Cargo Transporters

Yeah it's an old company. I've lived close to their original terminal since the eighties, and it's been there since at least the early seventies

They only run dry van, though, and most of the local drivers are relatives and friends of relatives. Dennis Dellinger the CEO has already sent out a video basically saying it's going to happen.

I'll be headed back to fuel tanker.. Too much risk in van and reefer.. It wasn't this bad before covid

 

I almost started my trucking career here. I was accepted but they couldn’t find a non-smoker trainer. That was a no go for me. The school I went to said how good they were. That was back in 2013.
I went with my #2 choice, Magnum. I as glad I did. Great trainer. Really set me up to be successful in this endeavor…

 

Just an update: They have about 40 trucks prepped for auction just at the Claremont terminal alone, and they are complaining about OTR drivers using optimized idle too much in 100f temps.. Layover is getting bad in July for some reason...

 

Trucking companies going Belly up everywhere right now in the worst trucking recession probably in history. Most of them last 8 to 9 months this one I believe is 27 months and still going strong. With no relief in sight. It’s a wonder they’re even open at all. Even Kenworth is laying off hundreds of factory workers and shutting down some of their production. That doesn’t happen unless it’s really bad. Cargo transporters was considered a solid company with good financials and even they are struggling to just barely keep their doors open.

 

They have 502 trucks and most of them are local.. Comparing them to the 14%-16% of a 10,000+ sleeper unit company makes no sense.. Kind of like auctioning off at least 8% of your tractors when you hire 10-20 drivers a month; they take a picture of every orientation class and put it on the app..

Why would I want to get hired where I currently work?

P.S. when I go back to the terminal in 20 hours there won't be a new wrecked tractor by at least two other wrecked tractors by the shop(inside joke)

 

Within the last two weeks every driver was dropped .60 and .67 to pre-covid low-fifties rates except for local drivers.. Oh, and 401k "canceled"..

I was clearly wrong about the company downgrading towards closure... lol

If you want Walmart level policies for .50 a mile then by all means..

Also in pure irony: The company wide app letter cited accidents as a big factor.. Turns out they were hiring one year drivers the last year or two and they saturated their own contracts and spot dispatch and screwed senior drivers out of work..