SCHNEIDER CHOICE PROGRAM - FREEDOM AWAITS " YOU " by JAR-HEAD

Well I was accepted for employment, not surprised. I'll be getting the 2015 freightliner. I start on November 17 in Charlotte. I have been doing my "homework" on this for 6-8 months now. All the threads that I read concerning this have been informative. This particular thread has been, for me at least, the best. I would like to thank all you guys for posting numbers and giving information. I will say Jar-Head I am also one that doesn't like it when you wait to tell a story. I'm anxious to read what you have to say. My wife has cone to terms with my decision and is happy as well with the help of my daughter and future son in law...he is in Texas A&M business school. Had him run the numbers that I got from you guys and what the girls in recruiting and SNF.

 

Well I was accepted for employment, not surprised. I'll be getting the 2015 freightliner. I start on November 17 in Charlotte. I have been doing my "homework" on this for 6-8 months now. All the threads that I read concerning this have been informative. This particular thread has been, for me at least, the best. I would like to thank all you guys for posting numbers and giving information. I will say Jar-Head I am also one that doesn't like it when you wait to tell a story. I'm anxious to read what you have to say. My wife has cone to terms with my decision and is happy as well with the help of my daughter and future son in law...he is in Texas A&M business school. Had him run the numbers that I got from you guys and what the girls in recruiting and SNF give.

 

####, somehow I posted twice. How do you erase one?

 

I might b a company dog. But I've driven some old million plus milage trucks, hear at sni and other companies. When sni upgraded me to a brand new 2014 cascadia i was shocked and amazed on good it was. Seats wernt worn out quite, everything worked. That made my mind up if when i lease it'll b nothing but new. I could never go back to old equipment. By going new your staying ahead of the 8ball. Not limited yourself to where u can run. Congrats on the new ride

 

One thing to keep in mind is there should be a slightly different approach if you outright own the truck vs. making lease payments. If you own the truck outright you have very little fixed costs so you aren't forced to run quite as much. And hauling loads that aren't profitable add wear and tear to the truck that will increase your maintenance costs. So in this case you can sit more and wait for better loads.

If you're making lease payments, however, you have much more fixed costs involved and ultimately revenue plays a more important role. Of course, you still want to haul the least amount of weight the shortest distance for the most money, but you also will occasionally have to take a hit to keep moving and keeping the revenue flowing.


also another decision to make, IMO, is if you want to approach it as a lease or a lease purchase. If you approach it as a lease I would say run the thing as hard as possible the maximum amount of miles before turning it back in and maximize your earnings. If you plan on purchasing the vehicle at the end of the lease term you might want to take it easy on the truck during the lease term and take an earnings hit in the short term so you can keep the wear and tear to a minimum. Then when it's paid off you can run however you want to. Just a few thoughts...

 

Also keep in mind that cost control is much less effective than revenue control. What I mean is you have much more control over how much revenue you take in than controlling costs that a good portion of are fixed values anyway. I would say focus less on "cost control" and more on scheduling your time efficiently and hitting a daily revenue goal.