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I found a job on Craigslist, but it’s not what you think

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Chi Town Steers, Jun 29, 2025.

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The original poster is definitely gone

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D.Tibbitt said: ↑

Its obvious chitown is set in his decision... Living in a storage container in ghetto vegas... Which if u guys arent familiar with vegas , everywhere outside of the strip will give gary indiana a run for its money...

Out of all the gigs a guy could get i dont think this is the right one.. me personally if this was the only job available id probably go ring a cash register instead, but i guess someone has to keep these fly by nights in business....

Just kinda funny to me we got multiple trucks open 4 hours to the south, make more money, paycheck clears every friday. Brand new equipment, good freight. No micro managing or hand holding. U do your work they do theirs and everybody is happy Easiest work i ever done. If u want to live in the truck nobody cares, just say thats what u wanna do and dispatch will run you so hard you will be able to relate to a donkey.. and u aint putting ur cdl or your life at risk running horrible junk...i just surpassed 250k miles in 19 months... This is first company ive worked for where im still waiting for someone to lie to me. The recruiter is the driver mamager and he drove for 25+ years and one of the coolest dudes on this planet and he dont blow smoke up anybodies ###.. nor will he lie to get u in the door.. well it aint a 40 hr a week gig tho.. and id bet that one aint either. People lie to get drivers in the door. Thats a tale as old as time. And when u got junk equipment and the feng shui container , and a ruined psp score and license a guy wont ever be able to have a good gig after that

Its kinda disheartning to watch someone walk off the edge of a cliff but you make your own choices... I just hope those brake violations with ur company doesnt get u in trouble running the mountains in ut and nv... Because #### like that will kill you...

Something else to understand is i have never once seen a nv state trooper doing a roadside nor is there hardly any scales in the state. They have a couple inspection points they open every once in a blue moon.... The only other scale on that route is in st george and brig city if u go that far north. So i wonder where in the world that company is racking up all those inspections....
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I used to wonder to myself how companies like ETON can find drivers, and now I know.

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and someone posted on here that big trucks never did triple digits, it was a myth. lol

real Large Cars!!

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Have one
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I bought the mug and sticker. But being an older guy with a 30-yr old heart, it kinda has a creep factor.

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What happened to chitown? he disappeared and the container is missing.

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Hello my name is Chi Town , I'm a truckaholic , I have a disease and they don't know what to call it.

It has been 33 days since I've last trucked

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What was your original reason for moving out west @Chi Town Steers i would assume you’re from Chicago and the job market has to be better there?

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What was your original reason for moving out west @Chi Town Steers i would assume you’re from Chicago and the job market has to be better there?
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I like the West , I'm a West Coast doggy. But truth be told I moved explicitly because I did not want to pay the Illinois state theft, it was largest monthly bill behind the federal theft.

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1500 gross ? Not a bad route, pretty easy driving .. but at 1500 gross u probably only take home 900 if ur getting health ins and paying taxes... Thats not very good.. and how do they pay? Mileage? Salary? If mileage that 1500 will fluctuate week to week. Also 3 round trips might not be possible unless its all same direct freight with low unload times... Vegas to SLC is approvimately a 6 hr drive in a truck that can do the speed limit... 7 hrs or more if governed less than 70 mph... this doesnt include any traffic , which u can add an hour or 2 if getting out of slc and going south anytime aftee 3pm... Traffic in american fork area is the worst and doesnt clear up til almost 7pm.
Just something to think about.

If doing backhauls out of nucor in brig city or plymouth, u will be sitting to be loaded for multiple hours... Plymouth aint bad but the cold finish plant sucks royally... Im sure we will cross paths on this route eventually since this is a major lane for my company as well.

the steak dinner offer still stands if u see me
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I'll take you up on that steak dinner buddy! Drinks after on me!

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Bro... All of the violations listed are lazy violations... Meaning someone in that company doesnt care. Also i remember seeing cracked frame OOS violation. How does a guy get a cracked frame running the southwest..i have seen 40 year old trucks down here without a spec of rust.. Its plain as day to most this is a gig here equipment is getting abused and not a good place to work.

Everybody here is just looking out for you, because some if not most of us have had it shoved up our rear by companies like that...
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That's exactly what I was thinking. My guess is he's hired felons in the past with no other options, who are decent guys after all, but they don't care about their license at all because they're never getting a job any where else anyways.

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