Drivers need to remember that the East Coast has never really changed much since they became the 13 colonies. Back in the day there were no semi trucks, just horse and carts. NYC seen such population growth since immigrants came through there at Ellis Island was the shipping route destination from foreign countries. Look at Boston, NYC, and so many other cities towns, in Connecticut, Mass, R.I, Delaware, New Jersey, Parts of Philadelphia, Pittsburg, East Coast of Maryland, so on and so on.
My first couple months with Shaffer / Crete
Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by Farmerbob1, Jun 25, 2017.
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Then it gets unfriendly REAL fast.bmack, Metallica88 and dieselViking Thank this. -
Haha, I live there, less than a mile from Gorton's. The city has put to signs recently pointing truckers to the truck route, but most drivers ignore the signs and follow thier gps instead. Take a wrong turn, end up on a residential with no way to get your self out. Seen it a ton of times, always makes me laugh. All they had to do was open their eyes and follow the signs. The PD has been cracking down on truckers not taking the truck route through town.Metallica88 Thanks this. -
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I work for Crete good company when first started for them in 2014 I was out 6-8 weeks not any more probably 4 max wish the miles were a lot long longer though 550 average I do go out west occasionally I was just in Colorado ,Utah Washington state California, Oregon and Montana but usually run east of the Mississippi
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No 3 weeks 3-4 days I’m out 4-5 weeks 5 days and I’ve never had problems with taking 5 days off
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So, in 6 cycles, you have burned 69 hours. 6 cycles is 5.5 days. The last cycle includes the first 10 hours of your 34. So, you refresh your clock with 70 hours, at 6.5 days, and push out another 11.5 hours of on duty time, making 80.5 hours in 7 days.
However, in that scenario, I think I must have started my new 70 on payroll deadline day. That means that I would have had 8 days driving on one paycheck. That's the only way I can think of to say I got 90 hours on duty time in one week. Either that, or I fumble fingered a 8 instead of a 9.
I do NOT run that hard any more. It takes me 6 days to break a 70 now, if I am running strong, not 5.5.Driver Eight Thanks this. -
Goodness, scared a you. Interesting. I have run similarly once or twice in spirit, but not to the max literally on a reg basis. But IIRC, one week when I ran coast to coast reefer, had a 2nd load out of Cincinnati to Napa, an un-governed truck (company didn’t know), nearly impossible deadline with not enough hours to run. Made it with 15 minutes to spare because It was a challenge. You’d think they had to know I couldn’t make it at 65mph when I was dispatched. Nobody batted an eye when I did make it with no distress call. Dispatchers! Smdh. Anyway, I need more rest as older folk do than to run super hard like that nowadays
Thread caught my eye. I’m starting back up OTR with next month while I keep studying going OO. But Zip recruiter sent me an ad for Crete/Shaffer that says top 50% make 81k, and I said to myself, maybe I better re-think going to where I’m going, although similar cpm with good milesLast edited: Jan 8, 2020
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