CRETE - A Year in Review

Sorry for the delay, I had a very busy week and a number of days where my Sprint card was getting very poor connectivity (along with a lack of motivation at times). Week 18 is in and I'm working on 19.

 

At the risk of invoking a vicious retort I shall respond.


First, I wasn't screwing anyone out of a trailer, it was my trailer that I brought into the yard. There were also a large number of MTs on the lot. Not that I would have done any different if there weren't to be honest though. If I know I'm going to be down for an extended time I do release my trailer. But I was looking at hours, not the next day. Second, I have been in that yard (Marietta) and refused loads because I gave up my trailer and I have had my lock pulled off my MT while my truck was in the shop for a simple A service (this happened when I was under dispatch to PU a load a few hours from that time and was forced to lose that load, who got screwed there). Are you telling me that if you are at a truck stop with an MT and someone bobtails in you are going to offer up your trailer to him so they can get a load while you wait. What you are suggesting is the same thing.

As far as helping out other drivers, I will go out of my way at any time to help not only a Crete driver, but any driver. I would even bend over backward to help you out, regardless of your opinion of my practices and I would look forward to meeting you. I love a good debate.


Changing freight. Of course it's changing. Have you been paying attention to what is happening in the trucking industry. Freight rates are at a ridiculous level and bottom feeder companies are underbidding Crete in an effort to stay afloat (and paying their drivers pitiful wages). As is the usual cycle, when enough companies go under the cheap freight will again come to an end. It's the nature of this cut throat business. You should be thankful that Crete is "buying junk freight" as you put it and continues to pay us above the industry average. I'm willing to bet they barely breaking even if that on this freight just to keep us moving.

They hired you didn't they

You can't have it both ways, you get mad at a driver (I agree with you on this by the way) that turns you in for not following procedures, but then you want to rail on me (and not mind your business) for my practices.

I'm not trying to stir the pot, but I realize that people often read their own anger into posts. It's the nature of message boards. Like you, I'm just voicing an opinion.

 

As you have found out on your own, Wilmer has a bad reputation. Avoid it at all costs. I have more stories than I care to go into with that shop.

The best ones I have come across are Council Bluffs, Indy (just had a B service done there in under 1hr) and Kansas City.

 

Supersnakebar wrote:

I've been waiting for that announcement myself. I know they are wishing they hadn't done the 3cpm across the board thing considering where fuel prices and freight rates are at. I do believe it has cost us a few customers of late.

 

Got to love our dispatch at times. But to tell you the truth, I would probably go nutty too if I had to deal with 1000s of drivers. I try not to hold it against them.

I picked up in Elizabeth, a beer load. I got out of the load going to Newark.

 

Fixed, THX