Decline? what decline? did they have to go into survival mode after the driver had the accident in Florida? I'm sure they did and are probably still feeling the affects of the law suits and settlements stemming from the accident. As I have said before on this thread, I worked for triple C for 7 years. were they the best? No. worst? No. but was CCC a good company to work for? #### right they were when you compare them to the rest of the truck load carriers. knowing what I know of an industry I have been in for 40 yrs as an otr driver, are they still one of the best of the TL carriers? I will say yes, when I look around at what else is out there. As for Tonn having said "dime a dozen"...I have never worked for a company that didn't have a rumor about that being said by someone. that urban legend was around back in the late 90's. I only worked for one company where I actually heard that said by an ops manager type. I gave him a buck and told him to buy 120 drivers.
I found in this business there are good and bad companies, but guess what? found out that the same applies to drivers, too. the same small percentage that change jobs all the time when they don't get their way or find out they are actually expected to work for a paycheck are always running their mouth and ####### and complaining about the company...no matter who they are working for. always 2 sides to the story.
Crete great? No...but if I wasn't retired recently I would go back to work for them before any other TL carrier. to the good guys and gals that get it...safe journey's. to the complainers, go back to the fast food restaurant business or warehouse or big chain store you came from. Trucking has enough issues without your insignificant issues.
The Decline Of Crete Carrier
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I hope I can get around 3,000 with Crete I am new to the
Company but all my running has been under 400 mile
Runs for the most part except for 1 1,000 run
Going to give Crete awhile I'm sure I can average around
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I doubt you can average 3000 every week, but I figured my average for the year and it was between 2700 & 2800, don't remember the exact number.
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I averaged 2625 per week. 2625 × 52= 136,500. 3000 × 52= 156,000. NO you won't average 3000 per week at Crete or any other large carrier. Most of the posters claim only getting around 120,000 per year which is only 2307 per week.
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When I was a company driver in 1999 (HHMG mileage pay at that time) I put almost 170k miles on the odometer and was paid for 156k miles. 4500 mile weeks were not unheard of. I was able to turn such miles because I lived in DFW area. With "load select" I would take a load to an area that I knew would get me back to TX. I would run hard out and back. Most of the time on the way back I was able to run so hard getting back thru DFW that I would stop at home for 12-24hrs while I waited for my logbook to catch up. As long as the fuel stops matched to within one hour Safety turned a blind eye. Plus we could go over the 70 hr Rule five days in a month. So five days in most months I was hitting close 80hrs. Now if DOT busted us for over hours it was on us to pay the fine (never happened to me) but Safety didn't say a word. Nor did the logbook department.
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