Is first job with Canada Cartage a good choice?

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  1. Farmtractor9900

    Farmtractor9900 Light Load Member

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    Sooo....how's Canada Cartage?:rolleyes::D
     
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  3. '88K100

    '88K100 Road Train Member

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    I never worked for Canada Cartage although I see one doing a drop every night I’m out in Dryden On, seems to be on same schedule every night
    If you are confident just do it. Its not rocket science. You pass the road test so the job is pretty simple as far as delivering to Loblaws...good luck
     
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  4. aaronpeterbilt3787

    aaronpeterbilt3787 Medium Load Member

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    Erb......lol. I contacted them bout moving my truck. Their contract is so convoluted it made my head spin. And only promised 2200 miles a week. I wish you luck, but no way I could survive on their contract at 2200 miles a week. What would I do the other 4 days of the week???
     
  5. Mikeli

    Mikeli Bobtail Member

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    I'll be starting on the 18th. I will update later, thanks.
     
  6. skipgears

    skipgears Medium Load Member

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    good luck and do your best regardless of conditions, work experience is after-all - work experience
     
  7. drodtrucking

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    How was uour road test Im doing mine tomorrow and they said its gonna be 2.5 hrs long thats as long as my class 1 road test
     
  8. drodtrucking

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    How was your road test? I’m doing mine tomorrow and they said it will be for 2.5 hrs thats as long as my class 1 road test
     
  9. Iron Maiden

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    If you're in the Toronto area, check out Martin Brower. I work there and we only deliver to Mcdonalds. It's union and you start at around $25/hr. We usually hire this time of year but not sure this year because of Covid. Things are a little slow. Guaranteed 40hrs/week pay. Top rate is $34/hr.
     
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  10. '88K100

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    Westcan in Toronto paying $38 hr,,,no surprise Pauls having so much difficulty wangling any drivers to haul fuel for $24 hour in Toronto(considering they both owned by same company):D
     
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  11. Mikeli

    Mikeli Bobtail Member

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    Updates: Stayed with Canada cartage for about two months, I have nothing bad to say about them, pay is not great, but ok for local jobs. Equipments are bad and really not much help from them since its their new business with Loblaws. Anyway, I went to Challenger after, finished their training program, in the truck stops, already have other drivers trying to convince me to switch to other better paid company. I'm not sure about leaving Challenger or not, but I would say Challenger's training is really good for starters, and their equipments are really good. My plan is to stay with them for at least 6 months, then get my own truck.
     
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