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    Chief Carriers INC

    GRAND ISLAND, NE · USDOT 54985 · 70 trucks

    4.26 ratings

    Is Chief Carriers INC a good company to drive for?

    Yes. Chief Carriers INC is rated well by drivers, holding 4.2/5 across 6 reviews on pay, home time, dispatch, and safety. Drivers rate it highest on dispatch (4.8/5) and lowest on home time (4.4/5).

    Carrier Overview Card
    FMCSA AUTHORIZED• USDOT #54985• MC #129808
    📍 GRAND ISLAND, NE

    Chief Carriers INC

    Driver Reviews
    4.2/ 5.0(6 ratings)
    Home Time Consistency4.4 ★
    Dispatch & Communication4.8 ★
    FMCSA Inspection Stats24-Month Record
    Fleet Census70 Power Units • 70 Drivers

    "Overall solid company. Certainly not perfect but they do try and people care. I think they care and try harder than most carriers. I would recommend to any driv…"

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    Company Rating

    Based on 7 driver reviews

    4.2

    6 reviews

    Chief Carriers INC rating distribution

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    Chief Carriers INC driver ratings by category

    Pay & Benefits
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    Home Time
    4.4
    Dispatch Support
    4.8
    Safety Culture
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    Reviews (7)

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    Anonymous Driver

    Feb 1, 2025
    5.0
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    Overall solid company. Certainly not perfect but they do try and people care. I think they care and try harder than most carriers. I would recommend to any driver with a clean record and solid work ethic. Not for lazy drivers or super truckers.

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    Anonymous Driver

    Jan 31, 2025
    5.0
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    In 38 years this is the best place I've worked. I have been here for 5 years, and have been shown nothing but respect.

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    Anonymous Driver

    Jan 1, 2025
    1.0

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    I was here from 2007-2012, known as the large car paper logbook days. Pay was abysmal, "top" drivers made a paltry 35 cents a mile. During the 08 recession, company froze all raises for drivers yet spend tens of thousands of dollars on trips for customers who purchased buildings. Yup, screw the guys hauling the buildings but take your customers on 25k dollar deep sea fishing trips...good strategy. The management at the time played a$ kiss politics and enjoyed pitting drivers against each other, kiss enough butt and you got a long hood Peterbilt, didn't matter if you were the top earner, you kissed the wrong a$ and you got a worn out Freightliner Classic. They also loved to rub it in a drivers face, the almighty "high miler awards", in those days we had guys staying on the road 3-4 months and 4-5 days home and somehow the guys who lived in Nebraska and were home every other weekend received the "high miler" awards. Politics. I left when the original owner was pushed out of the company by his penny pinching kids. Gone were the large car trucks and paper logbooks, replaced by cheap International Pro Stars and used Werner trucks out of Lincoln. The paper logs went bye bye when a driver killed a family in North Dakota in a blizzard, driving 70mph. DOT put an end to the outlaw days. All the old school, million mile safe drivers left when it was discovered that existing drivers with a decade or more service to Grand Island Contract Carriers/Chief Carriers were still earning below 40 cents a mile and new hires were coming in at 50+ cents a mile. We were the crew that built the company, Big Ed, Rabbit, Texas Red, Roadhammer, Big Rick, Bruce, Bear and many more hard working, hard driving SOBs. The last thing I want to say is, Chief was featured in an article claiming that they want drivers out 290 days, the pay averages 2,350$ a week and at 42 weeks of solid running, they are putting 6 figures in the drivers pockets... ???? sure they are. We barely had guys taking home 800$ after taxes on paper logs with their politics in the office.

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    Anonymous Driver

    Feb 7, 2023

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    Starting out They offered me .56 cpm. I only have 3 months experience. Not in flatbed. Company is Chief carriers out of Grand island, Nebraska

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    Anonymous Driver

    Nov 25, 2021
    5.0
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    I'm almost 18 yrs OTR I have never worked for a company like Cheif,your not a number your a name,and they all get to know you and your family in a personal basis,your truck NEVER comes out of the shop broke like other companies,EVERYONE from the manager to dispatch care about your miles because of your not making money Cheif is not making money.

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    Anonymous Driver

    Dec 29, 2020
    5.0
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    They will never let you sit,free XM radio,everyone from the President down is willing to help you,trucks are superb,seeing one of their trucks in the shop is odd because they are so well maintained

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    Anonymous Driver

    Oct 26, 2018
    4.0
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    Love the small company feel. Decent miles, decent equipment. New GM is trying to improve culture for drivers. I think good things are on the horizon for Chief

    Carrier Information

    Operating Status

    Authorized

    Power Units

    70

    Total Drivers

    70

    Mileage 2025

    6,785,389

    Freight Types

    General Freight
    Metal: sheets, coils, rolls
    Motor Vehicles
    Logs, Poles, Beams, Lumber
    Building Materials
    Machinery, Large Objects
    Grain, Feed, Hay
    Paper Products
    Construction
    Common Authority
    StatusActive
    Safety & Inspections Record

    Real-time roadside inspection records, out-of-service rates, and safety violations are maintained by the FMCSA.

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    Chief Carriers INC is a trucking company based in GRAND ISLAND, NE rated 4.2/5 across 6 reviews on Oculus Reviews — ranking #21 of 38 rated NE carriers. The most recent driver review was submitted February 1, 2025. Federal census data lists 70 power units with 70 drivers, logging approximately 6.8 million miles annually. Ratings aggregate reviews posted publicly about this carrier across the web together with reviews written directly on Oculus Reviews, covering pay, home time, dispatch, equipment, and safety. Companies can respond publicly but cannot edit or delete a review. Current operating authority and inspection history live on the carrier's official FMCSA SAFER snapshot linked below.

    Is Chief Carriers INC legit?

    Chief Carriers INC is an FMCSA-registered motor carrier based in GRAND ISLAND, NE — USDOT 54985, MC 129808. Check its current operating authority, inspections, and safety record on the official FMCSA SAFER snapshot. On Oculus Reviews it holds 4.2/5 from 6 reviews. Driver resource: how to report a trucking company for unpaid wages.

    Chief Carriers INC fleet & operations

    According to FMCSA census data, Chief Carriers INC operates 70 power units with 70 drivers, logging approximately 6.8 million miles annually.

    About Chief Carriers INC

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