CRETE - A Year in Review

Ok so let me see if I understand this right. You were fired from a trucking job? and the person who fired you didn't talk to you about it? I'm confused.

 

I spoke with a woman in the application department about my firing from a non trucking job. I haven't driven for a living since '87. She mentioned the person's name (I forgot it) that made the decision. I never spoke with him. Only other person I talked to was the recruiter.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

I feel your pain Rug. I've been getting that a lot in the last month. Personally, I think it's a stupid policy and these companies are missing out on some potentially good and faithful employees all because someone at the previous company may have had a grudge or something. I'm not saying that everyone who has ever been fired is innocent in the situation, but there are some who were dealt a bad hand. I'm aout ready to get a job at Mcdonalds for a month so I can quit and get beyond this stupid policy!

 

I picked up a load today out of West Chicago,IL with a final destination of Miami,FL. However, I was told to take the load to a railyard in Jacksonville,FL.. I'm guessing it is cheaper to rail it down to Miami and back than it is to deadhead out of Miami. Just another new experience.

Left home Monday and when I deliver in J'ville Saturday evening I will have 3229 paid miles with about 10hrs available for Sunday to turn some more miles.

I have a cousin that drives for DeBoer, and according to his dispatcher, there is already enough freight booked in their system to keep all their trucks busy till the first of the year. So, I'm sure it will be the same for us Cretians.

 

I do have a prehire at Werner. I have a call into Milan I am going to do an online app this morning.

 

good deal...who knows I might join you at Werner if things don't work out elsewhere.

 

Don't count on it. Atlanta is dead right now. So are the Carolinas. Things are slowing down in E. Pa. again, too. I was in Atlanta last Friday and Chad said he was 150 loads short. I am going back tomorrow and dispatch told me things are no different than they were then. I truly believe that we are going to be worse off this winter than we were last winter. The economy is worse, govt run health care is right around the corner and we have a president who couldn't care less.

 

hi,new to crete im running national...going on month 2 and have a question..when a load offering comes up and there is to much time sitting on the load offering and its the only offering, can a free form message be allowed requesting a load more productive?i have read the load offerings are computer automated...i have been averaging 1600 miles a week and i need the now how to pick up the pace...thx

 

Anytime you get an unproductive load offer send a free form msg before accpting the load and ask for a tcall. The general rule is if the load has more than a 24hr difference in your actual ETA and delivery they will try and work a tcall if there is a terminal or drop yard along the route.