CRETE - A Year in Review

Does Crete do hair follicle testing? Just want to know what to expect & I might have used something I shouldn't have before I started driving school that I'm worried could show in hair testing. I plan to be a drug-free driver, promise.

 

The short answer is "no".

The longer, more complete answer I will refrain from submitting here because I am about to go to bed and do NOT want to kick my blood pressure through the ceiling!

I promise.

 

Glad to see things are looking up for you 48. I figured the trucking gods couldn't continue to hold a good man down

 

'Preciate it....just hoping it'll last for at least a little while! Wife isn't growling as much, so that's a good thing!

Sounds like things are going well at Poly for you, aside from the "old-truckitis", but that'll pass with time....be safe out there! And thanks again!

 

Instead of spending a night in the drop lot, pay the $ 10 and stay at the Bolingbrook truck stop. It makes going to the Chicago area way better.

 

Just shave every hair off your body

 

No use a gallon of NAIR! LOL

 

Darn shops! Haha, came in for a Qualcom cord and they find a dozen things to fix
Good thing though, never knew how bad my batteries were. They replaced all eight and man did the heater work good last night (28* this morning). Used to not last the night which was weird.

 

I made a whole $150 last week. Well that was being home from Saturday afternoon until Wednesday morning, and only submitting 2 trips by the Friday deadline. I probably got only about 2000 miles for the following check, 2400 if this phonescan app actually works. It's my first time using it. I have the Transflo program for my laptop, but I forgot to bring my scanner from home.

They are cutting me really close on my fuel stops. I was running up the mountains on I-64 through West VA and VA and there were a few times the truck was starting to sputter going uphill. I think I need to remind them I have 100 gallon tanks, but only 95 gallons (in each) at most is usable.

I had to get to my fuel stop at exit 213 on I-81 then double back down to Raphine to park. I was worried the truck might not start this morning if I didn't. I've dumbed it down to where I no longer park between other trucks if there is only 1 space between them. I'll figure it out eventually, but trying to wedge it into a spot at the Pilot on a Friday night is not where I need to be screwing up. I'd rather get my practice in backing between other Crete/Shaffer trailers for the time being. Which is something my trainer should have had me doing instead of having me backing between empty spaces all the time, and telling me nonsense like "just put the front end in front of the back end".

 

I've been driving for shaffer for 3.5 months and i started out ok but the last 2 months suck!I'm going broke.
I got 2380 this past week but after del to meijer in tipp city oh was given a load that p/u in columbus at cloverleaf cold storage that i was to drop at the crete terminal.
Then i was to p/u a trl there going to edwardsville il,406 miles.del at 0800 this morning and sent empty call.
got a message that a trl was coming to east st.louis tonite and could i p/u and del in ohio at 2200 tommorrow night!333 whole miles,when i asked if there was anything with more miles was told that this was probably the ONLY thing coming out of this area!