Crst

[jsarfabbf]

Well, on Monday me and my room mate will be off to CRST for training... Now truck driving forums like to talk crap about ALL companies... So, I am going to give you my experience... to all new truck drivers looking for a school to go to... don't listen to most of this crap on here... people like to complain... trust me... reading most of these forums will only make the decision harder or steer you away from truck driver all together. If I have issues with them I will make sure they are NOT personal... as to give readers a fair say on the company, whether it is going to be good or bad...

CRST I will be training with for 3 1/2 weeks and then I go on the road for 28 straight days with a trainer preferably a girl if they have one! :) As I am female... After then 28 days me and my room mate will get our OWN truck and we are off... We get to bring our truck home on the home times which is good. and the contract is only for 8 months! So if they totally suck I don't have to stay for a year! :) I will save all other details til later when I have left for training and will keep it updated as much as possible for all those looking at CRST

Best of luck to all those new truckers out there!

[pro1driver]

Originally Posted by jsarfabbf

Well, on Monday me and my room mate will be off to CRST for training... Now truck driving forums like to talk crap about ALL companies...

first, i take personal offense to this, that we talk crap here.
i (for one) have right now 20 years of driving experience which also includes, teaming and some training i did for my company, although, i was NEVER PAID a driver's trainer pay.

i can tell you, i DO KNOW some things about SOME companies, and SOME OF THAT is from PERSONAL experience.

So, I am going to give you my experience... to all new truck drivers looking for a school to go to... don't listen to most of this crap on here... people like to complain... trust me... reading most of these forums will only make the decision harder or steer you away from truck driver all together.

again, i take offense with these comments.......

only a "regular certified driving school" is the prefered way to go. to go ahead and sign a contract with a large carrier for training, puts the student into a tailspin of uncertainty, and binding contractual agreements.

and IF I CAN CONVINCE someone from NOT being a trucker, I WILL...
it's NOT A JOB for everyone.

If I have issues with them I will make sure they are NOT personal... as to give readers a fair say on the company, whether it is going to be good or bad...

this i find hard to believe, because its ALWAYS personal

CRST I will be training with for 3 1/2 weeks and then I go on the road for 28 straight days with a trainer preferably a girl if they have one! :) As I am female... After then 28 days me and my room mate will get our OWN truck and we are off... We get to bring our truck home on the home times which is good. and the contract is only for 8 months! So if they totally suck I don't have to stay for a year! :) I will save all other details til later when I have left for training and will keep it updated as much as possible for all those looking at CRST

Best of luck to all those new truckers out there!

i hope you do well, because 3 1/2 weeks may NOT BE enough time for you to learn backing manuvers efficently enough. most schools have students doing "yard manuvers" for "up to" 8 weeks, and that's IN THE YARD, not on the road, where you can concentrate on those moves.

i feel right now, that you will be given a "crash course" in backing. take into account to that YOU WILL BE DOING classroom training that is required, and even that takes time.

when some of us give out advice its because "we've been there, done that", and THAT AIN'T CRAP...........

and most of us know all too well, company paid training isn't as thorough as school training.......

then too remember, you need to get your driver's license at your home state..........

you'll still need to pass those tests as well.........

[Gonfercoffee]

note to newbies

what jsfurbi is refering to

is called....


the "honey moon phase"

nothing wrong with the honeymoon phase btw

it is what it is

[Gonfercoffee]

this is not the honeymoon phase:


After tonight, I will either find my own way, or they will f'ing fire me. I am SOOOO freaking wound up right now... For those of you who like to play the home game with mapping software... following these directions from Delhi, NY to get to Pittston.

NY-10 S 24
NY-268 S 09
PA-370 S 06
PA-247 S 18
PA-296 S 05
US-6 W 19
I81 S 10

I called night dispatch to confirm the Mac27 directions and discuss the utter f'ing stupidity of that route... no go he says, they're cracking down on deviations from Mac27. The only thing I can say is thank God the people through those little towns roll up their side-walks at night otherwise I'd be rolling down both sides of them. It took me almost FOUR f'ing hours to go the 103 f'ing miles through some of the smallest god-damn country back rounds I've EVER been on in a vehicle! And I grew up in rural Maine... IN THE WOODS!

There is no way in hell I should have been down the roads I was down tonight... all in the damn name of following stupid f'ing QualComm directions. I am so going to be sitting down with my FM and on the phone with ? raising such a f'ing stink about this. I have NEVER been that scared in my damn life... and I was in Desert Storm with skud missles flying over my head. I went over bridges tonight I KNOW I shouldn't have been. I had people in such a panic heading for the ditch because there wasn't enough room for both of us... I went through one town I swore I was going to rip all the wires down... to be honest... I never looked back. I hit hills where I was LITERALLY, no joke, no BS in SECOND gear getting up and over... my damn mileage that WAS at 8.4 when I arrived at the 01 dead-head, is now at 1.2... I NEVER got it above 40 until I hit US6

I know you're probably saying... you're the driver, it's up to you to not do something you feel is unsafe and turn around or do something... well let me tell you... if there had been ANY F'ING PLACE I COULD HAVE SWUNG THIS ***** AROUND I WOULD HAVE. One tiny country lane lead to another to another.

Oh and one more thing... the QualComm doesn't mention that PA-268 f'ing ENDS a mile before PA-370 begins, no warning, no signs!... I had to roll (at about 5 miles an hour) down a SIDE RESIDENTIAL STREET for that mile to get to PA-191 which THEN allowed me to get on PA-370

And you wanna know the bottom line here folks... it "saved" all of 47 f'ing miles!!!

[mattjm]

Originally Posted by jsarfabbf

Well, on Monday me and my room mate will be off to CRST for training... Now truck driving forums like to talk crap about ALL companies... So, I am going to give you my experience... to all new truck drivers looking for a school to go to... don't listen to most of this crap on here... people like to complain... trust me... reading most of these forums will only make the decision harder or steer you away from truck driver all together. If I have issues with them I will make sure they are NOT personal... as to give readers a fair say on the company, whether it is going to be good or bad...

CRST I will be training with for 3 1/2 weeks and then I go on the road for 28 straight days with a trainer preferably a girl if they have one! :) As I am female... After then 28 days me and my room mate will get our OWN truck and we are off... We get to bring our truck home on the home times which is good. and the contract is only for 8 months! So if they totally suck I don't have to stay for a year! :) I will save all other details til later when I have left for training and will keep it updated as much as possible for all those looking at CRST

Best of luck to all those new truckers out there!

Please stay away from Pa. I hope you make it 28 days, You know so much now i can't think what you will be like after getting that calf sh** brown truck.

[Casper Girl]

Good luck girl. I hope it all works out for you and your room mate. Stay safe out there.