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Ian Williams
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
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Location: Northern NV
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:48 am Post subject: |
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Skullitor wrote:
Do you guys like any large company?There is NO PERFECT COMPANY!
:x BOSS SKULL 8)
Gordon would be my first pick if I were ever to go OTR. |
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Skullitor
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll add Knight to the BAD !!! KEEP AWAY FROM list.I was supprised to read the horror stories on Knight. :x |
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PaleRider
Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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Location: Greenville, TX
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Skullitor wrote:
Do you guys like any large company?There is NO PERFECT COMPANY!
:x BOSS SKULL 8)
Everything I have witnessed about Crete, with one exception (quality of equipment) tells me they are a pretty good company to work for. As you said, not perfect, just good. Practical route miles, way better than average pay for a large company, profit sharing, 401k, med/dental/vision... Loox good 2 me. And I know they get plenty of miles. Hell, I see 'em all OVER the damned place. *L* |
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Skullitor
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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PaleRider wrote: Skullitor wrote:
Do you guys like any large company?There is NO PERFECT COMPANY!
:x BOSS SKULL 8)
Everything I have witnessed about Crete, with one exception (quality of equipment) tells me they are a pretty good company to work for. As you said, not perfect, just good. Practical route miles, way better than average pay for a large company, profit sharing, 401k, med/dental/vision... Loox good 2 me. And I know they get plenty of miles. Hell, I see 'em all OVER the damned place. *L*
Yes,Crete /Schaefer are good outfits,I agree. |
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Smooth
Joined: 02 Feb 2006
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Location: NE Ohio
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Skullitor"][quote="PaleRider"] Skullitor wrote:
Do you guys like any large company?There is NO PERFECT COMPANY!
:x BOSS SKULL 8)
Uh yea . Let's see . Roehl , CFI , Barr-Nunn , Crete , Schneider , Marten |
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Skullitor
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Smooth, Roehl is in a tailspin lately.Not much freight,Drivers laid over for days and drivers quitting them.The guy who was "Mr.ROEHL" and ran a board for Roehl quit and now drives a "RED RACER" for CFI. |
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Soladad
Joined: 18 Dec 2005
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Location: Vancouver, Washington
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Roehl is not in a tail spin. They must be doing well for all the new tractors and trailers they have been purchasing this year. 2/3rd of the fleet is being replaced with 2006 and 2007 models.
I have never sat days waiting for a load. Only one time have I sat and it was on a Monday morning and only for 2 hours. Always have a pre-plan on me before I am finished out with my current load.
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Crete_drvr
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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I totally disagree with you soladad.
Roehl sucks, that's my opinion. I'm a newer driver only been driving 1 year and now I'm making .41 cents per mile which is roehl's top pay for van. I would have to work at roehl for 7 years to get that! I worked for them my first year and almost lost my house and cars. I worked damn hard too. Roehl claimed I'd be out for 11 days and home for 3, well in reality it was 14-18 out and 2 1/4 off, not to mention the times my hometime was interupted because they wanted me to go meet one of their drivers at a truckstop to take his load because he was "out of hours".
I don't know who these people are or what their motivation is for saying that roehl is such a great company to work for.
My dispatcher who was out of Gary, IN never answered his phone, ever. And was a complete jagoff! Thankfully he got fired. My next dispatcher damn near always answered his phone but was totally immature and threw temper tantrums. The only good, make that excellent dispatcher I had used to be a driver. I had 3 dispatchers in a little under a year.
I was talking to one of my fellow Crete drivers and he asked me what was up with roehl's recruiters. He called them to see if he could get on with roehl's 7/7 (wanted to semi-retire) and the recruiter asked him "how long you been driving and how many accidents and tickets?" the Crete driver ssaid "17 years no tickets or accidents" the roehl recruiter replied "well give me your social and I'll pull your DAC and find out for myself, I know how you guys are...". Needless to say the driver told him to go f* himself.
Let me also tell you about this guy named Troy in Marshfield,WI he would make sexist comments toward females in my orientation class and make fun of a guy who was overweight. Totally unprofessional.
Does this sound like a company you'd wanna work for? Not me.
Heck even the guy who owns www.roehldriver.com went to drive for Crete LOL
http://www.roehldriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=281 |
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hoss4104
Joined: 25 Sep 2006
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Location: IDAHO
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject: put knight trans in at ##2 |
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and along with them put their little sister knight ref.
they are as bad as cr england and will lie to you like swift |
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crazyWillie
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| so cr england is ok as long as you dont lease from them |
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Ian Williams
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
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Location: Northern NV
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:09 am Post subject: |
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crazyWillie wrote: so cr england is ok as long as you dont lease from them
The company driver side is par for the course for a McMegacarrier, but you do get the enjoy the wonderful world of food warehouses. |
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ironeagle2006
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
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| My top 5 never to work for 1 would be Millis transfer I like to go up hills in better than 5th gear thank you. 2. The Florilli Corp. Maury needs to send more time keeping his drivers happy than hiding tha salami in the payroll girls. I actually caught him in the act on that one. 3 Swift need I say more there. 4th Covenent sorry I do not drive for a company that has pedophiles. 5th Inland Transport small outfit in IL boss has old CRST trucks so you know what kind of shape they are in. |
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usdyver
Joined: 09 Nov 2005
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Location: Red Bank, TN
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:58 am Post subject: |
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ironeagle2006 wrote: 4th Covenent sorry I do not drive for a company that has pedophiles.
While Covenant may suck in a lot of ways I'm sure they do not knowingly accept pedophiles. You would be suprised how secretive they can be. Just look at Congress that exposed a pedophile who served on the committee to protect children from pedophiles. Child sexual offenders usually blend well and dont draw the spolight. They arent sitting on the bench at the playground saying "Want some candy little girl?" |
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ironeagle2006
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
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| Covenent holds themsleves to such a high standard that they are chosen by God to run the nations freight it seems sometime. I got tired of seeing company after company that was good being bought out by them they are almost as bad as SWIFTY when it comes to buying other companies it seems. |
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crazyWillie
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Is Food Warehouses bad or something???
thanks. |
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