CRST: Taking a refresher, then hitting the road

they say they give comdata cards how do you use them ? like credit cards to buy food and drinks and stuff////// and how hard is it to transfer money to your bank account

 

you use it like a debit card without a visa logo lol, um you can setup direct deposit and basically you call the number on the card and input how much you want to transfer

 

OK THANKS

 

MAN ITS THAT BAD DID YOU GO THRU THERE SCHOOL

 

Hey thank yall for the info here. I've been out of work and off the road for one year,and this info has been very informative. Beans,thank you especially for the info on CRST. it will make my decision easier.
SpeedyWho,,good luck. Road dust, get er done! and yall be safe!?!?!?!
Bayou_bay(out of work veteran truckin lady)

 

GOOD LUCK TO YA

 

well i will say one thing you will have your good weeks and your bad weeks, but it was fun, im actually excited to come back to the open road

 

you coming back our got something else

 

making money when you first start out is easy. i bring home more money than my partner who makes 10 cents a mile more than me. first thing is stay out of truckstops. i invested in a coleman fridge and a little water heater. with those two things i can have a pretty good diet. I go to walmart before i hit the road and get enough food for 3 to 4 weeks for 80 bucks. my water heater will not only heat water i have found that the smaller soup and pasta cans fit inside it and you can heat them with water. also with the fridge you can have sandwiches and milk and cereal. fruit cups pudding all sort of what you like. that way i dont have to spend 10 bucks for a meal at a truck stop. some ts have fast food but alot are missing the dollar menu and the meals cost more than if you went to a franchise separate from a truck stop. remember they gouge you in truck stops.

and if you smoke, hopefully you get thru MO, SC, NC where they are cheap and buy a few cartons.

i dont even buy water. i bring empty bottles and fill them at rest areas. and make sure you get your payback cards at all the major truck stops so when you fill the the truck on the companys money you can get the reward points and showers.