3 Months In And Questioning Things...

Does my company pay the $116 citation?

Usually NO. The driver is responsible that the truck is legal before it hits the road. Everything from truck weight to a broken running light.

There are some circumstances about the mechanical state of the truck and trailer, but 97% of the citations will be out of your wallet.

Crst will pay for it but deduct it out of your check...when its your turn to drive and its over 27000 pounds ask your co driver if he scaled the load.. If not scale it crst pays for it... Better safe then sorry....

Crst will pay for it but deduct it out of your check...when its your turn to drive and its over 27000 pounds ask your co driver if he scaled the load.. If not scale it crst pays for it... Better safe then sorry....

Wow... Yea... Now that I've got the truck, every load is getting weighed... Do I get CSA Points for that Citation?

Crst will pay for it but deduct it out of your check...when its your turn to drive and its over 27000 pounds ask your co driver if he scaled the load.. If not scale it crst pays for it... Better safe then sorry....

Wow... Yea... Now that I've got the truck, every load is getting weighed... Do I get CSA Points for that Citation?

YOU got the ticket right??? If so yes I think not really sure if over weight is a CSA thing...

Crst will pay for it but deduct it out of your check...when its your turn to drive and its over 27000 pounds ask your co driver if he scaled the load.. If not scale it crst pays for it... Better safe then sorry....

Wow... Yea... Now that I've got the truck, every load is getting weighed... Do I get CSA Points for that Citation?

YOU got the ticket right??? If so yes I think not really sure if over weight is a CSA thing...

Yep, I got the ticket, which to note is the first ticket of anytype I've ever recieved... I was ****ed. 24 and I've never gotten anything, until now... Uggg... Sometimes I hate this job.

I was really mad!

Do I look at my other options, start with a better paying job that has already offered me a position (as a solo), make a payment arrangement with CRST to pay for training.

The grass is not always greener on the other side...What would you do if you got over to the new company and found our it you dis not like it either?

The first incident was us being overweight, my co drivers fault for not getting the load checked... I got stopped on the scales in GA and got the citation.

Funny how you said that. It was his fault, but you got the ticket? Nope. It was your fault. Remember, everything that is required for that truck to be safe and legal is the driver's responsibility. If the truck isn't safe and legal it's your job to make sure it stays off the highway. If you're behind the wheel, it's all on you.

This company in my personal opinion is too big, and turnover is the major issue

So even though you've gotten an overweight ticket, gotten stuck in the mud, and punched a hole in the side of the trailer all in like a month you're still under the impression that the company doesn't meet your standards and you should move on to a better company? My friend, I would stay right where you're at because they're allowing you to make a lot of rookie mistakes and standing by you instead of asking you to pack your bags like a lot of companies would. You obviously don't know how lucky you are.

Remember, they've already invested their time and money training you and they want to recoup that investment. So they'll be willing to stand behind you a lot more than any other company would. If you move on now and get in even a minor fender bender at your new company within the first few months you'll almost certainly be let go. Then what do you do? Your DAC is going to show that you got an overweight ticket, got stuck in the mud, punched a hole in a trailer, quit on your contract and your first company within a month or so, and then got in another fender bender soon after that. Wow, what a resume, eh?? Who in the world would hire you with a record like that?

And one other concern. CRST is really strict about that contract. They have been known to file lawsuits against companies for hiring their former drivers who haven't fulfilled their contract yet. They will likely withhold your certificate of completion for the schooling until the tuition is paid also.

You need to stick it out right where you're at. You have a lot to learn and obviously CRST is showing a lot of patience with you. Count your blessings. You're lucky to be where you're at. You wouldn't have a job if you had done all of that at most other companies.

Not a trucker yet but I have had a few regular jobs, some I have even like, and they all had one thing in common. They all kinda sucked sometimes, even the one I liked, sometimes **** just didn't work like it should; the network would go down, rude nasty customers, equipment breaking down, manager in a bad mood, all kinds of stuff. No matter what job I get, even a dream job, sometimes its going to suck pretty hard and nothing I can do about it but get through the day and move on.

All this stuff is pretty sucky yeah, but thats what working is about, managing all those sucky times. If it was all sunshine and roses you would be paying them to do this rather than the other way around.