Follow-Through on Home Time?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by metaluzc, Sep 17, 2011.

  1. metaluzc

    metaluzc Bobtail Member

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    I obtained my CDL on August 15th of this year. I live in North Central, PA where the gas industry is booming and for the past month I have been trying to get a job with one of the companies with no results. Most of the companies require 1-2 years experience, something I obviously don't have. After reading through some of the threads I am looking at Schneider (seem to have NE regional runs and are hiring in my area) and a company an hour and a half away from me called Milton Transportation. Not sure on the home time for Milton but the 5-5.5 days/2 days or 6 days/3 days sound pretty good with Schneider. My question is how well does Schneider follow-through on those schedules? I understand that there will be times when a load needs to be delivered and you cannot make it home or there isn't a load near "home", but about how many weekends do the drivers get? I read on here that drivers for Maverick average about 48 weekends off a year, is Schneider close to that number? Thanks for any input.
     
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  3. chompi

    chompi Road Train Member

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    Its mostly a recruiting ploy. Living in PA though you should have no shortage of companies to choose from.

    Home time seems to really be a major concern for you. I highly recommend a different career choice. 4-6 weeks is your average time out across the board. Not to mention if you are doing less than that you aren't going to make very good money.
     
  4. jakecat22

    jakecat22 Road Train Member

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    I am otr with SNI but they always get me home withing 24hrs of my requested home time baring some unforseen event like a breakdown or weather.
     
  5. canuck in da truck

    canuck in da truck Road Train Member

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    check with the smaller companys first --then work your way up-----it all depends on the job--and the company--you can still make decent money and be home every weekend---the expirience thing might hinder you tho---lots of the small good companys may want a few years of exp
     
  6. metaluzc

    metaluzc Bobtail Member

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    I know it's a lame excuse, but I just want home Sundays for football season right now. I have no problem working say Monday through Saturday and being able to watch football on Sunday and then be back at it early Monday morning depending on how far I need to go for a load. Call it naive, but I was hoping that for a dedicated or even NE regional run, there wouldn't be a need for weeks out at a time. I'm single with no kids so that's not the issue, I just love the NFL and would like to watch games rather than read about it online or listen to the radio.
     
  7. Pmracing

    Pmracing Road Train Member

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    Whatever you do, don't mention that reason to anyone even remotely close to any company.

    Mikeeee
     
  8. metaluzc

    metaluzc Bobtail Member

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    haha I wasn't going to.
     
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