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People are less likely to read a solid wall of text.

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eazyliving said: ↑

well,im sure you have plenty of options and not locked under a contract..So happy searching.
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Yup,im with wti...and very happy.

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skellr said: ↑

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reaaaallllly......

eazyliving, Mar 18, 2012

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twistedjen said: ↑

what you told me sounds pretty much exactly like what the recruiter told me. not sure if i want to team or not, anybody have any advice/stories/experience to share?
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Can't give you any advice on teaming or not. But can tell you they are true to their word.

You may have to remind them. But they will make good on it.

dancnoone, Mar 18, 2012

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transam starting rate is .30 not .32 btw

Cranky Yankee, Mar 18, 2012

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why don't people just quit crst after getting they cdl an go to a different job tht pays back the money

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dancnoone said: ↑

Get back with us after you've gotten your legal, medical, and general bullxxxxing degree.

Most drivers finish these within 16 months. Others take up to 5 years, more or less.

The crying degree, is only available after you've completed the legal degree.

We offer several others you might be interested in. Our most popular degrees are "Gods gift to Women", "Drive your own XXXX truck", and the "Shut Up Stupid".

Unlike other capitalistic industries, trucking offers these ongoing educational programs are free to anyone who holds a CDL.
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You left out the late night phantom voice echoing from the CB announcing to all....."I aint wearin' no panties."

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You left out the late night phantom voice echoing from the CB announcing to all....."I aint wearin' no panties."
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I just heard that I ain't wearing no panties thing last week at a rest area. Is that a thing or could it possibly be the same guy. He totally wanted to blow me. I told him I was married to a hot co-driver and did not need his services.

Midnightrider909, Nov 20, 2016

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i think a cool self promoting song would make CRST more palatable.

something like.......oh,off the cuff something like..

CRST,them wheels is rollin.
CRST keep them reef......oh wait they're dry van....dryvans towin'...

Ristow, Nov 21, 2016

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Ok.here goes my experience from day 1 of CRST. Talked to a recruiter,Sarah Z. Fed me the song and dance,took me about 50 calls and 10 messages to contact her again to ask questions.Arrived at CRST on a sunday,drove myself,walked in the front door to see about a 100 people and smells like piss,dirty and very unorganized.Went up to counter,they didnt even have my name on the list to be there,and,were going to put me in a room with 3 cots and a light,i said no thanks i will pay for a hotel.I dont sleep with filth.The rooms on site,are 3 beds per room and thats it.Windows dont even open,bathrooms are down the hall with showers that arnt clean very often.Next day,Monday at 6am went to training center where they make you sign a form to repay them for housing,drug test and physical and transportation,if you didnt drive yourself.Then they bring in Kirkwood, in turn you sign a contract to repay kirkwood 2000.00 if you dont make it or quit.Then after that stood in line for 6hours with NO LUNCH to take a physical and drug test.Got in line at 845am and wasnt done till 230pm then had to hurry to get to kirkwood because class started at 3pm.Got to kirkwood and took notes and other things till 11pm.Went to hotel,slepted went back to kirkwood for 6am.2weeks went by got my CDL license.This whole time i never heard a word from my recruiter or crst.Paid for my own hotel,food etc.Cant say nothing bad about kirkwood school except for the fat marchmellow guy that sits on computer all day ######## at people for standing in hallway.During my 2 weeks of training i heard not one good thing about crst from all the trainers and or other people there.After i got my cdl friday i walked into crst and fount my recruiter.Told her i changed my mind i dont want to sign a contract and work for them,her responce was i dont give to ##### less i dont work on commission and i dont have time for you, talk to someone else.This wasnt a surprized since in only spoke to her like 3x before i drove up here.I was glad of her responce because i knew at that moment i was making the right decision.I paid kirkwood 2000.00 got my certificate for completion of school and moved on.
CRST doesn't give a crap about their people.Every week they bring in over 100 people for schooling and maybe 10 stay because they dont have any other options.I think they might get government funding for students.Classes are overloaded so you will be lucky to get 6hr of drive time in 2 weeks,its not kirkwood fault,they do the best they can with the amount of people crst brings to them weekly.If you do stay on with crst after training then you go out for 28days with a trainer of some sort,get paid 50.00 a day as long as you are driving,and then after training .22 cents a mile and maybe 3000 miles a week.Do the math,then you have to repay them weekly 40.00 a week for all the money they spent on you for drug test/physical/housing and transportation.By the way,if you never drove a truck before,after kirkwood school because the classes are so overfull,you will barely know how to drive a tractor.Kirkwood has some excellent trainers btw,was the only possitive thing of this 2week experience.
Bottom line,do not sign a contract with crst after you get your cdl from kirkwood.there is alot more and better options for you,but,you will need 2000.00 to get your 120hr certificate from them to appy to other companys as a student.
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A while back CRST tried to get me on to run doubles on a team gig for UPS. Sounded far far too good to be true so I never called them back...they even sent me a pre paid Walmart card with 50 bucks on it to try to show they were sincere....I knew they just wanted an experienced driver with a clean sheet to help their overall piss poor CSA score....Took my wife to Red Lobster on it and laughed at CRST...hehehe

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