Pay at Crete is good for company drivers. Proof inside.

I could work less hard and make less money, sure, but I'm single with no kids. When I am on the road, I'm not there to sit at truck stops.

With a year at Crete, I can now add two weeks paid vacation to my year, and vacation, if I remember right, is paid as an average of what you have been making per week, not a fixed rate.

I also was not eligible for the profit sharing this year, but will be next year. The more miles you drive, the more of a share you earn.

But the main reason for posting this was to show that you can make 60k plus per year at Crete as a driver with little experience. I wasn't trying to say you could do it without working hard.

 

Actually, for most of the year, I was off one day every 7 doing a 34. That's not calculated as home time. So, in a year, I would have another 52 days off.

While I don't like having to take those days off because I thing the 70 hour rule is crap, since I have to take them off when I run hard. I use those 52 extra days per year for relaxing by writing or gaming on my laptop.

 

I think those numbers also included a 1000 mile special deadhead from Mississippi to Nebraska, which would drop the total deadhead miles from around 8% to around 7%.

If I stay with Crete for this entire year, and get the mileage bonus and paid vacation, I will probably make close to 70k if I push hard, or I can slack off and make only about as much as I made this year.

This thread really isn't about me though. I am framing it in my own experiences and personality, but the thread is really about what is possible. It is possible to run even harder and more efficiently than me. I'm no supertrucking genius, though I'm no slouch either.

Throughout this forum, I regularly see people scoffing at the idea of newer drivers making 60k+

So I proved that it could be done.

Are all new drivers going to be willing to do what I do to make that money? Probably not.
Could I make more money elsewhere? Yes, probably.
Could I do less work and make the same money elsewhere? Yes, probably.

But none of that was the point. The point was showing it could be done.

I recognize that there might be better fits for me out there. I'm starting to think about moving to a company with trucks that have APU's and decent desks built into the trucks. But to do that I might end up losing both the potential for line-5 driving and the freight base that Crete has. Decisions. Decisions. I will not be going anywhere else without a lot more thought. But I am thinking.

 

No, I know they hire inexperienced drivers, but they might require you to have a CDL school under your belt first.

If you are interested in hiring on, call the terminal closest to you and ask for their hiring requirements. I don't dare get too specific about particulars, just in case I am wrong.