Crete Carrier - A Year In Review - Fall 2013 Going Forward

July was a good miles month for me. 13,470 for the month. It marks the first time I can remember going over 13,000 per month. This puts me 10,800 ahead of last year at this time. My average length is 777 miles this year compared to 668 last year.

I am still off, until Tuesday.

 

The bolded and red I added to your comment tells the tale of crete... When I started driving, crete did NOT accept students, had to have 1 year experience... Crete was a company I aspired to join... Then they started the micro managing and became a training company.... so sad...

 

Didn't say, just said the Internationals where hard to get rid of...

 

Hey there guys, I'm from Indianapolis and I'm trying to decide on a company to drive for. I just finished my CDL school on Wednesday and I'm torn between TMC, Melton, or Crete. Obviously the other 2 are Flatbed but they both have veterans benefits that really speak to me. Crete does as well and after talking to the recruiter Crete sounds pretty good. Because I'm a veteran, she said I could start at .39cpm on the weekly route having me home for the weekends. The other she said was I could do regional and be out 2-3 days at a time and get $180 a day. Is all of this realistic or just the recruiter giving me the go around? Also any other info you guys could give me would be great! Thanks!

 

We dunno Guardian, depends if you went to an approved school.


Another typical day here, drop at Kim Clark in Romeoville, they won't give me an empty until I know if I'm picking up a load, beings it's Saturday, I can't get a reply. The driver that got here after me got a sweet load to Texas, me... I can't get a reply.
i asked if I could bobtail home (9 hours away) I get the hang tight message, with a little extra, that I'm due home on the 16th. Which I don't want to go home.
i send back that I don't want hometime, just checking if anyone is awake. No reply .

Finally told them I was bobtailing to the truckstop and I'll check back Monday...... No reply.

Im away from the truck now , hard telling how many messages I have waiting, but it's my time to play "ignore" and I'm real good at it

 

I already have prehires from all of them. My school is approved. I was just asking for info about starting pay and such. How much I might make a week.

 

it might be on the website, I don't know about the local set pay gig , except for the Swift local driver that told me about it. Crete cold called him and he laughed at the low pay rate, which stunned me so much that I didn't ask anything else.