Local Intermodal Owner Operator in Chicago

Anyone work for Schneider doing this, I'm looking at buying an old company truck and running with them out of Elwood.....hope is to be home daily (could be out one or two nights a week) and on weekends...

 

I have a family that needs me home, I suppose I could be out a couple of nights a week (I'm currently OTR 1-2 weeks out), I just did not think Choice is designed for the local (250 mile radius) driver..

 

Steel would be my preference as all my current experience is flatbed (mostly hauling coils and tubes), and with the mills in the area (northern Indiana) and the auto industry presence in MI, I tend to agree with you, the local Schneider job is an option that appeals to me as it would require very little in the way of initial expenses (securement gear, tarps, a flat) and I could do it for a year or so to save some more cash to eventually go back to flatbed....(and one year might be all I need to pay off the truck as I am doing a 50% down).....

No decision yet as I am still weighing my options (I still have my OTR job after all).....

 

Actually, I'm also talking with Kaplan and Mercer, it just seems to me, the Schneider job requires less expenses (not having to buy securement and tarping gear or having to rent or lease a flat....but it does pay better (Mercers, Great Lakes fleet averages 2.50 per mile and they don't even require a sleeper which tells me a lot about the possibilities of sometime with them).....overall, I do prefer staying on in flatbed (specialization always pays more).

About the truck though......


That's another thread....