You don't pay for any company required equipment you pay a deposit on all tire chains pad locks brooms nail pullers etc that's refunded if you ever leave the company so they don't lose $500 on a disgruntled employee
Received my conditional job offer yesterday with CFI. Can’t wait to get to driving for them. I should be able to start after the 10th of next month. So excited to get started. Can’t wait
francky august Sorry to hear that. Over the years I found working for smaller companies gave a guy more say. The last ten years I worked for guy that was great. The owners wife and daughter worked the office. The owner was always available to talk to and the dispatcher was a career driver. Absolutely the best job I ever had. Lots of freedom and respect. We had 6 tractors and 30 trailers.
Are all the trucks Kenworths? Also can you take the truck home for time off? I want to go back to trucking but I need the ability to live in my truck awhile. I’m selling my house and going debt free.
Got pretty red trucks, that are Plain-Jane. YOU have to buy chains for THEIR trucks. No Apu, but they say they want the driver to be comfortable. The driver will have to breath that good clean air from the grass-burner exhaust.
Buy your own chains really Was considering going to drive for CFI glad I learned this before I committed if they can't outfit there trucks can only imagine other small ways they put the squeeze on the driver
They do it so they don’t loose out on supplies on a new driver that can’t make the cut or steals company materials. CFI is not a bad company to work for at all.
um my name is casey s doss im just checking this video out for this truck i absulaity love this truck this my only truck i will drive in my opion but anyway im thinking about going with cfi i already talked to my recruiter vince he seems to be nice guy right me soon maam from this video ?
I was hoping to see a little about the sleeper controls. As a CFI trainee, we are taught most of the stuff covered in the video. Once we have our own truck, we figure out there is a whole dashboard inside the sleeper that we have never seen. Most of the stuff I can figure out, but not all. She did great just scored a little low on her CFI DOT test.
So for the truckers, whats it like to go from manual 13 or 18 gears to now automatic trucks? As a truck fan, man i like hearing the trucks run through the gears. Plus, i think there was more skill having to manuevr and shift. Less talented drivers nowadays. In my opinion.
I didn’t see an APU. Did she forget to mention the APU or worse it doesn’t have one? I want to believe that it does have one. And also I think she meant the Owner ops to purchase chains and stuff, not company drivers, right?
Just got hired on to cfi company drivers pay for there own chains and gear that they force u to buy and pay for or u can't get hired. No apu no fridge.
@@dillonjohn3976 Yup, it will say on your CDL manual or not. CFI does not teach on manual with their program I do not believe (I could be wrong on that) but this is why I prefer to go to school is because I get the manual endorsement since they teach on it 9 time out of 10.
You don't pay for any company required equipment you pay a deposit on all tire chains pad locks brooms nail pullers etc that's refunded if you ever leave the company
Am in Africa "UGANDA" in particular, but i would love to join the winning team in Logistics and the best truck company in the whole wide USA. Am a truck driver here in Uganda, i drive a 2008 MAN truck. Am passionate about driving trucks, as a matter of fact truck driving is my hobby. Am a fast learner en a dedicated driver, hard working, and adventurous, i would love to really be apart of this amazin company. LONG LIVE {CFI}, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
I just saw a video that CFI secretly records your conversations the entire time you are in their trucks. Total invasion of privacy because they don’t tell the drivers that. Has anyone seen or heard that also? And no APU? What the heck?
The audio works just like the forward facing camera, it does not save an event for viewing (or listening) unless there is a trigger for hard braking, following too close, speeding or lane management issues. When a saved event occurs there are 20 seconds of audio that goes along with the video. NO CONTINUOUS video or audio is received; only events trigger a saved recorded event.
Speaking from a former 1.2 million miler with CFI/Conway Truckload/XPO/ back to CFI again now part of Transforce base in Canada, the company is or was a descent company to drive for in compares to the previous company I drove for CRST. I was terminated by CFI because the Safety Department wanted to show me that they have the power over the drivers myself was no exception. When I received a warning from The State of Washington DOT because I had on a Bluetooth on both of my ears,the officer said if I have just one Bluetooth on my left ear only he would not given me a warning . The Safety Department lady said to me that I should’ve asked the DOT to issue me a citation instead of a warning, because the warnings means it goes against the company. If I get a ticket I could fight the ticket myself, but she reprimanded me because the company’s policies stated that it must be a hands free. I tried to tell her that it was hands free since it’s a Bluetooth wireless. She said “Technically it’s not hands free!” So I said to her I read the employee manual and stated that it’s a hands free device are allowed but the State of Washington does allows hands free devices but it can only be on the left side only so that drivers can hear emergency vehicles and sounds from the other ear. So I asked her if that was the case then a CB radio is not hands free because drivers has to reach out and hold the button to talk. Instead of taking that into consideration she she said “I’m the Safety Manager here I know the law and rules!” She proceeded to reprimand me. I was very upset so I spoke to the Director of Safety, several days later I received a call from the Safety Manager lady in her words” You went above a chain of commands and I was informed by my boss to delete the reprimanded forms that I gave you!” I told her that it wasn’t personal but I would like it off my files because it could harm me when I do decide to drive for other companies. Than two years later, I was terminated for urinating on the side of road because another driver saw me urinating on the side of the road. But I must say it was a blessing for me because if it hadn’t happened I would never be able to start my own trucking company. So if you are that Safety lady reads this comments I would like to thank you for terminating me. I now own 9 trucks and 7 OTR drivers.
So just a thought... driving a giant commercial vehicle that can easily end up killing other people on the road if you make a mistake, I'd say it's not that far off from the way we think of airline pilots. If my loved one was killed in an air crash I'd want the industry to find out exactly what happened that caused it, and stop it from ever happening again. I'd feel exactly the same if they were killed by a semi truck. If, as per @We Drive CFI post here, the recording only runs the last 20 seconds together with a dash cam, much like an airplane black box does, then I'd say it's absolutely justified and frankly necessary. If that recording can be remotely accessed by, let's say the HR team, at any time just for the purpose of reprimanding a driver for wrong speak, then no it's absolutely unfair and tyrannical.
I use to work for the company for 5 year good company and nices truck in my 5 year i drow manual , automatic new truck but i like more the automatic truck manualy i dont like thad one dont fell safe 👍
Typical big company fleet truck. Stripped down and make the driver provide everything their going to need. And you wonder why there’s a shortage of drivers.
An automatic transmission...great. That way you can feel very comfortable with one leg up on the dash while watching RUclips videos on your IPAD and cruising at 65mph in the left lane. ( .25mph faster than the truck in the right lane. ) Who cares about driving the truck when all you have to do is steer it...reactively of course. #laneassist #adaptivecruisecontrol #canyouatleastactlikeyourepayingattentiontowhatyouredoing 🙄
Manuals are old and outdated. The auto is smarter than you are and shifts better than you do every time. Hence the reason they get better mileage and better clutch life than manuals.
Tbh auto is trash, Automated is where it’s at. They feel like a manual, don’t have to shift, don’t worry about clutching and breaking anything. I don’t like shifting 13 gears with 40 tons so.
Ok you lost me at buy your own chains. Are you serious? Do I have to buy my own fuel to? This part I like. You don’t have to put your chains on just carry them. Wow thats cool, when I get a snow covered mountain pass someone is going to put my chains on for me. NOT! Run don’t walk away from a job offer at this outfit.
@@timoshi119 Well if thats the case then nothing would ever get moved where I live. Perhaps if you don’t want to chain up its time to look at a new profession.
@@donziperk Also my first company had another policy that you couldnt put on your chains and had to wait for someone to put them on for you,and as far as snowy mountains and passes we would drop the trailer at the bottom and a separate compamy they paid would shunt the trailer over to the other side and another driver from my company would pick it up to take it the rest of the way
@@timoshi119 I don’t even know what to say about that. In Canada you wouldn’t even get hired. Apparently those companies want no more than steering wheel attendants. It pathetic what is called a professional driver now. Maybe you should watch some videos of driving through the Rockies and Coast mountain of British Columbia Canada and get a taste of what a real driver is capable of.
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I like how she teaches going through every detail really nice
Such a beautiful truck with nice windows & door in sleeper berth. Kenworth trucks are the absolute best!
That was a fascinating presentation. Very informative.
Blind spot monitor built in as cars have. Nice truck inside & out. Less wear & tear on your legs or knees not having to double clutch.
I would still prefer the manual transmission
I only use the clutch when I'm starting out, otherwise I'm floating.
No-one use double clutch on a 18-speed. You float the gear.
GREAT TOUR, THANK YOU!
So no APU, no fridge and you have to buy straps, snow chains and locks etc for a company truck?
People wonder why they cant get good drivers
buy my own chains for a company truck i dont think so and they dont even have the smart wheel with the cruise and radio controls or a cat walk
You don't pay for any company required equipment you pay a deposit on all tire chains pad locks brooms nail pullers etc that's refunded if you ever leave the company so they don't lose $500 on a disgruntled employee
@@michaelyonts9286 that makes sense
@@michaelyonts9286 thank you for explaining this to people lol...I’m loosing my mind over these comments
at least it's better than buying a truck
Very nice truck. Great tour.
A View from the UK. Very nice show.
thank you for the tour
Oh and she did a wonderful job at describing the truck 🛻
Nice tour; thank you~~! Tell Big Scott we said hello, if you would... TYSM~!
Great video!!!!
Received my conditional job offer yesterday with CFI. Can’t wait to get to driving for them. I should be able to start after the 10th of next month. So excited to get started. Can’t wait
Forrest Brown Hows that going 9 months later?
donziperk not so good😂
francky august Sorry to hear that.
Over the years I found working for smaller companies gave a guy more say.
The last ten years I worked for guy that was great. The owners wife and daughter worked the office. The owner was always available to talk to and the dispatcher was a career driver. Absolutely the best job I ever had. Lots of freedom and respect.
We had 6 tractors and 30 trailers.
donziperk I never was hired on to drive OTR because of FMCSA restrictions.. I got a job driving a trash truck locally in my hometown.
@@expediterfromgeorgia7981 what were the requirements or what did they ask for
Thanks !
How does the touch pad work with load schedule, time in and time out, etc.
Good job
How does CFI feel about manual mode if needed ect...mountain driving? Thanks in advance
Nice Vid 🙂 I Run 18Sp.
👍i like the t860
Do you get to bring the truck home?
How do I order a fridge and microwave to fit in those compartments??
Didn’t even get the smart wheel to control cruise and radio?
Now, what about the Johnson bar?
Are all the trucks Kenworths? Also can you take the truck home for time off? I want to go back to trucking but I need the ability to live in my truck awhile. I’m selling my house and going debt free.
Got pretty red trucks, that are Plain-Jane. YOU have to buy chains for THEIR trucks. No Apu, but they say they want the driver to be comfortable. The driver will have to breath that good clean air from the grass-burner exhaust.
Buy your own chains really
Was considering going to drive for CFI glad I learned this before I committed if they can't outfit there trucks can only imagine other small ways they put the squeeze on the driver
They do it so they don’t loose out on supplies on a new driver that can’t make the cut or steals company materials. CFI is not a bad company to work for at all.
*also when you leave the company your reimbursed for the cost of any materials related to work (hence the “buy the first set of chains”)
I'm 17, how would I get a job driving got cfi?
um my name is casey s doss im just checking this video out for this truck i absulaity love this truck this my only truck i will drive in my opion but anyway im thinking about going with cfi i already talked to my recruiter vince he seems to be nice guy right me soon maam from this video ?
Those trucks are very nice
12:35 I know it helps at night when you are trying to find a trailer. Lol
You would think she would know that.
I was hoping to see a little about the sleeper controls. As a CFI trainee, we are taught most of the stuff covered in the video. Once we have our own truck, we figure out there is a whole dashboard inside the sleeper that we have never seen. Most of the stuff I can figure out, but not all. She did great just scored a little low on her CFI DOT test.
im already a tool bag so looks like i wont be needing one of those!!!
So for the truckers, whats it like to go from manual 13 or 18 gears to now automatic trucks? As a truck fan, man i like hearing the trucks run through the gears. Plus, i think there was more skill having to manuevr and shift. Less talented drivers nowadays. In my opinion.
Fo sho! These AMT’s (automated Manual Transmission) are wack. Excuse me, automated manual transmission?
too bad no APU's :(
I didn’t see an APU. Did she forget to mention the APU or worse it doesn’t have one? I want to believe that it does have one. And also I think she meant the Owner ops to purchase chains and stuff, not company drivers, right?
Just got hired on to cfi company drivers pay for there own chains and gear that they force u to buy and pay for or u can't get hired. No apu no fridge.
so do you still learn how to shift gears tho just to have as a truck driver when at CFI
If you don’t test in a manual you get a restricted cdl allowing only automatic transmission
@@dillonjohn3976 Yup, it will say on your CDL manual or not. CFI does not teach on manual with their program I do not believe (I could be wrong on that) but this is why I prefer to go to school is because I get the manual endorsement since they teach on it 9 time out of 10.
Did she say we have to pay for chains?
You don't pay for any company required equipment you pay a deposit on all tire chains pad locks brooms nail pullers etc that's refunded if you ever leave the company
Make sure you tell people if they work for you guys they will sit sometimes 4 days a week .
No APU’s ? How does the driver stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter? Temperature control is essential for comfort and a good nights rest.
The newer ones have APU's correct or am I wrong?
Is this truck a 13-speed or 7-speed transmission?
They have the newer eaton ultrashift so it's either 13 or 18 speed. Most likely a 13 is my guess.
12 gears + reverse
nice!!
No apu? I guess that's a good way to never have to pay fuel bonuses to drivers. Kind of a deal breaker.
Truck also shuts down after 5 minutes of idle time.
@@a1driver982 so how do you keep the ac running? Or a tv or something for more than 5 min without running the battery
@@luislaurencio that’s the neat part. You don’t.
Let me find out I'm doing more shifting with an automatic trans, than a manual 😆
I prefer Dave's tour video
Am in Africa "UGANDA" in particular, but i would love to join the winning team in Logistics and the best truck company in the whole wide USA. Am a truck driver here in Uganda, i drive a 2008 MAN truck. Am passionate about driving trucks, as a matter of fact truck driving is my hobby. Am a fast learner en a dedicated driver, hard working, and adventurous, i would love to really be apart of this amazin company. LONG LIVE {CFI}, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
I just saw a video that CFI secretly records your conversations the entire time you are in their trucks. Total invasion of privacy because they don’t tell the drivers that. Has anyone seen or heard that also? And no APU? What the heck?
The audio works just like the forward facing camera, it does not save an event for viewing (or listening) unless there is a trigger for hard braking, following too close, speeding or lane management issues. When a saved event occurs there are 20 seconds of audio that goes along with the video. NO CONTINUOUS video or audio is received; only events trigger a saved recorded event.
Speaking from a former 1.2 million miler with CFI/Conway Truckload/XPO/ back to CFI again now part of Transforce base in Canada, the company is or was a descent company to drive for in compares to the previous company I drove for CRST. I was terminated by CFI because the Safety Department wanted to show me that they have the power over the drivers myself was no exception. When I received a warning from The State of Washington DOT because I had on a Bluetooth on both of my ears,the officer said if I have just one Bluetooth on my left ear only he would not given me a warning . The Safety Department lady said to me that I should’ve asked the DOT to issue me a citation instead of a warning, because the warnings means it goes against the company. If I get a ticket I could fight the ticket myself, but she reprimanded me because the company’s policies stated that it must be a hands free. I tried to tell her that it was hands free since it’s a Bluetooth wireless. She said “Technically it’s not hands free!” So I said to her I read the employee manual and stated that it’s a hands free device are allowed but the State of Washington does allows hands free devices but it can only be on the left side only so that drivers can hear emergency vehicles and sounds from the other ear. So I asked her if that was the case then a CB radio is not hands free because drivers has to reach out and hold the button to talk. Instead of taking that into consideration she she said “I’m the Safety Manager here I know the law and rules!” She proceeded to reprimand me. I was very upset so I spoke to the Director of Safety, several days later I received a call from the Safety Manager lady in her words” You went above a chain of commands and I was informed by my boss to delete the reprimanded forms that I gave you!” I told her that it wasn’t personal but I would like it off my files because it could harm me when I do decide to drive for other companies. Than two years later, I was terminated for urinating on the side of road because another driver saw me urinating on the side of the road. But I must say it was a blessing for me because if it hadn’t happened I would never be able to start my own trucking company. So if you are that Safety lady reads this comments I would like to thank you for terminating me. I now own 9 trucks and 7 OTR drivers.
So just a thought... driving a giant commercial vehicle that can easily end up killing other people on the road if you make a mistake, I'd say it's not that far off from the way we think of airline pilots. If my loved one was killed in an air crash I'd want the industry to find out exactly what happened that caused it, and stop it from ever happening again. I'd feel exactly the same if they were killed by a semi truck. If, as per @We Drive CFI post here, the recording only runs the last 20 seconds together with a dash cam, much like an airplane black box does, then I'd say it's absolutely justified and frankly necessary. If that recording can be remotely accessed by, let's say the HR team, at any time just for the purpose of reprimanding a driver for wrong speak, then no it's absolutely unfair and tyrannical.
So ,y no cat walks behind cab on trucks ?
Don't need a cat walk the trailer comes up to about 5 feet from the tractor
michael yonts What are you the company troll?
@@donziperk what was I trolling about?
michael yonts sorry that wasn’t for you. Don’t know how I screwed that up.🙄
@@donziperk no problem
Apu ? Didn't hear anything about that ,also what about pet policy bringing a dog with you.
They have 1500watt inverters. No APU's. pretty nice company but bare minimum trucks as expected for a company vehicle.
$200-250 pet deposit, $175 permit for family members. Chains and other stuff are a deposit you get refunded if you dont damage or lose them.
I use to work for the company for 5 year good company and nices truck in my 5 year i drow manual , automatic new truck but i like more the automatic truck manualy i dont like thad one dont fell safe 👍
Typical stripped company truck. Nothing but the bare minimum.
Typical big company fleet truck. Stripped down and make the driver provide everything their going to need. And you wonder why there’s a shortage of drivers.
An automatic transmission...great. That way you can feel very comfortable with one leg up on the dash while watching RUclips videos on your IPAD and cruising at 65mph in the left lane. ( .25mph faster than the truck in the right lane. )
Who cares about driving the truck when all you have to do is steer it...reactively of course. #laneassist #adaptivecruisecontrol #canyouatleastactlikeyourepayingattentiontowhatyouredoing 🙄
The side door on the sleeper is for loading fat girls !!!!
stef, will you marry me, lol
She is fine.
Automatic is trash manual is real trucking
I agree lol
Jason Vanderwarf Couldn’t pay me enough to drive an automatic in the mountains.
Andre king Anyone who is capable of shifting a manual.
Manuals are old and outdated. The auto is smarter than you are and shifts better than you do every time. Hence the reason they get better mileage and better clutch life than manuals.
Tbh auto is trash, Automated is where it’s at. They feel like a manual, don’t have to shift, don’t worry about clutching and breaking anything. I don’t like shifting 13 gears with 40 tons so.
T680 what a pile I drove one for 2 years never want to see another one
Ok you lost me at buy your own chains. Are you serious? Do I have to buy my own fuel to?
This part I like. You don’t have to put your chains on just carry them. Wow thats cool, when I get a snow covered mountain pass someone is going to put my chains on for me. NOT!
Run don’t walk away from a job offer at this outfit.
Way I was taught was if the conditions of the road are bad enough for chains,its time to stop somewhere and shut down
@@timoshi119 Well if thats the case then nothing would ever get moved where I live.
Perhaps if you don’t want to chain up its time to look at a new profession.
@@donziperk Also my first company had another policy that you couldnt put on your chains and had to wait for someone to put them on for you,and as far as snowy mountains and passes we would drop the trailer at the bottom and a separate compamy they paid would shunt the trailer over to the other side and another driver from my company would pick it up to take it the rest of the way
@@donziperk If you were caught putting the chains on your truck that we legally had to carry it was an automatic termination
@@timoshi119 I don’t even know what to say about that. In Canada you wouldn’t even get hired. Apparently those companies want no more than steering wheel attendants. It pathetic what is called a professional driver now. Maybe you should watch some videos of driving through the Rockies and Coast mountain of British Columbia Canada and get a taste of what a real driver is capable of.
What a joke