Asked and Answered, January 31, 2024
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Regarding the truck cleaning fees, the terminals expect the trucks to be cleaned to "professional detailer" level clean. Lenoir City is particularly picky when inspecting the truck.
As for using points for parking it can take months to earn enough points to pay for parking even once
You sure won't get enough points to pay for parking when T/A charges 20 bucks or more pilot is at least 18 bucks
Ta in Ontario now 30 dollars
Agree. Available parking is so far away from most companies. They seem to forget that I'm safely moving tons down the road. I hehe noticed the 50mha is dialed in on my terrible GPS.
Currently sweating, my dog panting. After being woken up by the engine powering down.
It sucks
Ok guys, seems like there are a lot of people complaining about the paychecks! Solution? One thing that gets me is having accepted a preplan only to be told it was given to another driver, spending my drive time going to locations to find an mty, when the person who sent me the directions didn’t first check to see if there were any mtys available at that location first! Spending hours of my drive time driving to a load that has been cancelled or pushed out is also a bummer! One more, trying to get home but I’m being sent preplans that get me home 3 days later than I planned for, dr appointments aren’t the same as the old days!
None of these things have happened to me in the 3 years I’ve been working here
I totally agree. I am tired of departments not double-checking things. Either I let them do them and run into every situation you just said. Or I have to micromanage them and do their job plus mine. It's worse for me on Sunday nights than any other day.
If you are driving to get an empty, you are supposed to be paid for those miles; same with a trip that gets cancelled. After you reconcile your pay statement, if you have not been paid, you should contact your dispatcher. They DO make mistakes, especially when you are dealing with multiple people.
The side box is nearly useless when theres a 1200 watt inverter and battery cables taking up half of it 🤦♂️
Your inverter is in your side box? That’s weird.
To Mr. Kutter. BAD answer on card points. Please do some research. We are lucky if we can keep $10.00 bucks on our cards plus we use points on food items. And just how many points do you THINK we get off a 60 gal top off??? These are YOUR trucks and it is YOUR freight we haul. Please reimburse us our parking fees
@@jamesmccauley1403 Good for you! I hope that company is debt free and shares its profits withya and I hope the Driver managers are respectful and you aren't on forced dispatch! Let me know when you return!
As per the fan in showers I understand what they were referring too like in truck stops there are small fans mounted on the walls that helps move the air those exhaust fans are never enough
Can’t believe you are not doing the trip planning books anymore. For every driver that you say doesn’t like them I can find drivers that used them on every load for years. I’m sure I could find plenty of things to cut cost on at Crete before cutting a trip planning book that drivers do use. I would cut the security gate for Lincoln Terminal to save money. Drivers will just run into it anyway.
I love them and always grab at least 2 when i see them
Just grabbed two at Wilmer
They charged me even though i turned in my old truck spotless. It took a lot of fighting to get part of it back
didn't charge me anything but i broke down in dodge city ks had my bro in law pick me up had a new job and never went back
@@JASONHJEFFERSON different deal
Photo/video evidence of it being spotless and a walk through with a manager are good bargaining chips.
@@LawrenceHanson2 excellent point, although I was told it was a standard fee and everyone pays it, that was a lie.
The cleaning fees charged at different terminals are really inconsistent. Always $300 plus at Lenoir City and $125 at other terminals. Perhaps a standard fee should be set company wide. Or maybe the company should realize a truck getting dirty is just overhead and part of the job and not charge fees.
They've actually addressed that in previous episodes. They can't standardize the cost, as each location costs different amounts to clean.
Don't forget that most employees are paid per hour. And each state has different per hour rates.
What costs $150 at one terminal, cost much more elsewhere.
I see your point, but I see theirs too.
The simplest solution is to make sure you leave your truck spotless, take Photo evidence, and make the terminal manager do a walk through with you present.
If you look into the trucks of many of these drivers you'd understand that these costs are justified on them. Lord have mercy!
You’ve clearly never had the misfortune of recovering a truck here. I’ve seen trucks at Crete where my first thought is they should fire this driver for simply being a disgusting human being.
Dont you think it would be better if the asset manager would communicate to us about the load instead of us guessing or having to call or msg them. They know what is going on and should communicate to u before sending it
Exactly it seriously annoys me when on the load info it says something like 6 am Monday morning as the delivery time cut off but then I call and dispatch will be like what?!? Oh no you got till Tuesday at midnight to get it there. SMH, literally just tell me the times. I shouldn’t be stressing about getting there only to find out I have an extra day to work with
I liked the little trip books, so either buy our own note pads or carry your phone or peoplenet tablet into shipper, the latter seems dumb to me but oh well
@@martins9888 I just use a pocket note book, it’s just what I’ve always done.
? - when are they getting rid of all those trade trls taking up parking for loads and breaks?
When the market price increases to where they want. Why sell something when it sells for cheap, when they can wait a year and sell it for double. That's their thinking at the moment.
When I was in California the guys at loves wouldn’t pass the trailer inspection without the rubber bumpers. It took me an hour or so to convince them that None of our trailers have them. Just throwing this out there donno if anyone else has had this happen.
Ask them where it is required in the FMCSA guidelines
Most of the time for me, the smart delivery info has no info, and the rare times it does, it's incomplete or wrong
In respect with the Lakeland, FL terminal update, it was basically said that if everything goes well construction should start in the summer. Approx how long would the construction take?? Thanks.
Really can't speculate on that right now. We'll provide updates once construction begins.
We can't get enough points when we get different fuel solutions every time. We have to fuel at least 1000 gallons at the same truck stop to be able to get those points. And you guys always want drivers to fill at the terminals because it is cheaper. So it's impossible to pay with points when pilot charges 25 dollars to park and TA OR PETRO 30 dollars to park. Mr. Erik
When are we going to get computers on the truck to perform a forced regen otherwise you will keep having to tow trucks because the screen will be red and say, "regen required", but then when you attempt to perform it, it will say, "not allowed" and yes even at the 150 water temperature that they (breakdown) recommend and even with the trailer brakes set as they also recommended it doesn't allow us to do a regen. Thank you!
I don't understand why they're so resistant to putting a fan in the shower room just like all the truck stops. Also why is there no place to set our belongings down other then the floor in the shower rooms. They should go into a new Loves and look at their showers.
Why does Crete assume drivers with 5 yrs OTR experience know it all and have done it all? When you hire someone that’s how you pay them. I have combined 33+ yrs OTR including 19 1/2 yrs as an O/O and over 3 million accident free miles including 13 yrs and 7 months with Crete previously yet I am started at the same company pay as driver with only 5 yrs experience. I only returned because my last truck was getting too costly to repair and I had some familiarity with what I would be getting into. If you want to improve your safety record and costs in general paying more for experience might be something to consider.
Not that I do or don’t agree with you but I’m walk around here at the Lincoln Terminal. I walked by where the drivers parked their cars before they go out on the road. I see a Blue Maserati sitting there. There is at least one truck driver not doing to bad.
@@DG-mo5kr one has nothing to do with the other.
@@Prodigal1 You don’t think you get paid enough because of your experience right? I guess you don’t own the Maserati at the Lincoln Terminal. What you don’t get is you will get paid whatever the truck driver market is. You have options to make more if you want. That maybe at Crete or elsewhere.
@@DG-mo5kr I know all about the market, the point is they should pay for experience. They should pay up to their maximum for a driver with the equivalent experience. If they pay 70 cents top step say after being there 7 yrs or 10 yrs and I come back with combined 33 yrs experience including 13 years 7 months with them previously I should not be starting out the same as someone with 5 yrs experience. Therefore you get what you pay for. The effort I will give and the job I will do will be limited to that of a 5 yr exp driver and no more. Yes, I could b.s. drivers and maybe get referrals but my conscience demands I tell the whole truth about Crete. Good and bad!
@@DG-mo5krsame in PA lol
The profit sharing showed up today (1/31/2024).
How much was it?
who ever puts these videos together it would be nice if you could add chapters to the videos so we can skip around
If you look in the description and click on the transcript you can kind of do that - not exactly but it can be helpful.
❤️ crete n everything about channel.. I was approved n offered job otr.. strongly consider..very great company n people ❤
I love the trip book just like it is saves me money not having to buy books to write everything down
A few thoughts:
Peoplenet - the drive screen needs to have display brightness/night mode buttons added such as the previous system had.
Weekend dispatch has GOT TO QUIT IGNORING US! There are times on weekends when i get no messages from them for two days. Its ridiculous.
Cleaning fees should be waved when a driver is having to empty out at a non-company location. I had to swap trucks at a freightliner while under a load and was hit with a $300 cleaning fee, had to fight like crazy with the terminal to get refunded. It literally took me threatening to put in my two week notice because thats completely unfair.
Go to settings, then display. Change it to dark mode turn the brightness all the way down and turn adaptive brightness on. Much better
@Dobbs3 Already did that, but I'd rather it barely be visible at all when driving overnights. Turning off the screen logs the driver out for some reason, so that's not an option. Putting a Terry towel over the screen can cause overheating issues, which is why I was asking for the old display settings on the drive screen.
Turning off the screen doesn’t log me out
@@TenPinTruckernot having those options is not cretes choosing. Turning the screen off doesn’t log me out. A towel over the device isn’t going to overheat it. It’s not a powerful computer that needs tremendous airflow to stay cool.
Is Phoenix getting a real terminal, I thought you had mentioned this a few months ago,, but still needed to get plan and stuff through county,,,, just asking
Phoenix will be getting a new terminal at some point, but no site has been selected.
Bring back the crete wide base coffee cups
Weather impact pay is a joke, I was stuck in a weather related freeway shut down, I contacted dispatch was stuck for about 16 hours, but never got paid, because I still made on time delivery, that seemed funny,, so if I only get paid inclament pay for being late, which do you prefer?
No. You get paid no matter what for shutting down due to weather. I got caught in a blizzard a few weeks ago. Was paid over $530 for the time I say so I know they pay it. Contact your terminal manager to get it squared away.
@@Dobbs3 no you dont
@@genehart404speaking from experience, yes you do. Reread what I typed and then work on your comprehension.
@@Dobbs3 wow I guess your just that SMART, NOT, speaking from experience I did not get paid as I said, you must think your the only person smart enough to talk to their terminal manager, wow, guess what, that's who told me, so that's MY experience not yours
@@genehart404well congratulations for allowing them to not pay you. Personally I wouldn’t accept that answer but that’s just me. Funny I got paid and you didn’t. No wonder drivers complain like children constantly. You ALLOW people to walk all over you and then somehow it’s not your fault 😂 Also, if you’re going to insult someone’s intelligence, the least you could do is make sure your grammar is on point. My child could type more coherent sentences than you.
If you can match my 1.01 a mile I get now I'd come to the company
Profit sharing posted today in my account
Some of those points are from me spending my money,no way in hell am I paying to park a multimillion $ company equipment
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So cost of living has increased over the last 3 years 200 percent
Wyoming light trailers mostly effects empty and box trucks. Last time i was through there light weight restriction said 40,0000 lbs. That's gross, empty your about 35k. So even a light load is heavy enough most of the time
They ain’t gonna check your weight less you crash.
When Eric answered about the paid parking in the North East, he said "you should be getting enough points for at least 2 days a month"
That statement really makes them sound disconnected. He made it sound like we only need to be parked 2 days in a month.
I've only had a problem finding a spot a couple times in the last year, but I'm national, and I am a night driver, so I park when the Solar-powered drivers are driving. I don't really care about the parking. I just don't like how that segment made them sound.
1. Loves does not do paid parking, so that just leaves us with Pilot and TA points, which is not enough for daylight drivers who are in the NorthEast a lot, especially since divers don't have control on what brand they get those points.
2. With all the talk about driver shortage, there is even less parking.
3. I feel that it is as much of a safety liability to not reimburse for paid parking as it is to shutdown for weather. And since they have started pay for that, they should be paying for parking.
- Although, maybe with the stipulation that only if they are shutting down from 1700-0500. Or some such, in order to minimize abuse.
4. Maybe they can have an opt-in program like they do for perdiem and pets. - 0.5cpm deduction to enable reimbursement for parking.
Air ride saves drivers backs. It shouldn't be about the customer it should be about comfort for your drivers
The truck and cab are air ride
@@TerraFirmaX lol I know but trailer makes a big difference it keeps the truck from slamming
I pulled one of the few utility Crete trailers we have the other day. So much better. I’m fully onboard with Crete switching to utility instead of wabash. They even look better in my opinion. Sadly, I only had it for a short 260 mile load. I was bummed dropping it haha…If I could get one and only do live loads and unloads, it would be worth it just to keep one of those trailers.
Basically nothing new and no changes. They got the year wrong also on this video.
I feel like this is the appropriate venue for this question. Although, i fell like it will take many months to get a solution.
As the weather hearts up. I can't sleep well with the comfort idling starting and stopping. My dog sits in the window catching a little wind. I can't say that's is much different for me.
It's not super hot yet. But it will be.
APU 100% improves driver comfort over opti idle.
I'm swatting my butt off and then get woken up by the engine kicking over. × however many times opti idle thinks I'm comfortable. This, is not in the best interest of the drivers.