Crete And Schaffer, Are Their Pay Assertions Correct?
Topic 15287 | Page 1
Those numbers are legitimate. You're not going to make top dollar right off the bat because you're going to have to prove yourself first and work your way up the pay scale. But the Crete family of companies does indeed pay very well.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Sambo, Crete/Shaffer is the biggest hidden great company to work for, I am really surprise there not a bigger company, they are very/extremely strick on who they hire maybe that's why there not that big, but they do pay very well, once I solve my house issue, I will be going back, I left with a rehire status, no accidents, no tickets, and gave my two week notice,--I really worked well with my dispatcher and was earning my miles in d way of Fl to CA loads, love that company,.....out
Interesting.
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
Had I not gone with an LTL company running linehaul , I would've gone with Crete. I was more interested in dry van than reefer - less hassle. Crete is dry van - Shaffer is reefer.
Last I checked, you can get about the same pay running dry van with Crete compared to running a lightweight at Prime. If you choose a full-size truck at Prime, you get paid less per mile, and you'd be making less than running dry van with Crete. So, basically it's comparing two full-size trucks, about the same pay, with less hassle running dry van with Crete as opposed to reefer with Prime. They both have comparable equipment and perks. I'd choose Crete dry van over Prime reefer.
If you compare apples to apples and look at Shaffer vs Prime (both being reefer gigs), you're definitely making more with Shaffer and yet still have the full-size truck.
So you can see, that Crete / Shaffer and Prime have two of the best pay packages in the industry for running dry van and reefer. I give the edge to Crete / Shaffer, even though I think Prime's equipment "looks" cool. 
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
OOS:
When a violation by either a driver or company is confirmed, an out-of-service order removes either the driver or the vehicle from the roadway until the violation is corrected.
I'm a Crete driver and I would say there pay is legit based on my earnings for my first 6 months.
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Just wondering if I should have checked into one of the crete carriers. I didnt even look at them, and they are claiming .45 to .48cpm, and they claim that their average driver makes between 55k and 60k a year and their top 25% drivers make almost 70k a year.
From what I understand about new drivers in the trucking world, this seems to be inaccurate? Or is that legitimate?
Just curious.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.