Crete Carrier- Knoxville, Tn-- Terminal

lockehmmr · Sep 16, 2007

Can't PM yet,gotta have 50 post. TTCN is an excellent school. Great trainers and equipment. Training needs to be a little longer though.

Truckin Juggalo · Sep 16, 2007

well if appearance is everything check out US Xpress they have really nice terminals with a weight room and free laundry and other junk I've written plenty about US Xpress good bad and ugly

bigbloo75 · Sep 19, 2007

Yeah, I always remember going past the Crete terminal when I was on my way to the Averitt terminal in K-ville. I always thought it was strictly a repair facility. My understanding too is that Crete is building a nice new terminal in K-ville which will open soon. Oh well--just don't be too quick to judge. TMC has a beautiful hotel and terminal in Des Moines, and I hated working for them, and Averitt had nice terminals for the most part, which I spent many hours at due to low miles and no freight moving. So, in summary, if the truck runs good, and you have consistent freight, I don't give two sh%^ if their terminal is a cardboard box--just gimme my paycheck!

lockehmmr · Sep 20, 2007

I hear you driver. But I have to go with my gut feelings. It just wasn't my cup of tea. If I was in it for the money I wouldn't be a trucker. Not getting paid for sleeping in a truck, that's losing time and money. I want to have a nice place to come back to instead of a drop yard of a terminal. Trucking is a Lifestyle that I've always wanted. Money is to be made with experience, that I'm trying to get. I'll see what I'm worth later. Be safe.

myndsplyntur · Oct 16, 2007

bbmyls2go said: ↑

that's the first I have ever heard of orientation at Knoxville - they do orientation at Marietta, GA not Knoxville. That old terminal was bought from a regional outfit and not upgraded because they are currently building a state of the art terminal and maintenance facility just west of the I-40 / I-75 split near the 369mm.
The terminal is a drop lot and IS the trailer maintenance facility which is why they were all "junky", there is a second building at the bottom of the hill that does tractor repairs.
Once they move into the new place, that will leave Spartanburg, SC as the hellhole terminal of the company (2 steps better than DeLand, FL).
I've never been put in a bad motel with them either, so unfortunately it sounds like someone has goofed and I hope you were honest and brought it to their attention. Orientation at Marietta is what you have imagined - a nice modern facility, classroom training, catered lunches and a company car for drivers to use to shuttle to and from the motel.
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Beat me to it... lol...

mars · Nov 15, 2008

Knoxville may look like hell but they do better work then you will get in Marietta.

evertruckerr · Nov 16, 2008

The two Knoxville yards (one for tractor repairs and one for our trailer repairs) are the smallest in the fleet. That's why they are currently building a $5 million terminal to replace them. Looks can be deceiving, the Knoxville terminals have the best bunch of mechanics in the fleet. Top notch work and fast.

bailey · Feb 1, 2009

lockehmmr said: ↑

Anyone that will be going to Crete's Knoxville Tn terminal for orientation, this is a warning. Appearance is everything to me and the appearance of the Knoxville terminal is disgusting. I thought it was a drop yard so I looked around and couldn't find anything that looked like a terminal. This place is nasty and all of trailers there were junky. They had about 3 trucks on the lot and all of them looked terrible.

I'm new to the trucking business so I don't have a clue if this is how it really is out here, but I couldn't bring myself to go to orientation after staying at a ratty motel and looking at my home terminal. All of Nashville terminals look like terminals, so that's what I expected when I drove up to Knoxville. Man, it made me mad.

So i paid for my motel room myself. (Crete didn't reserve one for me, that sucked.) Paid for my rent a car, didn't want anything to do with oweing Crete anything.

So I'm warning all new drivers signing up for Crete's Knoxville terminal to run as fast as you can, because it not what you would expect from a Big Company like Crete.

Did I mention that I was the only one there for orientation, that also raised a red flag when I was checking in.

Please help me on this matter, is this what I can expect or is this just me. Thanks
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I DONT KNOW WHEN YOU POSTED THIS BUT THEY ARE REPLACING THAT TERMINAL WITH A 5 MILLION DOLLOR ONE..YEAH I AGREE ITS BAD BUT ITS TEMP..NOT ALOT OF ROOM IN KNOXVILLE IN CASE YA DIDNT NOTICE..LOL..AND MOST PEOPLE ARE GIVEN A TRUCK AFTER UA'S AND ORIENTATION IS IN LINCOLN, NE UNLESS YOU HAVENT BEEN DRIVING THAT LONG THEN OF COURSE THEY NEED TO GET TO KNOW ABOUT YOU AND YOUR ABILITIES BEFORE THEY PUT YA IN A $100K TRK/TRLR AND LET YA DRIVE OFF...AND LINCOLN IS A NICE TERMINAL (ALTHOUGH I AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE)

jdrentzjr · Feb 1, 2009

bailey said: ↑

I DONT KNOW WHEN YOU POSTED THIS BUT THEY ARE REPLACING THAT TERMINAL WITH A 5 MILLION DOLLOR ONE..YEAH I AGREE ITS BAD BUT ITS TEMP..NOT ALOT OF ROOM IN KNOXVILLE IN CASE YA DIDNT NOTICE..LOL..AND MOST PEOPLE ARE GIVEN A TRUCK AFTER UA'S AND ORIENTATION IS IN LINCOLN, NE UNLESS YOU HAVENT BEEN DRIVING THAT LONG THEN OF COURSE THEY NEED TO GET TO KNOW ABOUT YOU AND YOUR ABILITIES BEFORE THEY PUT YA IN A $100K TRK/TRLR AND LET YA DRIVE OFF...AND LINCOLN IS A NICE TERMINAL (ALTHOUGH I AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE)
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Once again your inattention to detail is showing.

bailey · Feb 2, 2009

bbmyls2go said: ↑

that's the first I have ever heard of orientation at Knoxville - they do orientation at Marietta, GA not Knoxville. That old terminal was bought from a regional outfit and not upgraded because they are currently building a state of the art terminal and maintenance facility just west of the I-40 / I-75 split near the 369mm.
The terminal is a drop lot and IS the trailer maintenance facility which is why they were all "junky", there is a second building at the bottom of the hill that does tractor repairs.
Once they move into the new place, that will leave Spartanburg, SC as the hellhole terminal of the company (2 steps better than DeLand, FL).
I've never been put in a bad motel with them either, so unfortunately it sounds like someone has goofed and I hope you were honest and brought it to their attention. Orientation at Marietta is what you have imagined - a nice modern facility, classroom training, catered lunches and a company car for drivers to use to shuttle to and from the motel.
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they do orientation at several terms, i started in deland did orientation in lincoln like 2 mths later as this wasnt my first rodeo,,and yeah the ladies in cheyenne take care of that place and word is they may put a shop there and thats gonna sux...slc, uhhhhhhhhh ok ill be nice,,lol and yeah marietta is really nice ..i usually get my service done at night in wilmer...i like those guys,,,the day shift not so much and kudos to the guy who said if your gonna be sitting in terminals alot that would be important...lol

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