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<p>[QUOTE="Cyanide, post: 2784105, member: 69964"]Drifter, that truck is practically brand new lol. The one I had ('07, #23271) was an old team truck before I got into it and it had over 850k when I turned it in a few days ago. I quit keeping track of exact miles that I had put on it myself, but I know that it was in the neighborhood of 115k, and then combined with the first truck and two other loaner trucks I drove roughly a total of about 135k in my 13 months with Calex</p><p><br /></p><p>That coincidentally, is one of the reasons that I left; Louie and Jason absolutely ran my tail off but yet when I looked at the bottom line the $$$ wasn't enough to justify staying. Especially not when combined with the health insurance rate change that we got hit with, the ridiculous duration of their slow down period, and more importantly, the fact that Calex will charge a driver for freight claims, whether it is said driver's fault or not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, it's all water under the bridge now (or possibly over, if you're in New Orleans) and I'm not going to derail John's thread. If anyone cares to know more p.m. me or check my other postings elsewhere. </p><p><br /></p><p>Y'all be safe, I'm enroute to GA coming out of Texas, and going right towards Isaac hahahaha[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cyanide, post: 2784105, member: 69964"]Drifter, that truck is practically brand new lol. The one I had ('07, #23271) was an old team truck before I got into it and it had over 850k when I turned it in a few days ago. I quit keeping track of exact miles that I had put on it myself, but I know that it was in the neighborhood of 115k, and then combined with the first truck and two other loaner trucks I drove roughly a total of about 135k in my 13 months with Calex That coincidentally, is one of the reasons that I left; Louie and Jason absolutely ran my tail off but yet when I looked at the bottom line the $$$ wasn't enough to justify staying. Especially not when combined with the health insurance rate change that we got hit with, the ridiculous duration of their slow down period, and more importantly, the fact that Calex will charge a driver for freight claims, whether it is said driver's fault or not. Anyway, it's all water under the bridge now (or possibly over, if you're in New Orleans) and I'm not going to derail John's thread. If anyone cares to know more p.m. me or check my other postings elsewhere. Y'all be safe, I'm enroute to GA coming out of Texas, and going right towards Isaac hahahaha[/QUOTE]
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