My experience at Central Transport

It would be great if they went under. Lousy company.

 

and a lot of people would be out of jobs...

 

I seriously don't appreciate that comment. I work for central transport and them going under would mean me and several other THOUSANDS of people would be without a job. Btw it is very stupid to even suggest that. Matty is one of the richest men on earth. Central aint going anywhere and contrary to what others are saying things are getting better. I've been with them for over a year and even in that short amount of time I've seen the maintenance and other problems getting better albeit slowly but they are making progress. I for one don't mind central transport. As long as you set them straight and refuse to drive a truck or trailer that has violations the other problems with this company are really small in my opinion. Once I leave the terminal I might hear from my dispatcher once or twice a day and even that is only through texts. Once in a blue moon I will get a phone call from my dispatcher. Central leaves the driver alone as long as the driver does his job. Yes I wish i got paid overtime over 40 but this is trucking and very few other ltl companies pay overtime over 40

 

they've been sticking to O/O for ever. including me in the 80's

 

I'm out of the upper midwest...sry but if I got anymore specific they'd be able to identify me. I haven't had big issues with central. It seems the yard I'm out of is better taken care of than most others but then again that could be because we use vendors to fix our equipment instead of a maintenance shop. That being said I dont plan on staying with central forever but they do have a place. 3 months otr and you can get into the ltl field. In my opinion it's a good starter local company for those that want to get into the ltl field but don't have enough experience to go to the better ltl companies like old dominion.

 

What company are you working for now?

 

Any experience with the Richmond, VA yard? I've seen them advertising here and there on Craigslist, and I'd like to get into LTL, but I've only got ~8 months experience. They seem to be one of the few companies that'll hire local with less than a year of experience.