A Crete recruiter called me This Morning.

Average load length with deadhead is in the mid 600s. Not too shabby these days for dry van at large carriers.

 

This is exactly where I am, 651 in fact.

Had a Werner driver asking me some questions yesterday. He's got 8 years experience and (according to him), he's making .29 a mile. They just gave him a brand new KW. I'm thinking there's more to this, but it was what it was. Maybe I'll get a referral bonus....yippee.

 

8 years and 29 cents a mile, I dunno, I got to suspect they can't be worth more than that. Mind blowing

 

There's no way the ### clown with one year or less experience working for Crete is making any more than .36 cpm. Which makes perfect sense that he's making 2800 miles a week. Which is what i made at may Trucking after 6 months starting out at .31 cpm. I drove from CA to PA every week and had trouble doing 2800 miles a week in a truck that went 62 mph. And after 14 months I went from .36 cpm at May to .44 cpm at heartland w/haz-mat. So the guy who's been driving for 14 years isn't making crap working at Crete either. I left Heartland to basically make .50 cpm driving local/regional flatbed. That was at just under 2 years in. After 2 years of flatbed i found a local job that pays by the hour, with over time, home every night, 9 paid holidays, vacation, 2 types of insurance, 401k, uniforms hoe every night by 6pm, home every weekend and 10 mins from the house. It's gotta suck to be a worker bee your whole life.

 

So basically.You're saying you had 5k mile weeks. Let's pretend you devote 1 hour a day to on-duty time. So now you're down to 63 hours. If you divide 5000/63 = 79.36. So you're average speed every where you go is 80 mph huh? I'm still trying to wrap my head around that one.

 

I still run my 97 Century with 1 million 667 ,000 miles and still going strong. You couldn't give me a new truck today. JUNK and you get your mail at the repair shop.

 

Crete, Shaffer, Hunt became a turd operation a few years ago. Stay Away from them!!!

 

Incorrect. Crete/Shaffer OTR min is like .41 cpm to start with 6-12 months experience.

 

Benefits for family can be more important than the base pay. It is the for the family, such as dentist, low co pay, retirement. You cannot afford to not start a 401 or Roth if offered by the company . Also when you buy something of value such as a car ,motorcycle ,bass boat etc you cannot afford to NOT get short term disability on the loan. Break a leg have an accident the payment is made for you . NO financial drain on a very limited income. Considering the current political environment it could turn out to be just a throw of the dice. planning never hurts tho.

 

What great benefits, all this and a ho every night.