another point: I have about 9 years experience and a pretty clean record, but I haven't driven in about 8 months now. I have no employment gap, but my current job is non-CDL, I'm a commercial and school bus inspector. Pension, great hours......it's just not for me. lol. Driving is still my passion. I guess I had to try the private sector and the whole 9-5 thing just to say i tried. Thanks for this thread, and all your help. The thing that really struck me is how tight a group you guys are. There was a point where one of your guys had a house fire and other drivers spread the word and tried to lend the guy a hand, and that's one of the things that rubbed me the right way.

 

Oh, so I have a checkered past now? I'm some kind of renegade hooligan? Is that what I'm hearing? Huh? HUH?? Lol, just kidding. I know what you're saying, every applicant has their own unique set of circumstances that led them their. Well, the worst i can do is try, and if it doesn't work out, I go back to the iron mines.... Lol, thanks again guys.

 

Johnboy glad to see things still going good for you. Boy how i miss those days running to the West Coast and back. Been super busy this last month and got to take the girlfriend out for a nice 12 day run so that was nice. It will be tough on monday when i roll out looking to say something to her and she ain't there. Even though i know after a couple days she's was getting bored, but she likes to come with me sometimes to show her support for me, gotta love a girl for that!!!!

Also got a new truck Cascadia. Man what a pain moving everything into the new one. Wasn't to thrill with the Prostars, but it wasn't really a bad truck but for some reason i just didn't like it. So far with this Cascadia no complaints, just hope as its gets some miles under it, it doesn't start to rattle apart like the old ones are know for. Well be safe on your next trip out.

 

Well, I sent in an internet application and an e-mail to Brian this afternoon. We'll see what happens and if I'm eligible for re-hire. I miss the company, the people, and the variety of routes running regional freight.