Crete Question

I worked for them a few years back,and they were pretty easy on the idiling time.I always kept warm or cool,and keep my idle time down.Since then,they have been putting APU's in all their trucks,so no need to worry about idle time anymore.

 

When I was with them, I believe all their trucks had opti idle. I never got one message(good or bad) about my idle time, but at the time, I didnt know how to check it.
From what I understand now...their older trucks with opti idle are still held to 30% and the APU trucks have 5% or 10%? Not sure about the Cascadias with bunk heater only.
Good luck if you go with Crete. They are a good company.

 

at 1400 miles per week, 30% is impossible, unless you're home for 4 days a week.

 

Like said earlier 30%. Most of their trucks don't have APU's, but if u get one it's 10%. 30% for me isn't easy, I have to make a concious effort to turn it off during hooking/unhooking, going to guard shacks... and just being conservitive with the air/heat in general. But I stay comfortable for the most part. If the economy picks up like it was when I first starting driving 30% would be a cake walk. Instead of sitting around sometimes I'de be going down the road makin money. Maybe things will pick up this year...

 

If you get a Century without an APU (meaning you have opti-idle) you are required to maintain an annual idling avg of 30%. If you have an APU it's 10%. If you get a Cascadia it's 30% in the summer and 10% in the winter. I have been with them 3.5 yrs and they have really gone downhill in the last year or so. Expect to sit A LOT. Most times you will be waiting at least 24 hrs after sending in your empty call before you get your next load. In Dec alone I sat for 72 hrs in SC, 48 hrs in MS and again in PA. I'm on my way to Tracy Ca. with a 1600 mile trip. I haven't had anything over 1000 in 3 months. If the economy didn't suck so bad right now I'd be gone in a heartbeat but now isn't the time to quit.

ETA The amount of harassment you get over not meeting your idling goals depends a lot on your terminal manager.

 

Why do you think we are all sitting around so much? Did you ever sit around this much when times were good? See the correlation? Do you think we are the only drivers waiting for loads?

 

I've read tons of ET's posts and I don't recall him ever mentioning anything about having a hard time with the idle policy. He just has a problem being idle.

 

Thanks for the update Longbow.I didn't know drivers were sitting.When I worked for them,I don't have one bad thing to say.In two years,the most I sat,was once for 2 days in Spokane.I always had 3 load offers as soon as I emptied,and averaged over 3000 miles a week.Yes,at the time,all the trucks had opti-idle,but you could keep track of the idle time on the qualcomm.I left for personal reasons,and not because of the company.