You Have To Know About This Crete Carrier Story

Texas Rules:
You can be OD for a total of 15 hours
Your rest break can be only 8 hours
You can drive, I believe, 12 hours, but double check that one
No ridiculous 30 minute break requirement
I believe it's only 24 hours off for a restart. Check that one, too.
But to be able to drive all-Texas rules, you have to start at point A at the beginning of the day and return to point A at the end of the day. At least that's what I've been told.

 

"hmmm" nothing. I've been busy doing other things outside of trucking. It's been a good break. I dread going back to it. If I could go another 6 months out of it, I would. And I might.

 

On top of this, Crete keeps contacting me wanting me to go back. I've told them how it is. Me. No. Pay. That. Is. It. People there are like too many at too many a trucking company. They have the dreaded 'in one ear, out the other' disease.

 

Well, it happened. Hard as it is to believe. I'd question it, too, if I hadn't been stuck at a Freighliner 5 1/2 days and was given the invoice. I think the tow was 1200 for 26 miles. I need to get a tow truck with a sleeper and hit the road.

 

PS--If Crete would have been on their game, they'd have sent somebody from Lincoln the first night and fifthwheeled it back to their shop. That would have saved the 5600-1200 or about 4400. But nope. I believe I mentioned in an earlier post I got about 92 dollars in breakdown for 5 1/2 days of sitting.