C.R England

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Is this a recent student you graduated ? ...LOL .

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[bulkdriverlp]

i havent posted in a while. thought i would catch you up. i went out on another trainer truck since then, there was already a student on the truck. he had been on the truck 10 days prior to me getting on. what a hastle, i dont agree with the 3 people on a truck thing. the trainer told me i cant use the jake brake because it will warp the head. lol. so i knew right away this was gunna be a disaster. when i first drove, he sat in the jump seat and observed. he said, "your gunna be easy" and kept observing until i got on the highway. i went a few miles down the road and he went in the bunk and played grand theft auto for 3 hrs and went to sleep. with the other student he didnt sleep much, due to the fact that when he was getting ready to get off the highway he slowed down to 40mph on the highway without 4-ways on then got off. slowed down even more (which is ok) the whole way down the offramp he's grinding gears, cant seem to figure out which one to get it in. after about .3 tenths of this the trainer finally took over the shifter. by the time he got to the stop sign he had the right gear. why am i on the truck with this kid? you would think he would know something about downshifting since hes been on the truck for 10 days. this trainer wasnt very good. i have a cpap machine for sleep apnia, which takes over 400 watts of power to run it. even though there was 3 of us on the truck we took 6hr naps. he had to idle the truck the whole time because of my machine. that was wasting his fuel and the company wouldnt refund him any money. so he put me off the truck. now im waiting to get back on a company trainer truck, ive been here 13 days in the hotel now waiting. the only bad thing about c.r.e. is they dont have enough trainers and they keep hiring newbies. i have to stick it out, theres nothing at home.

[Pack_Rat]

i havent posted in a while. thought i would catch you up. i went out on another trainer truck since then, there was already a student on the truck. he had been on the truck 10 days prior to me getting on. what a hastle, i dont agree with the 3 people on a truck thing. the trainer told me i cant use the jake brake because it will warp the head. lol. so i knew right away this was gunna be a disaster. when i first drove, he sat in the jump seat and observed. he said, "your gunna be easy" and kept observing until i got on the highway. i went a few miles down the road and he went in the bunk and played grand theft auto for 3 hrs and went to sleep. with the other student he didnt sleep much, due to the fact that when he was getting ready to get off the highway he slowed down to 40mph on the highway without 4-ways on then got off. slowed down even more (which is ok) the whole way down the offramp he's grinding gears, cant seem to figure out which one to get it in. after about .3 tenths of this the trainer finally took over the shifter. by the time he got to the stop sign he had the right gear. why am i on the truck with this kid? you would think he would know something about downshifting since hes been on the truck for 10 days. this trainer wasnt very good. i have a cpap machine for sleep apnia, which takes over 400 watts of power to run it. even though there was 3 of us on the truck we took 6hr naps. he had to idle the truck the whole time because of my machine. that was wasting his fuel and the company wouldnt refund him any money. so he put me off the truck. now im waiting to get back on a company trainer truck, ive been here 13 days in the hotel now waiting. the only bad thing about c.r.e. is they dont have enough trainers and they keep hiring newbies. i have to stick it out, theres nothing at home.

Unemployment is better than CRE any time.

[Rev.Vassago]

3 people in a CMV is illegal, unless there is a DOT approved seat with a 3 point restraint for every one of them.

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Ah...HA! ...I told ya guys CRE trainer trucks have been known to pack 2 or 3 students in a truck ,However I did notice it was always lease purchase driver trainer trucks packing them in like cattle ...CRE YOU S U C K !!!

[Jumbo]

I often wondered how drivers get away with them, their wife, two kids and a dog riding around in a 70" Columbia.

[belpre122]

The entire folly sounds more like the Bataan Death March than truck driving .

Yet CRE gets away with it, day in and day out. I'll never understand.........

[robertt]

HOLY CRAP!!! That cannot be the only driving job available in America. There is no way in H.E. double tooth picks I would put up with that. I've read some bad stuff about CRE but this takes the cake. Go apply at Lowes, Home Depot, your local lumber yard, grocery warehouse, O'rielly's parts store delivering parts, delivering milk, mail, newspaper delivery, for Pete's sake anything but that. I would work 2 shifts at McDonalds befor I would put up with that, but that's just me.

[bulkdriverlp]

time for an update.

i got on another truck with just me and the trainer, finished out my phase 1 time (35 days) now im back in the hotel doing the upgrade at the school. taking my tests and submitting my paperwork. now they tell us that phase 2 is 60 days. so i have to go as a "second seat" with somebody who doesnt know any more than me for 60 days. 2 newbies in a truck is better than one. oh speaking of that, they elliminated all company solo drivers. told them they had to run team. rumor has it at least 30 people quit already and its only been announced for 4 days. its getting worse around here......wish me luck

[Uturn2001]

3 people in a CMV is illegal, unless there is a DOT approved seat with a 3 point restraint for every one of them.

Not exactly. They can get away with it since, in theory, one person would be in the sleeper, resting, while the truck is rolling and the bottom bunk at least does have a DOT approved restraint on it.

[Syncrosonix]

Unemployment is better than CRE any time.

i have patience and my tolerance levels seem to be abnormal. however, not even i would put up with that crap. i'd pack up, leave, and go back to what i was doing before.