Crete Carrier Corporation - Lincoln, Ne.?

Their recruiting web page says they will train and hire inexperienced drivers. But they do not list how much they start new drivers at with no experience. 1 year experience is .41 cpm, not bad. Does anyone have information on Crete?

 

All around good company. Be prepared to keep your logs very straight because they are tight on them. Load select dispatch sometimes gives a choice of up to 3 loads. And you go to a variety of areas of the country. Trucks governed at 65 so they are a bit slow. Generally have to stay out at least 2 weeks or more on long haul.

 

Do they hire many inexperienced drivers? Thier website mentions training at a college in Nebraska, but they don't talk about pay or contract obligations.

 

I would suggest you contact them for this information. Crete isn't a 'training company' like Schneider or Swift, so that's why this info isn't readily available on their site. If Crete is where you want to work, then this is the way to do it. Definitely give them a call for more information -- they should have no problem providing it to you and unlike JB Hunt, they won't start calling you everyday for the rest of your life because you contacted the. Good Luck!

 

Im looking to Shaffer now as Crete says Hazmat is neccessary. And Shaffer says its not I realize they are connected and was wondering if Anyone has any info/advice on them:smt100

 

i don't ever remember hearing bad words spoken about them, i'd at least go through the application process to get things going.

 

I have worked all of these myself,The companies that paid me hub miles said as long as we didn't go over 10% more miles we could get hub miles, thus practical miles, the difference between household and practical is right at or near 10% more. with household if you ran 2500 miles, if you got paid practical miles you would get approximately 2750 miles,with hub miles you get the best,but I will tell you this,make sure you check that mileage with markers and be sure its not reading less,some companies don't recalibrate going to tall rubber from lo pros, or the speedometer is set slow,I have seen this alot thru the years, When I have a trailer with a hubometer i check the truck odometer against it,see if it matches up pretty close, not accurate in winter snow driving but pretty reliable in the summer and fall. Also check each trip they pay you,you can lookup practicle miles and household miles on your computor. You may find your shorted miles on your pay sheet. I have at some companies.hub miles are almost always better,I have beat practical miles by mapping out my own route,but not by much. Also,keep this in mind,if your working for a company that doesn't pay tolls or want you to go around,like atlanta,you are forced to drive around the loop if not picking up or delivering there,thats 35 40 miles furthur that you don't get paid,thus hub miles are better in this instance. I have found whether its hh miles,hub or practicle,its what you end up for miles at the end of your pay period each week,if you don't get the miles,it doesn't amount to a hill of beans ,hub miles,practicle miles,you may as well get 3000 hh miles,than 2200 practicle miles,what counts with me is how much I can make each week and what I have to do to get it. I'm one hellof a driver,I get and don't settle for less than 500 miles on days when I load and unload,and 660 in 11 hrs the next day. I really feel guilty if I cut myself short and my owner short. Just the way I am..Like turbo and others have said all being equal and you can get at least 3000 miles a week and not have to slave unloading and just drive hub is best, practical miles is next,hh last,but in the end all that really counts is that almighty dollar every week and what you are required to do to get it. Jb hunt offers me 42 cpm every week to work for them, plus a fuel bonus, I have no doubt I can get it, But when you talk to senior drivers they tell me 1600 to 2200 miles a week,the higher paid drivers sit and wait and they run the newbees crazy to save that almighty dollar,good business sense but not any good for me. I have heard conversations of Jb hunt drivers in TA and Flying Js', complaining about these issues,I really try to listen and sit near one so I can listen. I have also been told when i asked the senior drivers this .They all can't be wrong. can they?

 

Thanx pro1driver, I had the shcool send it out today and I was on the phone with recruter all day also I was refered to them by the Crete PA Terminal Mgr.
So all looks good so far

 

Although Crete, Shaffer and Hunt are all owned by the same company, they all haul different freight, (ie) Hunt is a flatbed carrier, Crete is all dry box and Shaffer is refridgerated...

 

I should probably be posting this somewhere that many can read it. 1) Shaffer audits your log book using the GPS in the quallcomm. 2) They give points for every variance in the audit regardless of the fact that the variances are consecutive to the same shift...Let me tell you the points mount up pretty quick. Before I could grasp the fact that this company really means "log it as it happens" I had thirty points racked up. The same amount a someone who had two tickets and a preventable accident. And the penalty? A two week suspension without pay followed by 10 days out with a trainer at $600 per wk. Not only that, but Safety personell say that its a matter of time before variances are reported to the DOT, remember drivers do jail time for falsifying logs. Of course, many drivers do a pretty honest job of keeping their log books, but how many drivers show 45 minutes for fueling, or accurately report 3 hrs of driving for 20 miles travelled in a traffic jam every time? If you take a job with Crete/Shaffer you had better update every change of duty status as it happens, and log it absolutely as it happens. Don't expect them to tell you that these points have accumulated until you are in deep either; this company does not communicate with drivers!