
400 NW 56th Street
Lincoln, NE 68528
Crete Carrier Quick Facts
Types of freight:
Dry Van
Hiring Area:
48 States
Number of Trucks
1000+
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Crete Carrier Important Facts
- Crete Carrier is actually a comglomerate comprised of Crete Carrier, Hunt Transportation, and Shaffer Trucking
- Crete Carrier provides dry van service, Shaffer Trucking offers temperature-sensitive service and Hunt Transportation covers flatbed and specialized transportation
- Collectively, the group operates 5,348 power units and more than 12,435 trailers, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Crete Carrier alone employs more than 4,200 drivers, and its fleet consists of more than 3,900 tractors and 9,630 53-foot dry van trailers
Crete Carrier Pay & Benefits
Pay For Experience
The company will recognize a drivers’ prior years of recent driving experience in establishing the driver’s beginning mileage rate of pay.

- Shag Pay – for short runs and “favors”
- Stop Pay – $30.00 per stop. Dedicated Fleet stop pay may vary
- Loading and Unloading Compensation- rarely necessary
- Layover Compensation – $100.00 after the first 12 hours, $100.00 will be paid for each day thereafter
- Congestion Fee – $100.00 per load for any load delivered or picked up in New York City
- Referral Fee – $1,000 for each qualified driver or team you refer to the company
Benefits
- Cost For Driver Benefits – $23.27/week for Health, Dental, and Vision
- Cost For Family Benefits – $80.73/week for Health, Dental and Vision
- 401k
- Paid vacation
- After 1Yr of Continuous Employment – 5 Days
- Between 2 and 9 years – 10 Days
- After 10 years – 15 Days
- Scholarships available to dependents as defined in the scholarship details
- Monetary referral fee paid to any active Company employee for referring a new office/shop or Company driver employee.
- Onsite Fitness Room at Lincoln, NE and Wilmer, TX locations
- Emotional, Financial, Marital/Family and Legal Counseling
- Substance Abuse Information
- Child/Elder Care Information and Resources
- Work-life Consultation
- Emergency Medical Assistance
- Emergency Personal Services
Crete Carrier Qualifications & Requirements
- 22 years of age
- Must be able to read, write, and speak English
- No DWI within the past 5 Years
- Only two moving violations in the last 3 years
- Only two preventable accidents in the last 3 years
- No felonies within the past 10 years
- No Drug or Alcohol Violations in the past 5 years
- No Serious CDL Moving Violations in the past year
Crete Carrier General Information
The Crete Carrier Corporation “family” — Crete Carrier, Shaffer Trucking, Hunt Transportation, Inc., — represents one of the largest privately-held carrier groups in the United States. Crete Carrier Corporation is a debt free company which has 3,984 trucks and approximately 9,240 trailers running irregular routes in all 48 states.
Crete Carrier On The Web
Crete – www.cretecarrier.com
Shaffer – www.shaffertrucking.com
Hunt – www.hunttransportation.com
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