Crete Carrier - A Year In Review - Fall 2013 Going Forward

...and who is this nail-happy customer?

 

That copper outfit off the Northeast side of Amarillo.

 

At Macungie, they do have a microwave and picnic table in the shop building.

 

Van Buren AR waiting to get my new truck old one has been sold.

 

I hope you get new as in BRAND NEW.......

 

What are you likely to get?

 

Not brand new its a Freightliner Cascadia but haven't seen it yet, rebuilding the cam shaft.

 

After my time off. I came back to work on Tuesday the 12th. Picked up a load in White Hall, IL going to a cave in Independence, MO. Delivered that with not too much of a problem, and then headed for the next pickup in Omaha. That load went to West Jordan, UT and I made it all the way to North Platte before I broke down. Breakdown sent me to the Crete shop at the Walmart DC in North Platte and they sent me to the Freightliner a couple miles away. Spent Wednesday night to Friday afternoon being fixed up. They put me up in a cheap motel on Thursday night.
After getting the truck back, I picked up in McCook, NE and delivered it this morning in South Gate, CA. Asked for a new load and got one picking up in the morning in Colton, CA. This one delivers Sunday in Johnstown, NY and Monday in Lewiston, ME.

 

Most forklift people will pry the boards up for you.

I sat most the day in North Platte, waited most the day for my load to Williston, ND. I had to edit out my PTI so I could make it to the truckstop in Valentine in my 14.

This place looks awesome, McD's for breakfast mmmmm. Party time.

 

bad luck followed by a darn good run!


Well you guys should see the physical testing stuff I had to do today! I thought Crete's requirements was tough but here I had to do aerobics! I was doing the ol' Step Master thing like on the Buns of Steel video. Speaking of buns, today was the first time I had a very pretty physical therapist lady tell me to "squeeze your butt cheeks together" I was poked, prodded and bent in every direction imaginable but passed everything. They gave me a drug test and I knew them all...haha The safety talk here is life and death stuff though. H2S is serious business to them. I can't wait to get back in a truck and find out what it's really like. I did meet a co-worker who really likes the company and his job so hopefully all of this will be worth it. They're adding some more trucks as quickly as possible so I should have my own assigned truck and not have to slip seat for very long. Anyways, day one in the books!